May 29 2023
In honor of Memorial Day I wrote a new poem paying tribute to John McCrae and his well-known poem, In Flanders Fields, which was originally published in the May, 1915 issue of Punch magazine. War Stories Generals speak in battles won […]
March 13 2023
As much as I love Rochester, it’s also fun to get away and see something new, especially in winter. To state the obvious, you see things in Florida that you don’t see in Rochester. From my travels this year I’ve discovered that you know you’re not in Rochester when you find a coconut shell on […]
October 11 2022
The Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse is a Rochester treasure. Today it takes its place in history as the oldest lighthouse on Lake Ontario that is still in use. The lighthouse has been guarding the port of Rochester where the Genesee River meets Lake Ontario for 200 years, but I didn’t discover the lighthouse and its history until […]
September 29 2022
It was 1977 when Alex Haley entranced America with his story of Kunta Kinte, his 7th generation removed relative, one of the Mandinka people in Gambia. That winter was a brutal one in the Northeast, and we were happy to spend multiple cold and stormy nights on the couch watching Haley trace his roots. The […]
June 09 2022
Writing books is one thing. Marketing books is a whole different genre. Promoting my books has provided me with plenty of opportunities (in other words, forced me) to step out of my comfort zone and try something new. That’s how I found myselfyesterday reading aloud from Martha the Hairpreneur […]
May 27 2022
Now that I’ve been home from Florida for a few weeks, I’m reminded of the beauty to be found in and around Rochester. Drive down any street, and the color and the scent of the flowering trees are a treat for your senses. Unless you happen to suffer from spring allergies. Then I’d advise you […]
April 08 2022
Those of us who live in upstate New York are blessed to be able to bask in the beauty of the Finger Lakes. Although I have never lived on one of the Finger Lakes, I have taken many day trips and a few overnights to various lakeside locations. As a child, it was trips to […]
April 06 2022
As much as I love Rochester, I also love escaping from the long, cold, snowy Rochester winters for a few weeks every year. Who doesn’t like to walk (now I stroll) on the beach, watch the dolphins, and store up enough sunlight to make it through those cloudy Rochester days when we forget that there […]
March 12 2022
It’s time for an update on the writing goals I set last September. I set a goal of finishing a 100-poem manuscript by January 31, 2022. Well, I did complete the manuscript but not until the middle of February. I’m happy to say that it is now in the hands of my critiquers. This is […]
March 07 2022
I I recently took two of my grandkids to the Susan B. Anthony house. The kids have learned about her in school, of course, but there’s nothing like going to the actual place she lived to fully experience a person’s life. Susan lived with her sister, Mary, and their mother in this house at 17 […]