Last week, the people in Naples, NY were upset when they found out that their only pharmacy – the Naples Pharmacy – was closing its doors. The owner, Larry Jepsen, who has been ill, has sold his prescription records to the CVS pharmacy in Wayland, NY. The CVS in Wayland which is 25 miles away,…read more

The grape harvest is well underway in the Finger Lakes. The first of the big trucks started to roll about one week before Labor Day. One advantage of having a motorcycle is that you can explore the Finger Lakes countryside and experience the hills, valleys, and curves in three dimensions as they pass by you.…read more

Old barns have a magical kind of appeal to me since I grew up on a family farm out in Ohio some 60 years ago and the old red barn where we milked the cows and stored the hay for the cattle is still in use. But many old barns in the Finger Lakes have…read more