This month you can take advantage of two free offers which everyone may enjoy. Unfortunately, they happen to fall on the same day; free admission to National Parks on September 24, 2011 and free admission to participating museums, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute. If you are creative perhaps you can fit in a visit...
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Hosta’s at the Cleveland Zoo Until you are overcome with shade, I think Hosta’s cannot be fully appreciated. However, when you look at them in full bloom, their beauty becomes much more apparent. While walking around the zoo, in Cleveland, Ohio, I could not help but admire the shade garden’s which were...
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My Hurricane Tips A couple of things learned from experience: First of all, take your position in the cone of possibility seriously. If you are being told that you may be impacted by Hurricane Irene, prepare now. Fill your freezer with bottles of water. If you lose power, the extra ice will...
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I Feel Bad About My Neck And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron “Within hours of moving in, I was home. I was astonished. I was amazed. Most of all, I was mortified. I hadn’t been so mortified since the end of my second marriage, and a great many of the...
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The Derrick Floor Sculptor And Friends “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” ~ Daniel Burnham ~ Architect 1893, Chicago World’s Fair We were driving in New Mexico, overcome by the need for ice-cream; we pulled over in Artesia, where I had the most perfect caramel Sunday, ever...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Holiday on the Hudson by George Luks An American artist, George Luks, (1867-1933), was born in Pennsylvania, traveled in Europe, living in Germany, before eventually settling in New York City. He was part...
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Avocados! Stuffed Bagel Avocados have long been a favorite food of mine; they are delicious, nutritious, and versatile. Summer is the perfect time to enjoy avocados when they are fresh and in season, picked to ripen quickly. A native of Mexico, avocados have traveled the world, and are now grown in a wide...
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Majestic Gulls Larry feeds seventeen cats, squirrels, and seagulls– all who seem to know him. I came upon Larry just as he was about to feed a flock of gulls. The seagulls gathered around him, as did a black and white cat, whose tail had been lopped off, after having been attacked. I stopped...
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A View from the Backyard BeginStorm BeginStorm1 Click on link above to see video The news is on, an update on Tropical Storm Emily, which may visit South Florida over the weekend – then suddenly a familiar snap – and we are without power. It only last a few minutes,...
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I Hear America Singing By Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanic, each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes read for work, or leaves...
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