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.

Friday, December 8, 2017

Supermoon at Sunrise - #SkywatchFriday

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Monday, as the supermoon was setting and the sun was starting to dawn, I left for work.  I slammed my front door shut, and about two seconds...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

The Disappearing Anniversary

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Last year was the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Pearl Harbor Day was the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Fall Fancies - Don't Disturb

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Shhhh. Don't disturb the cozy cat. The cat sleeps in the midst of a noisy open house at a local gift shop, snuggled into some knit...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Egg Creams #FavorsomeTuesdays

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An exhibit on Jewish Food all over the world at a local museum led me into today's memory. Somewhere around the turn of the century (...
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Monday, December 4, 2017

Christmas Lights and Tributes #MusicMovesMe

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It's December, and at Music Moves Me, Christmas music rules.  But I also wanted to pay tribute to some recently departed singers, so a l...
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Sunday, December 3, 2017

A Tale of Two Decembers

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Same house, different years, Maine, New York (about 20 minutes from Binghamton). Taken December 7, 2013. Four years later. Taken Dec...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Local Saturday - Oh Tannenbaum 2017

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Now that it is December, it is time to bring a little Christmas spirit into this blog. Every year, the Tioga County, New York, historical ...
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Friday, December 1, 2017

Last of November #SkywatchFriday

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Today is the first of December.  The year is 11/12 over. Now, on the way to work, I see some of the lovely colors of the sky. Clouds in...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Nostalgia Revisited

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Things seem to get more horrible each day.  Wars, refugees, terrorism. There's North Korea looming in the distance for us.  For the pe...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Fall Fancies - Unseasonable.

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This should not be These trees should be bare on November 28th.  This flower in my yard shouldn't be blooming on November 25. ...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Charlotte Russe #FlavoursomeTuesdays

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Two years ago, I blogged about being invited to a 104th birthday party for my spouse's last living aunt.  She lives several miles from...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

His Last Words - Music Moves Me

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It is the last Monday of November and, here in the United States, we just celebrated Thanksgiving. We are grateful for so much, even as so...
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Sunday, November 26, 2017

The Uneasiness of Green

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Yesterday, we walked on the West Side of Binghamton, New York (not that far from where the late Rod Serling of Twilight Zone (among other ac...
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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Local Saturday - Is Everything We Know About Shopping Wrong?

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Small Business Saturday was today, in the United States. So much of our well being depends on the retail industry.  And now, there is a st...
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Friday, November 24, 2017

Surrender - #SkywatchFriday

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For some reason, the weather pattern we have been in these past few weeks in upstate New York have led to some of the most beautiful sunsets...
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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Brown is Beautiful #ThursdayTreeLove

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Just because you aren't red or yellow doesn't mean you aren't beautiful. Fall in upstate New York begins with beautiful yellow...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Being Thankful

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Last Saturday's farmers market in upstate New York. The bounty of the season, something I can be so thankful for (several recipe...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A Thanksgiving Memory - #FlavoursomeTuesdays

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A while back, in 2015, I shared the below memory with you of my young adulthood, when my spouse was in the Air Force, and we were spending ...
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Monday, November 20, 2017

Songs of Thankfulness #MusicMovesMe

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Today, on this Music Monday before Thanksgiving in the United States, our theme is "Tunes with the word "Thankful/thanks or about ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Some Thanksgiving History

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Thanksgiving 2017 in the United States will be November 23. Did you know that the American celebration of Thanksgiving is intertwine...
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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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