The poet moves on

Monday, 7 September 2009, 13:34 | Category : buffalo, intellectualism, local, localism, writing
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A few days ago a good friend of mine (the poet) decided to move to another city.  In this new, magical place he hopes to find a better life then the one he was living in the suburbs of Buffalo.  After making the trip and settling in he gave me a call to let me [...]

Flight 3407

Friday, 13 February 2009, 15:04 | Category : buffalo, localism
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Image courtesy of Hero Design Studio Buffalo, NY
Most of you know the details of last nights events.  If not - here is a link to the Buffalo News story surrounding the events of 12 February 2009 - latest updates on flight 3407 plane crash.  It is the day after and I still have no [...]

Whatever Martha!

Friday, 28 November 2008, 14:10 | Category : art, buffalo, holiday, just fun, localism
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Something fun for the day after Thanksgiving.  A lazy day on the computer brought me to this clip from the new show “Whatever, Martha!”.  I was searching for Martha Stewart books (I know, why do I bother?) and found a link to her daughter Alexis’ show on FLN. Funny stuff…

Also - if you have [...]

The Holiday Spirit

Thursday, 13 November 2008, 13:45 | Category : food, holiday, localism, shopping
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Now that my birthday is over (and it was lovely I might add) I am ready to move on to the other November holiday.  I bet you thought (judging from the title) that this was going to be a post about the December holiday season.  Well - you were wrong!  Before we start shopping for [...]

Niagara Rises

Thursday, 6 November 2008, 12:50 | Category : events, localism, volunteering
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As a former resident of the Cataract City, I feel it is necessary to give a plug to a new organization that has been formed to present a Niagara Homecoming Weekend in June of 2009.  Niagara Rises is the name given to this new (volunteer run) group and here is what they are all [...]