Sunday, I spent a good portion of the day at Rec Park in Binghamton. There was a live music fest that ran from 1 pm to almost 9 pm. Eight bands played a 40 minute set. The music ran the gamut from jazz to Dixieland to Zydeco to rock. It was a wonderful day and… Continue reading Rec Park Music Fest
So many things go into the quality of life we all enjoy in our various communities. The community itself looks to enhance the quality of life for its residents in attempts to keep people interested in living in the community. I have found that one item that really plays to quality of my life is… Continue reading Quality of Life
I decided this weekend was a good weekend for a road trip. My youngest is away with his father. The only kids at home are adults – 25, 23, 19. I headed to the Finger Lakes for the second time in as many weekends. I went to Watkins Glen back on Memorial Day weekend and… Continue reading Weekend Fun
… or actually presented Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” My son has gone from loving being on the stage crew to loving being in the spotlight. This is a good thing for the Spartan Theatre Company as there is a true shortage of male actors, just as there are shortages of male voices in choruses. The… Continue reading Spartan Theatre Company Presents …
Regardless of where you turn here in my area, there is a Friday Fish Fry going on during Lent. If you are not going to or working a Fish Fry, you are probably having pirogi at another church. Since the Photo Club I go to has food as the photographing assignment this month, I decided to take… Continue reading Lenten Fish Fry
No, it truly is not spring yet in upstate New York. Mother Nature, as usual, is being a tease and the weather has seemed almost springlike. Yesterday, I walked down Edson Road so that my round trip was 3.2 miles. I took over 50 pictures as I was taking the new camera for a walk.… Continue reading A Sunny Spring Walk
No, I do not mean date line. I mean I had a sort of, kind of, impromptu date on Friday night. I know. None of those terms – sort of, kind of or impromptu – are generally used when describing a date. So here goes. Friday I worked hard in the morning after deciding that… Continue reading Date Night: Friday Night
When I was in Ithaca this past Friday night, I went to several art shows. One that I truly loved was the exhibit of Dee Sprague’s work at The Kitschen Sink. I first found The Kitschen Sink on The Greater Ithaca Art Trail last October. It was one of the four studios/galleries I managed to… Continue reading The Kitschen Sink and Dee Sprague’s Opening
I am absolutely amazed as I head out the doors these days that a week ago my area had a dump of two feet of snow and now I can see the driveway down to the dirt and the lawn in areas. In a salute to the resilience of nature and of those of us… Continue reading The Beauty in The Day
I have always been a mover. I sit in church but my leg is bouncing or I am tapping my foot with the music. I sit at the computer to work and I move this way or that as I do my work. Even in the car, a passing driver is likely to see me… Continue reading Can You Hold Still?
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