July 31 2014
I just finished reading The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, and I’m giving it a five star rating. I loved it. Keep in mind that this review is not necessarily from a Jody Picoult fan. I haven’t read enough of her stories yet to call myself a fan, but based on this book, I’ll look for […]
July 24 2014
I’m really glad that Homerama was back in Rochester this year. I missed it during the three years it wasn’t held. It’s a great place to spend a summer afternoon because a visitor can do some serious daydreaming here. Homerama World is a place where everything is sparkling and every space unclutterd. What would it be like […]
July 10 2014
Lately Evan’s (age 2) favorite words are “not workin’.” He uses this to mean something is just not right, whether it is electrical, mechanical or neither. If he can’t open a door, it’s not workin’. If he can’t fit something in a container, it’s not workin’. If he can’t reach the light switch, it’s not […]
July 01 2014
Molly’s at the age (almost 2) where she likes to take things in and out. She’ll put blocks one by one in a bucket and then one by one take them out. She also has a fascination with zippers, mostly the unzipping part. She can’t quite zip them up. So I decided that she needs a […]
June 10 2014
When I first retired from teaching, I stopped wearing my watch and setting my alarm clock. I wanted to be free of schedules and time restrictions. That was great – for awhile. But it seems that we’re all creatures of habit and routine, and I found myself setting up some new activities to replace the […]
May 03 2014
Gary and I met with our financial planner this week. We told him we were looking for an investment that paid a lot of interest and was guaranteed not to lose money. You should be laughing now because we all know that there’s no such thing. That’s why we’ve decided that the best thing to […]
April 27 2014
Have you noticed that all of a sudden everything in Rochester is green? It seems that we went from winter to spring overnight. Of course, nothing happens that suddenly. While we couldn’t even see over the piles of snow, the grass, the flowers, the trees have all been gaining strength and preparing for their annual […]
March 13 2014
In my last post about the cinquain, I neglected to say that the cinquain was invented right here in Rochester, NY by Adelaide Crapsey, the daughter of an Episcopal priest who was defrocked because of heresy. Crapsey was born in Brooklyn in 1878 but was raised in Rochester. She attended Vassar and was the class poet, […]
March 09 2014
I received a belated Valentine this week from the kids at Wellwood Middle School, where I had done some poetry workshops this past fall. The teacher explained that it was late because of snow days and February vacation days. I say it’s never too late for a Valentine, or any kind of remembrance for that […]
March 05 2014
Spring arrived at my house last Sunday. No, I didn’t see a robin, or a crocus, or even a flock of geese heading north. But on a very cold day, when the world outside was nothing but stark empty expanses of white, Spring knocked on my door in the form of a 6 lb. 10 […]