Tag Archives: Niagara Falls

Tundra Swans

Posted on March 13, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 70. Tundra Swans clustered in the Niagara River near the north Grand Island Bridge.

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Sense of Place

Posted on March 7, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 66. Home is the crest of the Niagara Escarpment after a long drive to reach the I-190 and its interstate exit, 25b. The River’s tinctured surface, the gorge rock walls interspersed with cedar trees, the curved descent from 70 … Continue reading →

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How To Create Something Great

Posted on March 5, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

When was the last time anyone asked you to create or do something great? I’m asking. I’m asking you to help us create something magnificent in Niagara Falls, NY and along the Niagara Gorge Rim. I’m asking each of you … Continue reading →

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Spoken Lies

Posted on February 25, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 54. Friends reported on Thursday, Senator Maziarz refuted the truths in the Niagara Gorge Rim study (Regional Economic Growth Through Ecological Restoration of the Niagara Gorge Rim) on local radio which is why I hired a professional firm to … Continue reading →

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My First Elfje

Posted on February 24, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 53. My First Elfje. Melanoid Little Senator Lied on television My study ensures Niagara’s Preservation How to write one is found here.

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A Quiz In Logic

Posted on February 20, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Logic Quiz: True or false? The Robert Moses Parkway is a road. True. (Documented fact, common sense). The speed limit on the Robert Moses Parkway is 45 mph. True. (Documented fact). The Robert Moses Parkway blocks access to the Niagara … Continue reading →

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Love Note

Posted on February 14, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 44. Dear Mother Nature, Creator of the Universe, The Great Mystery or the Deity in Charge, What you can’t speak, your silent eloquence inspired: small prose poems viewed through a moving window. The sunlit, pixie dust glitter creased by deer … Continue reading →

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Niagara’s Political Climate

Posted on February 13, 2013 by fragmentsandthoughts

Day 43. Love Canal. CWM (Chemical Waste Management). Fracking Water. Wallenda and Zip lines at Olmsted’s State Parks, where his vision clearly states “nothing man made” should intrude on the experience of the iconic waterfall. Perhaps Niagara’s welcoming billboard could … Continue reading →

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The Reflection

Posted on July 9, 2012 by fragmentsandthoughts

Yesterday, I killed a spider in the upstairs bathroom. It had spun a web between the medicine cabinet and a corner, the walls papered in an antique map of the world. I have no idea what kind it was or … Continue reading →

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Planting Natives in Niagara County

Posted on June 21, 2012 by fragmentsandthoughts

My goal is to create slices of local ecology where possible as opposed to vignettes of horticulure—color, form and textures. I’ll try to plant the vacant lots I own as meadows, or old succession fields, found in Niagara County, as … Continue reading →

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