Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Winter Wednesday - Spring Springs

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Today will be my last Winter Wednesday post. Unbelievably, spring is actually here before the March 20 (first day of spring this year) on ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Best of AM -The Great Reaction of 2011

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This post was from August of 2011 - and if I only knew what the next month would bring - the earthquake was only the beginning-we ended up w...

Light at the End of the Tunnel

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The last place I expected to find people offering mental health services was our Home and Garden Show this past weekend in Binghamton, New Y...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Best of AM - Cutler Botanical Gardens

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This is from a post that ran in June of 2011, featuring pictures I took on Father's Day (mid June) at the Cutler Botanic Gardens in Bing...

St. Patrick's Day Crochet

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Even though we are still several days away from St. Patrick's Day I wanted to share some "green" photos this week. (and wait u...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Civil War Sunday-The Battle of Charleston Reenactment -Gullah Culture

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I'm basking here in my upstate New York backyard.  It's 62 degrees and sunny, with a little bit of a breeze. Thw ing chimes are chim...
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

My Childhood on Barsoom

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 A 10 year old in New York City, housebound because of a leg broken in three places due to a roller skating accident.  Waiting in the hospit...
Friday, March 9, 2012

Where the Feet Have No Name (or, Running Down the River)

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Oh, how I wish that headline (blogline?) was mine.  It is so....perfect.  The perfect example of the perfect headline (if it had been a blog...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Six Month Anniversary-A Disaster in the Electronic Age

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Tonight, I went out to the Facebook Binghamton Flood 2011 page.  I had not been to that page in months.  But not that long ago, it had been...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Six Month Anniversary--Triumph Over Disaster?

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Six months ago today, the floods started. Six months ago, few of us dreamed what the next six months would bring to so many of us in the S...

Winter Wednesday-Twilight Zone Wildflowers

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March 4, 2012.  Circle this date on your gardening calendar.  This was the first day that I saw crocuses blooming in Binghamton, NY, in upst...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Happy 100th Birthday to My Favorite Cookie

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I could say "my favorite cookie" is my spouse's aunt, who turned 100 back in January, but she isn't.  Although, she is bar...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Winter or Spring?

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Yesterday, walking on the West Side of Binghamton, NY, I finally saw crocuses.  They were blooming in several front yards (alas, I didn'...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Civil War Sunday-The Battle of Hampton Roads and the Link with Johnson City, NY

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On Thursday and Friday of this week is the 150th anniversary of a major battle. You may know it better as the battle of the "Monitor ...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Invasion of the Winter Insects

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Today, in upstate NY, it was sunny, very breezy, warmish (upper 40's) and....full of insects. At least the blue sky wasn't full of...
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Friday, March 2, 2012

Thundersnow

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Our weird winter continues..... Last night (Thursday morning) we had a thundersnow storm around 2:30 a.m.  I slept through it!  Spouse was...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Requiem for a Small Business

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Small businesses go under every day.  But this business was special and made a difference in a lot of lives here in Westover. Tony B's...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Winter Wednesday - Leap Day Footprints

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It's been a while since I have featured snow in my winter blog.  But yes...we got some snow last week.  And, we are even supposed to get...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Civil War Sunday (Special Edition) The Elephant in our National Closet

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Sunday, in my Civil War Sunday feature, I blogged about an incident in Richmond, Virginia which made a very deep hate of "Yanks" ...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Pinning Away for a Simpler Time

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Well, my Pinterest saga has gotten interesting.  And I haven't even been on it a week. Thanks to one of my blogging "mentors...