Have a Happy New Year
I do sincerely wish everyone a Happy New Year. Celebration of the New Year has been a happening that has gone on for thousands of years all around the world…
Time to Welcome the New Year
I always like to say something about time at the end of the year. I’m writing this on Christmas Day and if you walked outside this morning, you would have…
Christmas Anxieties
Newly Fallen Snow Christmas has always brought me a lot of anxiety from the time when I was a child anxiously waiting to see what Santa Claus brought me on…
Fall Reflections at Deep Run
Fall Reflections in the Finger Lakes
The Fall season in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New york seems to have two opposing effects on me. On one hand I want to stop whatever I am…
Falls Bountiful Harvest
Fall’s Bountiful Harvest in the Finger Lakes
Now’s the time in the Finger Lakes to do some Farm Market shopping. One of my favorite farm markets is Tomion’s Farm Market on route 14 near Penn Yan, NY.…
Bare Hill at Vine Valley
Where Did Summer Go?
Bare Hill, Middlesex, NY It’s hard to believe that we are into September already. Where did our summer go here in the Finger Lakes Region of NY State? We have…
A Summer Evening at Vine Valley
Vine Valley, located in the Town of Middlesex, NY, was the summer home of the Iroquois and then later the Seneca Indians. The Seneca Indians had a village on South…
Summer’s Evening Calm
One of the great things about being retired is that I can declare the end of my working day whenever I want. The Finger Lakes Region is just now starting…
Take Time to Celebrate Father’s Day
As best as I can recall, I can never remember our celebrating Father’s Day as a family while I was growing up. I grew up with the understanding that my…
Preparing for Memorial Day
It was on a cloudy Friday afternoon that Jeanette and I headed East on routes 5&20 across the tops of the Finger Lakes to look for Memorial Day preparations. We…