Seeing is Believing

I had an eye exam recently. Thank God, as I have aged, my vision has become more stable (no drastic drops in vision like my younger years). Yet for the past two or three years, every optician I see warns me “You have to have 20/40 vision to drive in New York State.” Of course, [...]

Travel Garb, ADK Plans, and Miscellany

I haven’t written much here of late because there really hasn’t been much to write about. I haven’t been anywhere! I had plans to go to a corn maze and fall festival this weekend, but one of the kids is sick, and I’m not up to snuff myself yet. We’re aiming for next week. Here’s [...]

I Write Like L. Frank Baum

I write likeL. Frank Baum I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Funny! I discovered this website “I Write Like” thanks to blogging friend Karen. You paste a section of your writing into the applet, which then analyzes your writing style and compares it with other authors. I got L. Frank [...]

The Creepiest Places in the World

I found this title at another blog, and it got my attention probably as much as it now has yours, lol. Concierge.com has an interesting series on the world’s creepiest places. The places that make the top ten are… very creepy, indeed. There’s a nifty Google Map for it, too, here. Surprisingly, no New York [...]

A Diamond Monopoly is Not Forever

Interesting story from Syracuse. It has nothing to do with travel, save for the fact that we will be driving there next week. But I was surprised that this story was not more publicized. A search resulted in only WSYR covering it. The summary of the story is also on a webpage dedicated to the [...]

Whew!

I am feeling a satisfied sense of accomplishment right now, mingled with a dash of exhaustion. I posted three blog entries on our latest travels! It was an impromptu trip. Not too bad for a quickie outing. We visited Cooperstown, then the Fly Creek Cider Mill, and finally Baker’s Beach along Route 28. It’s a [...]

Venting

I hate Captcha. You know what it is– that “code” that you have to enter into website forms to “verify” everything. I know spam is a problem, but Captcha is a terrible solution! Everytime I want to fill a form, I come to the Captcha squiggles and cannot decipher what is there. I have poor [...]

Why I Love the Mohawk Valley

Earlier this week, the kids and I took a break from our home improvements and ran some errands. It included a trip to the Burke Library at Hamilton College, then to Utica and Washington Mills. As I drove over the glorious hills in Kirkland (Red Hill Road, Snowden Hill Road) and in bumper-to-bumper traffic in [...]