NIAGARA’S HISTORY: Somerset/Barker (photo)
This is a road-widening project in the fall of 1963, at the corner of Quaker and Lake Roads, looking north. A 1963 Ford Falcon sits in the lot of the…
HELEN BACH: Forest for the trees
So, as I mentioned in a previous column, there was PLENTY to do around Buffalo this past weekend, and, seeing as how I actually reside within walking distance of a…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: Life in New York
Life in New York — Laura Pedersen Fulcrum Publishing 202 Pages This evening, author Laura Pedersen will be at the Lockport Public Library to discuss her new memoir, Life in…
LOOKING AT MOVIES: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ (2016)
Disclaimer: This review deals with the content of this movie. This is in no way an endorsement of the Marvel or Disney Corporations. The tactics used by the Disney Corporation…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: False hellebore – the giant toxin of WNY
Every May, Western New York hikers are caught off guard by a rather gigantic flowering plant that is unlike any other to be found this time of year. With its…
HELEN BACH: Here’s your Mother’s Day weekend to-do list
If you cannot find something to do in Buffalo this weekend, you are ACTIVELY trying to be bored. It is the first weekend of the month, bringing with it the…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: The Bones Will Speak
The Bones Will Speak — Carrie Stuart Parks Thomas Nelson Publishers 331 Pages Just over one year ago, I reviewed the first book in the Gwen Marcy series, A Cry…
LOOKING AT MOVIES: ‘Team America’ (2004)
What?? Team America: World Police?? A classic movie? Why, this is an outrage! I am calling my congressional representative! I am calling the real police! Rabble rabble rabble rabble!! Calm…
NORMAL CHEF: Asian Ginger Pork Chops
Pork, the other white meat? Yes it is because it is so adaptable to any recipe. I know that in today’s standards, you can eat pork cooked medium because of…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: Spring beauty – the little potato of the spring woods
If you are out and about in the rich-soiled woodlots of Western New York this weekend you will come across a dainty little wildflower called the spring beauty. It is…