Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Winter Wonders - Oreo Snow in the Frozen World

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Much of the United States is in the grip of an arctic blast.  For us, it is the Frozen World.  They are saying that 200 million Americans ar...
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Sweet Tea

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Welcome to day two of the Ultimate Blog Challenge #blogboost and #FlavoursomeTuesdays. In reviewing 2017, I realized I had never blogged...
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Monday, January 1, 2018

Music Moves Me - New Years

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Welcome, those who are participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge! If you are new to my blog, a brief introduction:  I live near Bingham...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

The Word for 2018

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The last three years, I had chosen a guiding word for the year, a word that would represent my goals for the coming year.  I haven't mad...
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Saturday, December 30, 2017

Stop and Smell the Flowers

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Two days left to 2017.  Two more days before the beginning of 2018, and a new Ultimate Blog Challenge. There are so many "my year in ...
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Friday, December 29, 2017

Sky Highlights 2017 #SkywatchFriday

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We've come to the end of the year and it's time to review some of the best skies of 2017.  I don't think I featured these exact ...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

The Clouds and the Bridge #ThursdayTreeLove

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What is it like, to shed your leaves and sleep, seemingly oblivious to the cold of winter? You don't have to shovel snow, or slip on ...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The Mystery Christmas Day Photo

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I originally published this post in May of 2011.  I have never had this mystery solved, so I am republishing this post just in case th...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Peanut Butter and Jelly for New Year's Eve #FlavoursomeTuesdays

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When I was a teen, I developed a strange custom for New Years Eve. By the time I turned age 13, it was just my father and I, living togeth...
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Monday, December 25, 2017

Caroling - #MusicMovesMe

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Today, on #Music Moves Me, the theme is Christmas music, or anything Christmas.  It isn't too often that Music Moves Me coincides with C...
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Sunday, December 24, 2017

The Eggnog Riot of 1826 and Other Signs of Christmas

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All over the Christian world, it is Christmas Eve. Christmas seems to be everywhere, from a religious display at our local shopping mall...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Local Saturday - Festivus For the Rest of Us

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As someone who majored in cultural anthropology, I am fascinated by holidays and their origins. Festivus may be the only holiday created...
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Solstice - #SkywatchFriday

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Photos from Wednesday in Binghamton, in upstate New York. Seeing the sun isn't a common occurrence in December. Is that contrail ...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

The Cure for Bah Humbug

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If you are burnt out, and yelling "Bah Humbug!" at the world, you may want to check this video out, on this, the first day of wint...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Manicotti Traditions #FlavoursomeTuesday

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Yes, it's Wednesday  I'm a day late. We never thought a tradition would end this way. In 2015, I blogged about my in law...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Random Acts of Kindness Past

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I first blogged the following in 2010, with an update in 2014.  Now I want to update it still again. This year, 2017, I want to thank co ...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

Blue Christmas - #MusicMovesMe

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Blue Christmas, by Elvis Presley. The lyrics don't really match what I want to blog about today, but in a way, the title does. If ...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Ephemeral

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I have a number of readers in climates where snow is nonexistant or rare. This is my gift of the season to you. Bushes Part of my f...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Local Saturday - Dysfunction

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Life has a strange way of teaching lessons. Have you ever thought that the experiences in your life were put there to lead you to somethin...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day December 2017 and #SkywatchFriday

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Today, two memes for the price of one. My guest photographer provides a picture of the December 6 sunset here in Binghamton, New York.  ...
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