Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Frozen in Time

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Have you ever been frozen in time? You may have been.  Have you ever gone to a high school reunion, expecting to find a room full of 17 an...
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Monday, May 6, 2013

An Unknown Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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My friend of 50 years, who lives in Brooklyn, has given me permission to use the "A ____ grows in Brooklyn" meme one more time bef...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Civil War Sunday - Who Are You Loyal To?

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It's May 5, 2013.  As someone interested in the Civil War, I should have been at the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Ch...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Sustainable Saturday -A Backyard Grows in Brooklyn

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Today, I am in Brooklyn, one of the boroughs in New York City. A number of friends and relatives live in the area,and I am visiting them.  I...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

"Guest" Post - What Should a Caregiver Know About Physical Abuse of an Elder?

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Today, I am featuring a "guest post" - actually a post from the blog " The Intentional Caregiver " that I am posting wit...
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Fighting the Civil War at a VA Hospital

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I rarely post about political issues in this blog.  But, today, I am making an exception. Recently, I became aware of a situation in Hot S...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Spring Things - Variety Pack

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If we could buy spring beauty like we could a variety pack of cereal, what might we find? Perhaps these primroses in my back yard. P...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Historic Binghamton, New York

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Do you remember The Twilight Zone ?  Many people do, whether they saw it in its original showing on television in the early 1960's (as I...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

My Blogaversary and the Chickens

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Today marks the 2nd anniversary of my daily blogging streak.  Yes, starting with my post of April 29, 2011 I have blogged daily. Through th...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Civil War Sunday - The Confederates of Upstate New York

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It's funny how life works, because when you are busy traveling hundreds of miles to learn about Civil War history, you can sometimes fin...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Sustainable Saturday - Living on The Ledge

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What could be more sustainable than taking wasted space on your sunny windows or even sunny walls (in a bath enclosure, for example) and gro...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

The Zone of Alienation

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This is one zone you probably don't want to be in, this abandoned zone which some call the Zone of Alienation.  Its other name may be mo...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza

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Have you been guilty of mishearing song lyrics, to sometimes comic results? I have.  I bet you have, too. A number of websites exist for...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Spring Things - The Flowers Have Come! The Flowers Have Come!

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Shout it from the streetcorners!  Proclaim it throughout the Triple Cities of upstate New York!  Spring has arrived. On the West Side of B...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Fame and Fortune Will Have to Wait

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One week left to Camp NaNoWriMo.   One week left to write my chicken memoir, the vehicle by which I will achieve fame, fortune, and the ador...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Earth Day 2013

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After our community 2012 Earth Day event was cancelled due to the aftermath of the flood of September 2012 that impacted portions of the Tri...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Civil War Sunday - The 35th State

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Before and immediately after the start of the United States Civil War, a total of 11 states seceded from the Union, starting with South Caro...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Sustainable Saturday - Spring (Plant) Cleaning

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(My Earth Day post will be on Monday.) When we are trying to engage in sustainable living, it's a good idea to have some plants strict...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Tweeting the Night Away

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Binghamton, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. Some five hours apart.  Worlds apart. In downtown Binghamton, population 47,000, I found m...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lightening Bugs at a Quarter of

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Memoir writing at the virtual Camp NaNoWriMo is making memories flow. I started out in college as a history major, but within a year had s...
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