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  • The continuing story. We went to Niagara Falls. When you grow up near one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, you tend to take it for granted. "Niagara Falls again!" I used to grumble, as did just about every k…

  • A tourist in one's home town

    Part three: Buffalo Aslong as we were in Buffalo, I decided to pop into City Hall and get acopy of Mad Scientist's birth certificate, since I ruined his originalone by spilling sun screen all over it. Buffalo's …

  • What I did on my summer vacation

    Part 2: The family homestead This year's visit home was somewhat sad, since Jon's father died last year and his mother is selling the house in which Jon and his six siblings grew up. My mother-in-law has mov…

  • A Zoo Tale

    I took my kids to the Buffalo Zoo, while we were in town. It's a fabulous old zoo, probably 100 years old. The giraffe house is located close to the road, and it's always something of a surprise to see, in the middle o…

  • Blizzard of '77

    ThanksRon for reminding me. This weekend is the 30thanniversary of the Blizzard of '77. If you can stand it, I thought I'd take a trip down memory lane. I was 8 years old, and on the day of the storm, my entire family wa…

  • Update: My dad's power finally came back on last night at 8:00pm. I think that works out to 6 days with no electricity, and according to my brother, his town (Amherst) is still in a state of emergency. We rented Bruc…

  • Jack Gance (by Ward Just) was good. I was struck by how it is a truly American novel, rather than a novel that happens to be written by an American. I like novels that identify strongly with a place and this one sta…

  • Hometown: I was born in Buffalo, NY and lived there for much of my life, except for a few years in Boston and a short stint in Michigan. Then my husband and I joined the brain drain and fled south. Most peopl…

  • "This isn't America, this is Buffalo." So said the mean cop in the movie Jon and I watched the other night. It's called The Falls and is set and filmed in Buffalo, which is my hometown. Now, don't go rushing out to ren…

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