Ramblin' with AM

Welcome! I hope I bring a spot of calm and happiness into these uncertain times. I blog about my photography adventures, flowers, gardening, the importance of chocolate in a well lived life, or anything else on my mind.

Monday, October 13, 2014

A Place of Their Own?

I haven't blogged about "B", my brother in law with autism, for a while, but that doesn't mean my husband (his guardian) a...

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Civil War Sunday - Gardening During the Civil War

Studying the United States Civil War isn't just learning about battles. For me, some of my interest is in the way people used to li...

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Sustainable Saturday - Heirloom Apple Crisp

Early fall in upstate New York. Many things say "fall" upstate. For example, trees turning color. We've had our first flu...

Friday, October 10, 2014

A Thankful Friday and Paw Paw Update

Thank you, readers, for making the daily posts I write an enjoyable experience. I appreciate each and every one of you when you stop by, an...

Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Continued Odyssey of the Rosemary

Back in 2011, I wrote a post about growing an evergreen herb called rosemary. This is not an easy undertaking in upstate New York, where r...

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Fall Fancies - Fall Glow

The sun has risen on a beautiful October day in upstate New York. I didn't get to see the total lunar eclipse, but look at this sunrise...

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Save My Paw Paw Plants!

It's that dreaded time of year, when it is time to say goodbye to the garden. Saturday morning, portions of Johnson City, New York (ne...

Monday, October 6, 2014

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Pumpkin?

Pumpkins and upstate New York go together like - well, fall color and upstate New York. Country Wagon Produce, Maine, NY (and, at this...

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Civil War Sunday - The Refrigerator

Everyone loves nostalgia. When nostalgia ties into the Civil War, and local history, it becomes perfect nostalgia. Consider this refri...

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Sustainable Saturday - 167 Pages

I'm looking at 167 pages that try to spell out my neighborhood's future. Wit flooding becoming more and more of a threat each year...

Friday, October 3, 2014

The Natural Art of Indecision

Indecision. Do you think indecision is a failing of yours? Well, don't judge too quickly. Let's look at Mother Nature and how sh...

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Better Knowledge through Advertising?

As someone who majored in cultural anthropology some 40 years ago while going to college in New York City, I have always been fascinated by...

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Fall Fancies - What Season Is It Anyway?

Here in southern upstate New York, the weather says "summer" but the leaves say "fall". Temperatures in the 70's F...

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Don't Panic!

As I am writing this blog post, our United States' Center of Disease Control is holding a press conference about the first case of Ebola...

Monday, September 29, 2014

Saturdat In the Park

When I was young, my Dad would leave the house every day to commute to his job in Manhattan. He always made one stop before heading toward...

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Civil War Sunday - The Wounds of War

On October 5, 2014, a memorial will be dedicated within sight of our nation's Capital building in Washington, DC. The American Veter...

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Sustainable Saturday - Nature Paints by Number

I have been in a summer mood the past couple of days. Here in the Binghamton area of upstate New York, it has been so sunny, so warm, and so...

Friday, September 26, 2014

Fog and Fall

Would we appreciate fall as much as things looked the way they do every day of the year? Perhaps that is the true reason why we don't ...

Thursday, September 25, 2014

The Disappearing Smells of Childhood

Can smells disappear, never to be smelled by anyone again? Apparently so. Do you have a special smell of childhood? Think about it - do...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Fall Fancies -The Transition

Fall has come to the Binghamton, New York area where I live. Fall is meeting summer and preparing to take over. Our weather, this week, i...

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bookworm: From the housing projects of New York City to rural Arkansas to upstate New York, I've traveled a long and winding road. Learning more daily about writing, photography, and the importance of chocolate in a well-lived life.

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