Follow Your Dreams
There must be something sage that I can say to my readers as 2014 comes to a close. We’ve celebrated Christmas with our families and now after all of the…
Christmas Eve on the Docks
I had to get out of the house. All of our Christmas cards have been sent, all of our packages have been wrapped, and now all that I can do…
The World Needs a Miracle
Yes, the world does indeed need a miracle. As we come to the end of 2014, we find ourselves struggling with sick family members or with close friends who are…
The Dickens Christmas Characters at Skaneateles, NY
There was plenty of snow on the ground at Skaneateles, NY for the annual Dickens Christmas characters which show up in the village each year in the month of December.…
All I want for Christmas is an Electric Car
You read the title of my blog correctly. When I was six years old, all I wanted for Christmas was an electric train. I still have that old electric train…
A New Manuscript
From the desk of the author: It’s been five years since I published my last book, “THE LAST OF THE FAMILY FARMS”. I began to write my second book right…
Do Children Laugh and Sing at Christmas?
December is here already and Christmas is just three weeks away. I spotted the old “one horse open sleigh” on display in Clifton Springs, NY. I knew what it was…
Don’t Knock It Until You Have Tried It
The Finger Lakes Region of New York State produces some of the best cabbage that I have ever tasted, but earlier this summer, we received plenty of rainfall and the…
The Best of the Finger Lakes in 2014
I consider myself more of a writer than a photographer but in the course of writing Finger Lakes Living, my weekly blog, I do take thousands of pictures each year.…
Preparing for Thanksgiving
We've had our first taste of snow here in Canandaigua, NY this last Thursday the 13th – just enough to whiten the ground and to send out the first wave…