Ann Silverthorn

It had been about a month or so since we marked our first hike in the Let’s Move Outside! Erie County Recreational Passport. We had started with the Millcreek Greenway Trail and thoroughly enjoyed it, but the summer had started to get away from us, so we’re fortunate that the 10 trails can be completed over…

It was a warm, sunny, Sunday morning, when Husband Jim and I, along with our Cairn Terrier rescues, Nutmeg and Nora, set off on our first hike in the Let’s Move Outside! program. The day before, I had given Jim the task of deciding which trail we would tackle first, what I thought would be, at the…

This summer, Husband Jim and I have been taking our Cairn Terrier rescues along with us on our quest to fill our Erie County Recreational Passport by hiking 10 different trails in Erie County. A collaborative program between Erie Yesterday, Erie County Department of Health, and VisitErie, Let’s Move Outside! is part of Erie County’s pilot initiative…

Well, it’s been five months we’ve checked in on Nutmeg and Nora, our two Cairn terrier rescues. You might have been wondering if we gave them away, gave them back, or just gave up. I’m happy to say that Nutmeg and Nora are still here and are making progress every day. Do they still have…

Last night, Husband Jim and I thought we might like to see what was happening at the Erie Festival of the Arts 2012 at the Erie bay front. During events at Liberty Park, it’s next to impossible to find a parking place the lot there, but we tried anyway. No luck. So we went on…

As I started my morning surfing today, I kept seeing  the headline, “Boomers finally can afford the car of their (teenage) dreams on my Google News homepage. After the third time or so, I decided to check the story out. The article mentions the Dodge Challenger and Charger, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Pontiac GTO as…

“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered: Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway.…

Today, I stopped in at Tops Friendly Market, because it was close to the UPS store, where I had just shipped a package. I don’t usually shop there, but thought I could pick up a few things before heading home. So, I tossed some broccoli, peppers, romaine, mushrooms, and bananas into my cart and headed for…

This morning, as I read the Sunday paper, I almost forgot to look at the Parade magazine, which was buried in between the store ads that I try to avoid. I’m glad I sought out the weekly insert today, because it contained the inspirational story of Stephanie Nielson, a mother of four who was severely burned, along…

Today, Husband Jim and I attended our first St. Patty’s Day parade. How did we go through so many years in this town and not know that there was a parade on St. Patrick’s Day? I knew that a lot of people went downtown to drink, but I thought that’s all there was. Because the…