Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Spring Things - Columbine and Roses

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We are rapidly approaching the end of Spring in upstate New York.  Another couple of weeks and it will be summer. It seems like that there...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Loneliness #MondayMusings

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A day late, I am posting a #MondayMusings post. Monday Musings, hosted by Write Tribe, is an invitation to post your thoughts - happy, sa...
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Monday, June 8, 2015

The Golden Hour

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We are getting close to our longest day of the year, here in upstate New York.  Spring will be over in a couple of weeks, as our all-too-sho...
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Civil War Sunday - The End

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Today, on Day #7 of the Write Tribe Festival of Words #4, we are encouraged to flex our writing muscle.  So with that, I have to make a dec...
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Why I Pretend to Walk a Tightrope

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I'm not properly serving my readers just by posting pictures of lovely flowers. Even though I saw the first roses of the year bloomi...
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Donut Days

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Today, in the United States, it is National Doughnut (or Donut, depending on how you spell it) Day. What is a donut?  It is a round dough,...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Would You Want a Blog with Scents?

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For years, I have been hoping for a blogging plug in that would permit me to transmit scent on my blog, especially when I take pictures of f...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Spring Things - Pink and Purple Flower Passion

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Here in upstate New York, we are in what I would call "late spring".  We had a hot May, and it gave a big kick in the posteriors ...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Am I Ready to Be Criticized?

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Yesterday, I blogged about needing to fail, because I haven't stretched myself as a blogger the way I did in my very first blogging chal...
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Monday, June 1, 2015

Why I Must Fail

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Ah, the month of June.  The beginning of summer.  New beginnings, new challenges. Only in the blogging community can you find a blogging c...
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Civil War Sunday- The End or the Beginning?

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The 150th anniversary commemorations for the United States Civil War have (for the most part) come and gone.  Even Disunion , the New York T...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Local Saturday - Mindful Lesson of a Grancy Greybeard

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It hurts.  It damages.  It kills.  Literally. It's falling. Have you ever fallen?  If not, do you know someone who has?  As my regu...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

A Coloring Paradise

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Before I begin, I want to thank everyone who commented, and showed support, on yesterday's blog post.  There is a writing competition, N...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Facing Fear

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Does your fear block your creativity?  This is a question being asked in the Write Tribe Festival of Words #4.  And, for once, I am going ...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Spring Things - Countryside in the Mist

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Sometimes, I wonder why I keep living in upstate New York.  The taxes are high.  The regulations are ridiculous.  The winters stretch on for...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

When Is A Fall Not A Fall?

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When is a fall not a fall? Last week, I blogged about how I had signed up for a falling prevention course because - well, I've fallen...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Remembering

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Our veterans, past and present, deserve our thanks, and so much more.  Today, in the United States, it is Memorial Day. Today, the genealo...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Civil War Sunday - Can Remembering be Toxic?

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The United States Civil War is not yet over. My country, the United States, has just finished four years of remembering an event that t...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Local Saturday - Lost But Now Found

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For the second time in my life, I have found lost family (or, rather, they have found me). Last February, I posted something I am repeatin...
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Friday, May 22, 2015

Thirteen Months Later

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What a difference 13 months makes between drought and nationally covered floods. In April of last year, I blogged about Wichita Falls, Tex...
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