Posts: General

The “White out” Storm

          Cooling temperatures remind us that winter is around the corner.  The upstate New York area has already had its first snow of the season.  In Ella's Trouble Stone,  I have included  a chapter about a "white out" snow storm.  This type of storm suddenly comes off Lake Ontario and dumps a big amount of snow in a short amount of time.  I have been caught in at least two of these storms when I lived… Read More

Fall in upstate New York

   You know it is fall in North Carolina when...          * the farmers are harvesting crops of tobacco and cotton and sweet potatoes.          * the searing heat of summer has disappeared          * the nandinas are loaded with red berries          * the fall camellias are blooming          * children collect acorns, pinecones, and colored leavesI love fall in North Carolina, but fall in upstate New York can be spectacular!  Frost gives the leaves a vibrant color in… Read More

What truly matters?

Will what I do today really matter 10 years from now, or 100 years from now?This question inspires me to live with more purpose.  So much of what we do today will last for only a short time.  How do we get rid of the time wasters in our lives  and add things of lasting value?What if people who lived in the 1800s had lived only for their own pleasure?  Fortunately, some of them chose… Read More

The Ebola Crisis

     Some people fear that the Ebola virus could potentially become a world-wide pandemic.  People are looking to the medical community for answers, but have they forgotten that they can look to the Almighty for help?  People in the 1880's did not have antibiotics or inoculations to prevent such horrors.  Doctors in Ella's day would quarantine ill patients to prevent others from getting infected, but they really had no cures.  People often relied on prayer to get… Read More