Fun for children but little antique farm equipment It was a fun stop, our late afternoon visit to the Cooperstown Farmers’ Museum. To us as adults looking at what had been collected and…
Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown visit I’m supposed to be on vacation this week, but as is often the case, I’m having difficulty making a clean break. Worked today and yesterday, but Tuesday we took off…
Visiting the Nina and the Pinta
The stern of the Nina When Columbus came to America he sailed with three ships. Most famous of them on his first voyage was the Santa Maria. That ship was accompanied…
Challenging the gay rights crusade again
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/california_gov_jerry_brown_sig.html http://www.christianpost.com/news/michele-bachmanns-christian-counseling-center-targeted-by-pro-gay-group-52261/ These two news articles present two good reasons why gay marriage is not right for America. This is not about them being able to secure additional rights; this is really…
Verona Beach State Park – a quiet spot
JoAnne and I took time to visit Verona Beach State park for a quiet picnic. The lake was calm, the sun bright and the park sparsely populated except for the camping area….
Arkport Class reunion
Great evening! Lots of laughs! Cousin Ken Isaman is a great emcee and stand-up comedian and gets lots of help from our class. He and Shirley Kilbury Chapman did a superb job…
Grace Gardens — A beautiful spot
[nggallery id=27] You could call it the mother lode of daylilies, but I just cannot resist the sheer beauty of a hillside filled with a variety of hemerocallis in bloom. That is what…
Spiritual Enrichment at Family Camp
JoAnne and I made it to Family Camp July 6-10 this year. From one standpoint, district pastors are supposed to go at least for one weekend. But from another and in my…
Fireworks across Onondaga Lake
After our Liverpool Band concert in Johnson Park in Liverpool, JoAnne and I, along with Brenda VanDuser and Jane Kinney stopped along Onondaga parkway to watch the Fairground fireworks. We were a…
Men’s Fishing Retreat
For a couple years now, men from Community Wesleyan have been organizing a fishing retreat in the Adirondacks on July 4th weekend. This year, Rhett LaForte asked me to bring the message…