About Mary Shelley

My folk art americana art work is entirely carved in white pine and then painted with acrylics. Each piece is a unique original. I am untaught and untrained as a visual artist. I learned a number of useful skills during my work in the trades as a signpainter and carpenter. I was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania in 1950. I have  lived in Ithaca, New York ever since I graduated from Cornell ‘72 with a major in creative writing. While at Cornell, I wanted to be a writer. 

Contact me at My Studio…
Mary Michael Shelley
109 Park Place
Ithaca, NY 14850
607 272 5700 phone
607-273-2312 fax
info@maryshelleyfolkart.com
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This one we found on Word Press from Tom Seeley at the Law Offices of Milford, Lynch & Shannon

“Welcome to Milford, Lynch & Shannon’s Wordpress blog page.  Milford, Lynch & Shannon is Skaneateles’ oldest and most respected law firm.  We have been serving Skaneateles and the surrounding Finger Lakes communities for more than 50 years.  On this site, you will find a complete history of our firm, profiles of our attorneys and posts relating to topics of interest in our Hot Topics section.  If there is anything you would like to see on this site, please feel free to contact us!”

About Tom:

THOMAS W. SEELEY

is an Associate with the firm. Mr. Seeley focuses his practice in the area of Real Estate Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Corporate and Business Law and Civil Litigation. (more…)

Good morning Sunrise Rotary, Curt Feldmann here, and thanks for buying my breakfast. I appreciated meeting with your Sunrise Rotary Group and chatting about things-that-might-be. Like Creekwalks.

Turns out that there are already several initiatives concerning Fennell Street corridor and Nature Walks. As always, these Quality-of-Life ideas are complicated by citizens who want to protect themselves from themselves; Liability when people who trip over their shoelaces sue, Enviornmental concerns when ‘we’ try to repair the existing Boardwalk, and DEC when someone (like me) haircuts the creekside in a way that pedestrians can actually see the water. (Geeze!)

Not to worry, John Hennesy, Sue Dove at the Chamber and several Village and Town Board members are at least talking about talking about starting the process.

I am reminded of a story (true) from 10+ years ago whe ‘we’ wanted to create the Community Docks. Everyone in the audience approved, every Board Member went ‘off the record’ to say they too, wanted the docks. Then they voted NO.

My personal thought has to do with the inertia created by the Boat Museum project. If ever there was a time to ’slip in’ a proposal it is now. Consider: we could actually end up with something cool, in spite of ourselves.

Conclusion: If you have interest in Creekwalks, feel free to call Curt at 315-685-7568 or read our Blog at www.skaneatelessuites.com where we have a comprehensive list of activities and resources in the StoryBook Village.

That said, I ama self-appointed Comittee of One and I have no idea where this is going to lead. (more…)

Laure Lillie Photographie
Skaneateles, NY
Phone: 315.729.3581
www.laurelillie.com

Of herself, at her web page, Laure says:

“This is not about me. 

It’s about finding the essence of the being.  The intimacy of a glance.  It’s about capturing the beauty of the soul within.  This is my passion, my world.  Take a peek and see.”

We did, and it is worth it.  www.laurelillie.com

Donna Woolfolk Cross graduated cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 with a B.A. in English.  She moved to London, England, after graduation, and worked as an editorial assistant for a small publishing house on Fleet Street, W.H. Allen and Company.  Upon her return to the United States, Cross worked at Young and Rubicam, a Madison Avenue advertising firm, before going on to graduate school at UCLA where she earned a master’s degree in Literature and Writing in 1972.

In 1973, Cross moved with her husband to upstate New York where she began teaching writing in a college English Department.  Now writing is her fulltime career.

She is the author of two books on language, Word Abuse: How the Words We Use Use Us and Mediaspeak: How Television Makes Up Your Mind. She is the coauthor of Speaking of Words and Daddy’s Little Girl.  The product of seven years of research and writing, Pope Joan is her first novel.  She is now at work on a new novel set in 17th century France.

More Pope Joan here