Sunday morning. Mother’s Day. I sit on a brick bridge watching ducks tread the waters […]
New York City
I was extremely anxious about traveling to New York City by myself, although I wasn’t […]
Oils! Oils! Oils!
I’m the son of an immigrant. My mother came to this country from Australia when […]
a peaceful evening in an unsuspecting place.
My time in Rochester was short but certainly memorable. My last evening found me sitting […]
Autumn leaves fall to the hunt
The bright autumnal leaves float with reckless abandon as the car drives along the dusty […]
Watkins Glen in the Fall
My first attempt to hike Watkins Glen was in March of this year. The snow […]
searching for Mennonites and other treasures
If I had paid any attention to such things as weather reports and News forecasts, […]
Watkins Glen in the dead of winter….
Giant icicles run long, the teeth of the Winter monster hanging upon frozen rock, waiting […]
the small sounds of the past in the Finger Lakes….
I get off the Interstate as quickly as possible to avoid the New York toll […]