I Love New York Travel

I finally got to see the Women’s Rights National Park in Seneca Falls, NY a few weeks ago. haven’t had time to blog about it yet, though. :( I’ve been so swamped with things, it’s CRAZY!!!

But when you first walk in, there’s a huge life-size display of statues. That gentleman in the photo above looks like it’s a statue of Frederick Douglas. Hm.

The museum is good. There are not a great deal of hands-on things to do nor a big variety of stuff, but the displays are very good– outstanding, actually. They have a few cases of artifacts and multitudes of reading material. I’ll definitely write more about it soon… as soon as I can catch up with work….

Women’s rights have come a LOOONG way. I wonder what Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Stanton would think if they saw that women today even have construction jobs and other “man” jobs? It would probably blow their bonnets off.

This church is very near to the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Paris Green in Paris, NY– just a brief walk down the road. I wonder about it. It was either this church or the other that was founded by the son of Reverend Jonathan Edwards (that great Great Awakening minister from Northampton, Massachusetts). Not sure. This church says it was built in 1791. I am inclined to believe it was this church….

I love the architecture. Greek Revival. Next to the church stands a parsonage. Well, it WAS a parsonage. It’s now a cafe, of some sort. A sign of the times, I guess. Nowadays churches and other church buildings are being converted into coffeehouses filled with youngsters more interested in social networking and student laptop insurance, no?

I’d just love to go in and explore these buildings someday.

Another photo from our trip through the rural areas of Paris, NY. This is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, on top of the hill. I have no idea of its history. I don’t know if it is even used anymore, it was too difficult to tell. Isaac Paris is buried in the back. The cemetery is still being used.

The end of the year is soon upon us. The big blogging bills will be rolling around: photo hosting, web hosting, domain renewals, etc. It all comes in January. After renovating the kitchen, my finances took a beating. I borrowed a lot of money, and must now pay it back. I feel anxious about it sometimes. Thank God for my jobs, though. I write for a living. I write about everything and anything, really. Besides blogging, I write articles about such obtuse topics as the history of doorbells, how to plant trees from seeds, how to reformat your computer; I also write tutorials and reviews, such as how to start a blog or home theater reviews and such. It’s a good job and I like what I do. Work can be scarce sometimes, though. I pray I continue to make good money to pay all this off.

Anyway, the new year cometh. Onward!