[Press Release from NF Library]

Tesla at Niagara Lecture Series Features Nikola Tesla and Vivekananda

Joan Johnson,  the President of the Board of Trustees of Tesla at Niagara Museum, will give a lecture on “Tesla and Vivekananda: Bridging Western Science with Eastern Philosophy” on Wednesday, June 3, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the second floor auditorium of the Niagara Falls Public Library, 1425 Main Street.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

   Ms. Johnson is a local artist and illustrator who has studied Eastern Philosophy and Meditation with Fri Swami Rama, a great sage of the Himalayas.

    Swami Vivekananda was born in India in 1863.  A Hindu Sage who came to the West to lecture on Eastern Philosophy, Swami Vivekananda introduced Eastern Philosophy at the World Parliament of Religions, in connection with World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893.  He is the first known Yogi to bring Eastern traditions to the West. Nikola Tesla attended that lecture and is pictured with Swami Vivekananda on the far right of the picture.

   Tesla at Niagara Museum is a group organized to preserve the former Transformer House on Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls.   The mission of Tesla at Niagara is “To establish a world-class museum and tourist destination in Niagara Falls, NY that showcases the life and work of the world renowned inventor Nikola Tesla and preserves the history of the Edward Dean Adams Power Plant and the Niagara Falls Power Company.”

   The organization has been in talks with the owner of the Transformer House, Peter Fontanarosa, for its preservation and possible use as a museum.  Possibilities include sale or long-term lease to Tesla at Niagara Museum of this National Register of Historic Places listed building.

     Tesla at Niagara Museum is initiating a membership campaign for those interested in the mission of TANM.  Cost of the 2015 Charter Membership is $15.  Tesla at Niagara is having a series of lecture on subjects relating to Tesla and the Niagara Falls Power Company.

 For more information please call (716) 425-4005.    

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A Creative Writing Piece, for your thinking pleasure.

Her thoughts raced around under the headscarf, creating friction, and they were about to burst into flame. There wasn’t much time, yet there was all the time in the world. Why were there always choices and why was there really no choice to be made at all?

The phone vibrated on the table. Pick it up? Leave it?

The thought of making a firm decision propelled images across and through her mind, hurling her into panic mode: images of past mistakes.

What about the time she’d said ‘yes’, bringing him into her life, with all the resulting drama and trauma of a trashy novel?

What of the time she’d turned left, instead of right, thinking the gas station was a mere mile or two down the road, and she was wrong. Tears streaming down her face she’d driven on, into the night, needle on empty, past the vacant cottages now covered with snow. The terror that moment brought sent shivers down her spine.

What about the job offer she had declined because it was ‘too far’, ‘too hard’, but really because she was lacking the confidence to say yes?

READ THE REST OF THE 2CHICKS BLOG POST HERE: https://lessonsinperspective.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/veritys-choice-a-short-story/

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The Niagara region is rife with vegetation and life. It’s beaming with beauty and verdancy.  So much is accessible to the public for viewing, some in a natural state and some in more manicured park lands.

Here is a quick overview of a few of the Parks Niagara has to offer, featuring Devil’s Hole, Whirlpool State Park and Niagara Reservation State Park.

Devil’s Hole State Park has been a great source of Inspiration for our family. With it’s changing moods, with the seasons, diverse paths and trails, it seems to always present something for each of our tastes. Mom likes the above trail and the creative opportunities a stroll affords. The rest of the family likes the hiking down the cliff to the water’s edge: destination ‘wild water’ and unique rock formations…

READ THE REST OF THE 2CHICKS BLOG POST HERE: https://2chicks2go.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/the-parks-of-niagara-part-i/