June can be an exciting month. When I was a child the warm days of late spring and the end of the school year created anticipation as summer meant more time with friends playing outdoors until the street lights came on. After the final report … read more.
It’s April 12, the day the May newsletter message is due. Wendy and Karen work hard on this newsletter, and I have great respect for their service to UUCNC. But sometimes it can be difficult to know what to write in a message that readers … read more.
Some meetings are being held in person at the UUCNC meetinghouse (222 Temple St., Fredonia) with a Zoom option. Other meetings are held on Zoom only.
Consult our online calendar tinyurl.com/caluucnc for up-to-date information.
COVID policy and reopening plan effective October 3, 2022
UUCNC’s Executive Board revised the COVID Policy and Reopening Plan, effective October 3. The plan, linked above, remains in effect until further notice and is subject to change if changing conditions warrant. The … read more.
Greetings Dear Ones,
“April, come she will; when streams are ripe and swelled with rain”* are the lyrics that begin this simple tune. Its composer, Paul Simon, wrote that he was inspired by an English children’s nursery rhyme about a cuckoo bird, its spring arrival and … read more.
Greetings Friends,
Today is sunny and warmish, with temps in the 30’s. I am doing some chores around the house and enjoying the effect the sunlight has on my attitude about housework, and on my dog Gracie. As the sunlight moves across the floor, she moves … read more.
Dear Friends,
A friend recently called this time of year “hibernation” season. She mentioned that whenever she feels gloomy, overwhelmed with work, or has lengthy lists without the energy to attack them, she reminds herself of the season, makes a cup of hot, steaming tea, and … read more.
Early one morning in mid-December I received a call from my youngest sister Mary. She was filling out a questionnaire focused on childhood Christmas memories as preparation for a game my sister-in-law made for our December family gathering. Mary was struggling to answer the questions … read more.
As I write this message, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a State of Emergency and a ban on westbound commercial travel along the New York Thruway from Rochester to the Pennsylvania line on Route 90.
Will the weather allow me to travel safely on Sunday, when … read more.
I am going to reveal a secret: I don’t like the month of November very much, especially the beginning. Samhain is left behind for one more year; the wind has whipped the last remaining leaves from the trees. The inviting blue waters of Erie look … read more.
