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.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

The Many Shades of Sunset

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There is something about an early February sunset on a warm February day. But this was no ordinary sunset.  It was something that never happ...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Winter Wonders - The Winter That's Been a Wonder

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Floods.  Blizzards.  Tornadoes.  Strong winds. Everything in extreme. That has been the story of winter in the United States.  No except...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Groundhog Day 2016

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Today is Groundhog Day in the United States, where we pull a groundhog out of the ground to predict the weather.   It's purely scient...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Music Monday - Never Gonna Give Rick rolling Up

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Today, a little bit of fun.  This post was inspired by one of my Facebook friends, who I will call "Mr. A". What is a music mash...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

End of a Challenge and Weekly Blogging Roundup #3

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Today is the last day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. After having avoided blog challenges for part of 2015, I had a good time with this cha...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Local Saturday - Goodbye to An Average Superwoman

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Farewell, Sandi Tuttle, an Average Superwoman.  You were anything but average. I cybermet you at the very first Author Blog Challenge in J...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

The Sand Painting

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The Dalai Lama is at the world renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for treatment of a prostate condition. He is expected to mak...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Throwback Thursday - Challenger

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On Friday, January 28, 2011, I wrote the blog post "Another 25 Years Ago Moment". Now, five years later, it is the 30th annivers...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Winter Wonders -The Phone Call with Oprah

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Today, I have a question for you: Would you buy a product, or use a service, just because a celebrity endorsed it? Here in the United St...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Searching for Snow in All the Wrong Places

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For those of my blog readers who heard of the great blizzard that hit parts of the eastern coast of the United States this weekend, you are ...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Music Monday - The Dark Side of RA

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Please forgive me for a bad wordplay on an album title, because it has been another hard week for the music industry, with the death of two ...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Weekly Blog Roundup #2

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Today, welcome to my 2nd Weekly Blog Roundup (organic, I promise) of some other bloggers I enjoyed in the past week.  I will try to mainta...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Local Saturday-When Location is Everything

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Today, a lot of the coastal Northeast United States is under blizzard conditions.  Winter has kicked in, and in a big way.  Our nations capi...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Don't Rummage Through Your Purse in Public

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Another 15 seconds of fame for your blogger, AM. This time, I appeared (three times in one night) on a local news program ...rummaging thr...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Throwback Thursday - Who Among Us Is Worthy?

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Thirty years ago today, my father passed away. What can I say to pay tribute to the man who raised me after my mother died when I was 12? ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Winter Wonders - The Night Shift

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A winter's day, in a deep and dark...January (with apologies to Paul Simon). The sun set, framed in a door window at our local shoppi...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

When Water is Toxic

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None of us can live without water. When we turn on our tap, here in the First World, we expect the water coming out of it to be potable.  ...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

Music Monday - A Bad Beginning

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Today, in the United States, it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, where we pay tribute to one of the most influential men in our country from ...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Weekly Blog Roundup #1

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Today, I am going to start a new Sunday feature, a Weekly Blog Roundup (organic, I promise) of some other bloggers I enjoyed in the past wee...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Local Saturday - Walmart and Whoopie (Pies)

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No more "urban offense and rural defense". Walmart is ending an experiment begun in 2011, with small "express" stores....
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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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