While on a visit to the Niagara Falls area recently, I happened to dine at The Silo on Water Street in Lewiston, NY. The restaurant gets its name from its site -- a converted coal silo on the waterfront in Lewiston that used to hold coal for passing trains and passing ships. To look at … Continue reading The Silo — Home of the Monster Dog →

One of the unanswered questions from the class reunion was in regards to the scoreboard in the old school gymnasium.  It was a memorial gift in memory of Van Page, a member of our class who died back around 7th grade. The old memorial scoreboard was still in the old gymnasium, as we were told, … Continue reading Twin Tiers Christian Academy’s underutilized resource →

  A special part of the reunion was a tour of the new facilities, led by Miss Oldroyd.  As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, the school moved from the building my class -- the class of 1984 -- went to, to new facilities in January of this year. The new building, a connected … Continue reading TTBHS — New Building, Promising Future →

  We had a nice time at the reunion, catching up on old friends both present and absent. Ten of our 28 graduates were in attendance, with some spouses and children. Conversation turned to where we were and where those absent were. To the knowledge of everyone present all 28 graduates are still alive, although … Continue reading Catching up on friends present and absent. →

Today's blog is quite late. But I'm going to make it the first of a short series of photo and reflective essays. This first one is a retrospective look back. The pictures in this column are of the Breesport School building. Back in the fall of 1976 it became the building for a new school … Continue reading TTBHS — a look at the past →

Sarah is one unusual woman/person -- or perhaps, just perhaps, not so unusual about fame. It is a trap to many people who find it. Read her thoughts and think about it ....

Last night we started hoping for the soon arrival of Google Fiber in our fiberhood more than ever. A thunderstorm started and our Clear.com modem was able to get the tower but not able to get the internet. Betsy had just really gotten into her play time on ToonTown Rewritten, and Nathan was counting down … Continue reading Waiting for the rabbit →