By : Sally Valentine

December 04 2012

December 3, 2012 Bonus Day

I thought that I wouldn’t be going for anymore walks with the grandkids in the stroller this year, but every once in awhile God smiles down on us and gives us a Bonus Day. Today was such a day – sunshine, warm breeze, no snow on ground. It was a great day for taking a […]

By : Sally Valentine

December 02 2012

November 25, 2012 Baptism

    Take one old fashioned wedding dress,     Add 40 years, more or less,     Pin and Cut, Stitch and press,     Dress a child for God to bless.  

By : Sally Valentine

November 20 2012

November 19, 2012 ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha

I love to sing. I didn’t say that I have a good voice – I just like to sing. I guess I inherited this trait from my mother. One of my fondest childhood memories is of sitting with my mother on the piano bench, my brother on the other side, the three of us singing […]

By : Sally Valentine

November 16 2012

November 10, 2012 Book Festival

    Saturday was a great day for a book festival – not that any day isn’t a good day to celebrate books and reading. This was the 16th year of the Rochester Children’s Book Festival, and it just keeps getting better every year. It’s a festival that was started by local author Vivian VandeVelde in a […]

By : Sally Valentine

November 06 2012

The Monday Club November 5, 2012

   We’ve entered a new phase at the Monday Club. Evan has learned how to climb the stairs. He’s been going up just one step between the family room and kitchen at his house for a few weeks now. He’d been trying to get up a second step, but kept falling back. Today, as soon as […]

By : Sally Valentine

October 31 2012

October 31, 2012 New Stoves

Everybody should get a new stove every 60 years or so. At least that’s what the people of Bethlehem Lutheran Church think. We just voted to remove our 60+ year-old gas stove from the basement kitchen and replace it with 2 new models.   With 10 burners and 2 big ovens, this stove had served […]

By : Sally Valentine

October 25 2012

October 25, 2012 #25 School

Today my steps took me into #25 School at the corner of Bay and Goodman in Rochester. These were steps I had traveled before, but not in the last 25 years. In the 1980s, I taught remedial math there. Today I went as an author with a power point presentation about writing and Rochester – […]

By : Sally Valentine

October 23 2012

Oct. 23, 2012 S & L Cafe, Marion

If you’re out for a fall foliage drive, take a wander out to Marion. Just continue heading east on Rte. 441 out of Penfield. After about 8 miles you’ll come to the 4 corners of Walworth, and after another 5 miles you’ll be in Marion. Scott and Laura have done a great job fixing up […]

By : Sally Valentine

October 19 2012

October 19, 2012 Butterfly Trail

 I didn’t see any butterflies on the Butterfly Trail this week, but I really didn’t expect to at this time of year. I’d been meaning to check out this new trail in Macedon for a few weeks, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. The trail is in a beautiful spot along the Erie Canal […]

By : Sally Valentine

October 17 2012

October 14, 2012

There isn’t a better month than October for stepping around Rochester. So what if you have to wear a jacket and long pants, maybe even a hat and gloves. The cooler air is invigorating and the colors intoxicating. The best part is that you don’t have to drive to the mountains to do your leaf […]