November 16 2012
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 […]
November 06 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 […]
October 31 2012
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 […]
October 25 2012
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 – […]
October 23 2012
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 […]
October 19 2012
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 […]
October 17 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 […]
October 15 2012
2 sleeping babies = second cup of coffee for Grandma
October 13 2012
Last weekend I stepped out to Michigan to attend a baby shower for my niece Shelly, who is expecting twin girls in a few weeks. Shelly is a twin herself, so there was a sense of deja vu along with the usual fun and good wishes. With my daughters, my grandson, and my sister-in-law’s sister along, […]
September 24 2012
Gary and I had a “you can’t get there from here” experience while attending the Fringe Festival this weekend. We were headed for the Xerox auditorium and had parked in the garage across from Geva. Given that there was a huge black cloud overhead and given that we parked on the third floor of the […]