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The House On Superior Street

My cousin Martha Jean Larson was my best pal when we were children. I always admired Martha's house. It was a welcoming home, one that called you in off the sidewalks to take refuge in it.Martha's house on upper Superior Street - where her mother lived for about 70 years - was a fine bungalow in the Prairie tradition with a big front porch and concrete steps leading up from the brick street. Her mother decorated that porch and those steps with a garden of flowering plants every year: red and white geraniums in huge pots and New Guinea Impatiens in hanging planters swaying in the breeze. ...

Urban Grit And Grunge

Editor's Note: "Let's Talk Photography" will run exclusively in Tuesday's edition of The Post-Journal beginning this Fall. Until then, this column will run weekly as space allows.Welcome to the second edition of Let's Talk Photography! Today, we'll discuss a topic that is right up our alley here in Jamestown and Chautauqua County. Join me as I explore Urban Grit and Grunge.Wait! This is just the second edition and we're already jumping into something like this? Yes. As I write these topics, I intend to provide inspiration, suggestions, help and guidance so you can find greater enjoyment ...

Give It Your Best Shot

Pictured is Kailey Adams of Stow, Ohio, climbing the rock wall at Midway State Park in July. Kailey makes an annual trip from Stow to Midway State Park. She is the granddaughter of Fanchon Adams of Ashville. Send us your ''Best Shot'' of unique moments in your family's life. Write clearly your name and address on the back of the photo along with a few details, and mail to The Post-Journal, Best Shots, c/o Family Desk, P.O. Box 190, Jamestown, NY 14702-0190. Please submit only one photo per family, and include an S.A.S.E. for the return of the photo. We reserve the right to return any ...

USA … USA

I'm sure many have been and/or will be sitting in front of their televisions watching some, much, or even most of the seventeen days of Olympic competition coming from Rio de Janeiro. Along with the competitions in arenas, venues, in or on water, or on sand, there have been many stories of inspiration, dedication, overcoming injuries, overcoming odds, personal conflict, sacrifice, and size of heart. We've seen athletes in the spotlight for the first time, many not yet out of their teens, and we've seen some "grandparents" of Olympic competition, one Romanian gymnast now having competed ...

National Potato Day

Sometimes I think I just enjoy a challenge.How much - really - can one say about today's commemorating National Potato Day? We all know what they are. Nobody debates its pronunciation as they do "tomato." Many of us enjoy them in a variety of ways but how much time - really - does one need to devote to musing on potatoes?Instead of hurrying to the Internet for help as is my wont, I turned first to a favorite, "Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Beans and Other Good Things, a cookbook for When Your Garden Explodes," by Lois M. Landau and Laura G. Myers. "Exploding" gardens is hardly a problem ...

Ready Or Not, Here Comes School

The opening of school is up in the air where I live. There is an ongoing contract impasse and the teachers have authorized a strike. They have worked under their old contract for two extra years. I only remember one other strike. I was not involved as a teacher, but of course my children were. It is hard to fault anyone, but the impasse is unfortunate to say the least. Depending if it happens and for how long, the educational process will be interrupted and tempers are sure to flare.I feel sorry for those entering their senior year with such uncertainty. I also feel sorry for those ...