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Springville Holiday Events: 2017

Repost of my article in the Springville Times: Very Merry Main Street Nov. 24-25 Springville Holiday Events: 2017 It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Village of…

Turkey For You, Turkey for Me

Tis the season where you can buy GIANT or not as giant or medium smallish sized turkeys up the wazoo at the grocery store for insanely cheap prices!…

Hundred Year War? Really?

I suppose it a hazard of being Mrs. Charles Weber and having an office in the Lucy Bensley Center (the Genology Library for the Historical Society in town)…

If you give a dog a bone…

If you give a dog a bone… As a mama to two large dogs, with insatiable appetites as well as energy I’m always searching for new ways to…

Opera! In Springville?

Opera! In Springville? Apparently after coming back from seeing a WORLD CLASS opera performance at the Springville Center for the Arts, HWMMS and I are compelled to sing…

Painted Jesus

My friend Jolene and her husband Tom are cemetery nuts. As lovers of history and genealogy they travel all over the country visiting and photographing cemeteries. I myself,…

Halfway There!

Halfway There! Somehow, although making it halfway through NaNoWriMo on the 15th like a good little worker bee, I lost track of my daily word count this week…

WNY Coffee Shops

Aside: It’s a rare occasion since moving to Weber Wonderland that I long to be back in the city where I can walk to all the things…gathering together…

My Attempt To Make A Random Day, a Great American Smoke Out Day

I can’t believe I wrote this back in 2004. That was 13 years ago guys! But the story is still funny to me and since it is Great…

Wiggle Over to the Jell-O Museum

A repost of my article in the Springville Times: Wiggle Over to the Jell-O Museum Just a short drive across the I-90 in LeRoy, NY sits a small,…

That Moment When Your Realize the Bills Streaker Who Looks Like Your Friend Is Actually Your Friend

Yep, me and about 270 other people I know in WNY are friends with Bills Streaker aka Señor Wiener. Here’s the story…I turned off the Bills game yesterday…

Age

“Act your age.” What exactly does this mean? Clearly, we act, whatever age we are, right? If I’m 43 and I choose to eat french fries and chicken…

Gwynnie Bee: Frog Print Dress

You guys look at this frog print dress from Gwynnie Bee. Now, look closer. It’s a dissecting a frog print dress? Is that possible? I think it’s possible!…

Springville Area Veteran Memorials

Latest article in the Springville Times:  Springville Area Veteran Memorials Photo Credit: Jolene Hawkins Veterans Day is a day we come together as a nation to remember all…

Jane, the Worm Who Tells Me To Eat All The Things That Lives In My Belly

Does anyone else feel like they have a giant worm inside them that tells them to EAT ALL THE THINGS? No? Just me? Well, then, let me tell…

Two Phobias One Afternoon

Two Phobias One Afternoon. Our Senior Cat Tubby has an eyeball issue. The poor fella was sitting in the corner upstairs with one eye shut. It was crusty,…

Monday, Monday

Today was a good day. Monday is one of my full day in the office days. I bring two travel mugs of coffee with me in the morning…

Mental Health IS Physical Health

I just saw this sentence come through on Twitter: Is mental health just as important as physical health? Mental Health IS Physical Health.  I don’t understand. The brain…

Thor: Ragnarok

My review of Thor: Ragnarok can be summed up in two words. Ok, three. More Loki. (Please?) I didn’t love it. I always want more Loki. It was…

No Facebook, NO.

No Facebook. ENOUGH with forcing me to see “video memory montages” of my life through status updates I choose to share through your platform. It’s not even one…

Musings On Silent Auctions

Musings On Silent Auctions, Raffles, Basket Fundraisers True story. I’ve been a nonprofit professional all my life. And I’ve probably planned approximately a million fundraisers, give or take…

My Springville

This is my small town life in #Springville in one photo. 6 articles on cover. 3 articles I freelanced for @springvilletimes 2 articles @springvilleacc work events. 1 article organization I serve on the…

Twitterments

Because not everybody loves Twitter like I do… Oh my gosh I have an incredibly heavy sense of sadness today and I’m not sure at all where it’s coming…

Buffalo Bills

I should have known better. In fact I DO know better and I still didn’t listen to myself. I need to start listening to myself. I’m talking about…

WNY Historical Political Sites

A reprint of my latest article in the Springville Times: Fall Bucket List: Historic Political Sites Tuesday, November 7th is Election Day. While studying up on your local…

Potato Snake Dreams?

Potato Snake Dreams? Is that what that was? WHAT THE HELL BRAIN! I’m in the garden. I’m digging up potatoes. As I dig and dig and dig and…

NaNoWriMo 2017

NaNoWriMo 2017 Time! WELCOME NOVEMBER! WHY AM I SHOUTING? Yep, I’m doing this again. And this time I mean business. Hahaha. Not really, this time, like CampNaNo back…

All Things Jennifer

Pleasing herself and others since 1973.

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