Although often overlooked when discussing clothing, the shoelace plays a prominent part in attire. Except for slippers, loafers and sandals our shoes require shoelaces for a proper fit. Shoelaces …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/10/22
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I’m watching the Netflix special, Andy Warhol Diaries. They’re going through his massive archives of Polaroids, and it occurs to me that I must be somewhere in there. I had three …
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Ramona Jan
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6/7/22
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Recently a customer came in to tell me a tale about their experience ordering plants online.
The following is the description of what sounds like a nice fall flowering perennial to complement …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/3/22
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My granddaughter, Shauna, who has Myotonic Dystrophy, loves to sing. She puts on a little show for her dad and me in my living room on Sundays.
She plays a recording of the songs and sings along …
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June Donohue
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6/3/22
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This has been a terrible season for allergies. I wake up every morning with watery eyes and a stuffed nose. Little did I realize that my symptoms were compounded by an indoor plant that flourished in …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/3/22
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I am by no means a “TikTok” type of girl. On occasion I will look at the funny videos being uploaded if I have nothing better to do.
I did however watch a few videos on the baked …
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Claire Stabbert
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6/3/22
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How Do I Prepare for Tomorrow - Today?
You can’t plan for everything but making sound financial decisions can help you plan for the things you want to do - and be prepared for the …
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Joel Lerner
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6/3/22
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Ah, June is now merely a day away. When I think of June, I think of my childhood neighbor about whom I wrote the following lyric:
I watch her from across the way,
wondrin’ what makes her …
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Ramona Jan
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5/31/22
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Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach (Henry Holt). Lovely novel, smart and sweet and racked with grief, by a writer the column has, clearly inexcusably, neglected.
The one who …
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George Ernsberger
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5/27/22
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You don’t need clowns on Memorial Day.
You don’t need bands, floats and cheerleaders.
I don’t even think you need a parade.
There’s not a lot to cheer …
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Barry Lewis
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5/27/22
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Well, we are getting towards the end of May and the Memorial Day Weekend is upon us.
Like many of you, I plan on having friends over for the holiday weekend so my lawn had to be mowed. With the …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/27/22
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I know this weather has been so beautiful lately, but the pollen brought by the spring bloom has been absolutely overwhelming.
Still, nothing gets me more in a mood for hearty soup than a good …
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Claire Hubbert
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5/27/22
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A classic song by Joni Mitchell contains the lyrics “go round and round and round, in the circle game.”
In the movie “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/27/22
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My grandmother’s diary of 1913 spanned one full year. The longest entry was entitled My Only Secret.
It begins with, “when I went to school…” a reference to her being …
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Ramona Jan
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5/24/22
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The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner (Atria).
What? A warm-hearted but sharp-eyed family novel by Jennifer Weiner, with Summer in the title? Who saw that coming? Well, we all did, of course, and …
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George Ernsberger
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5/20/22
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Welcome to summer, or so it feels. Once again we are on a roller coaster of spring weather. We had spring weather this week, mid-summer weather this weekend and back to spring weather next week. At …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/20/22
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To paraphrase an old song “Zippity do dah, Zippity Ay, My, oh my, I hope my mail comes today.” The U.S. Postal Service has taken steps over the years to try to facilitate their motto. …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/20/22
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It was sort of a spur of the moment decision, prompted by an ad I spotted in the Sullivan County Democrat - Mother’s Day Brunch at Tennanah Lake Golf and Tennis Club from 9AM-3PM.
There …
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June Donohue
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5/20/22
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I have read of five emotional stages that people will go through before and during retirement:
Imagination. About 10 years before retirement, you begin to dream about that period of leisure …
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Joel Lerner
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5/20/22
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