Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Rain Rain Go Away!

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The northeast is about to get deluged in rain.  Seeing the red sky this morning (beautiful sunrise) made me wonder what was up.  You know th...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

Fall.....Noooooooooo

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The sun did the equinox thing.  I saw the superharvest moon glowing in the sky.  I went to sleep.  When I woke up the trees had started to t...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

What do Rachael Ray and I have in Common?

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We are both on line?  We are both women?  She likes to cook and I like to eat? All of the above and one other:  We both love Oscar's S...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

9/11 in Stillwater, NY

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Stillwater, NY doesn't get any respect. The battle of Saratoga, which many historians believe was the turning point of of the Revoluti...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Damn Good Jerky-Damn Poor Wifi

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Just back from a few days in Lake George, which is about a 3 hour drive from Binghamton in the northern part of NY State.  I have so much to...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Comments from a Survivor and a Tribute

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A blog I followed asked readers to write about where they were on 9/11/01.  This particular blog writer is a college student which means she...

Trinity Church, Bronx Science, and 9/11

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9 long years.  September 11, 2010.  For some, not long enough. On this grim date, there is so much I can blog about.   The hatred leading ...
Friday, September 10, 2010

The Clouds of Winter

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We are in our third day of low hanging, cold clouds-the clouds of snow.  The clouds telling us that summer is over.  The clouds of cold bree...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Binghamton's Trinity Church

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Some people who know me must be bemused by my love of a good artistic, historic church.  I am not a artist, I am not educated in art, and I ...
Monday, September 6, 2010

One of the Little Rock Nine Dies-A Profile in Arkansas Courage

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Having spent 4 years living in Arkansas (some of them in the years that Bill Clinton, the "education governor" was governor), the ...
Saturday, September 4, 2010

Mathematics and Farming

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I'm an addict.  I overplay FarmVille. I admit it. It's not my fault.  It's theirs.  The mathematicians and psychologists. ...
Friday, September 3, 2010

The End of Johnson City High School?

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The building, I mean.  And not the current building, but the historic Johnson City High School building on Main Street, which has been calle...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Bicycles and Bluegrass

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Such a wonderful thing that has arisen out of tragedy. In 1983 a student by the name of Chris Thater, while cycling, was killed by a drunk...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Heritage Farming on FarmVille

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For all my complaints against FarmVille (and I can't complain - it is tree after all, unless you WANT to pay for it) I will say that Far...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

OMG-My MIL is on Facebook

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I hope I am as up to date when I am in my 80's. Actually, I've been (along with some of her friends) encouraging my mother in law ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Urban Eggs

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Grow your own eggs! Urban chicken farming.  What?  Who, me? Well, it is a time honored tradition.  You would be surprised to know the citi...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Mail Order Chicken Memories

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I never realized that Iowa is the #1 egg producer in the country.  I wonder when that happened. (I could research that, but....) I lived b...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Healing Wounds One Garlic Plant at a Time

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No, this post isn't about the medicinal uses of the garlic plant.  But if you came here by mistake, please stay and read anyway. I...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Arverne By the Sea

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 I've talked about growing up in what became a slum neighborhood of the Bronx, but I am actually from Queens. I have only a few childh...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Garlic of Hope

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Another sign that the American Civic Association is returning to normal, whatever normal can be, after the horrible day of April 3, 2009 whe...