A couple of years ago, I resolved to love winter. Since Husband Jim has never moved me out of this frosty bucket, I figured I should bloom where I was planted, so to speak. This year, as for many, it …
Nutmeg and Nora Love Snow! Read more »
Sometimes it just takes a friend’s example to nudge one into action. I’ve wanted to join the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership’s Ambassador program for some time, but I had always put it off. When a friend of mine …
Erie Ambassador Program: Session 1 – Orientation Read more »
Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader Progress is being made on William E. Dimorier’s biography. As I was organizing my notes the other day, I came across an article in The American City, from 1917, which describes an interesting approach to …
Dimorier Helped Campaign for Attendance Read more »
Young Mr. Bieber, either your mother has not had a stern talk with you, or you think you don’t need to listen to her anymore, so, allow me to tell you a few things. Some years ago, when you first …
Mother’s Advice for Justin Bieber Read more »
Thanks to the generosity of some friends who had tickets they couldn’t use, we traveled to Cleveland’s Playhouse Square last night to see the popular musical, Wicked, which first opened on Broadway more than a decade ago. This show gives …
An Unexpected Treat Provides a Wicked Delight Read more »
Living near the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC, my son and daughter-in-law have encountered a number of celebrities at their neighborhood pharmacy. A year or so ago, the activity during one of our Skype sessions was a guessing game about their …
Philomena: A Film of Tragic Forgiveness Read more »
Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader In 1916, the subject of my research, William E. Dimorier, an educator and poet, wrote an article called, “Significance of Poetry” for the Journal of Education. He begins his piece, The memorizing of choice …
Why Aren’t We Memorizing Poems Anymore? Read more »
The day was November 22, 1963, and I was getting pretty comfortable in the third month of first grade at Our Lady of Peace. I had been so lonely the previous year, when we moved back to Erie from California, …
Remembering That Day in 1963 Read more »
Ever since my son and his wife moved to Washington, DC, about two years ago, we’ve made the six-hour trip to visit them every few months. Each time, we’ve considered taking a detour to visit the Flight 93 Memorial in …
Taking Time to Visit the Flight 93 Memorial Read more »
For my last birthday, knowing how much I like The Band Perry, Husband Jim bought us tickets to see them as one of Rascal Flatts’ opening acts. The October 18, 2013 concert would also be the first major event at …
Erie Insurance Arena, Rascal Flatts, and #AJO Read more »
