Photo Hunters: Self

Today’s Photo Hunt is “Self.” Hmm, this was a tough one. I have purposely never taken a photograph of myself for this blog. When people ask me for a photo, I always send them this: That is actually a photo of my great-great aunt. I found it in a collection of musty old cardboard boxes, [...]

Travel Gadgetry

Oo I love my gadgets. I try to keep things down to a minimum, though. I don’t have a Blackberry– I only got a cell phone a year ago, and it’s not Internet-capable! I don’t have those teeny-tiny computers or anything like it. When we travel, I bring my cameras, SD memory cards, and laptop, [...]

Uber-Spam

This blog is being spammed like never before. Wha? I use Akismet like everyone else. It has shielded me from 99.9% of spam thus far. But more and more crap is sneaking through. Is anyone else having this problem? It’s always my archived posts that are being targeted, and usually the spam is filled with [...]

FX Matt Brewery in Utica Burns

Ouch. The FX Matt Brewery in Utica, NY, was on fire Thursday. More than five fire districts came to put out the fire, which was emitting toxic fumes into the city. We visited the brewery a few months ago. It is an historic place and very much a part of the city of Utica. The [...]

New York Travel Links

I have been asked by a few people to send them links to various travel websites pertaining to New York State. I have a few helpful links, but rather than sending out several emails, I thought I’d make it easy on myself and put everything in a post. And this way, everyone else can read [...]

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