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…
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…
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…
September Song in the Finger Lakes
“September Song” composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and sung by Frank Sinatra aptly describes this year's last Sunday in September: “Oh, it’s a long while from…
Future Arteries of Commerce in the Finger Lakes
What will the future arteries of commerce look like in the Finger Lakes? Will the Federal Government give New York State over $100 million dollars to help us implement high…
Moving the Freight in the Finger Lakes
In my last writing I posted about traveling along the old arteries of commerce that spawned the Industrial Revolution here in the Finger Lakes – the canals, rivers, the railroads,…
Retracing Our Finger Lakes Manufacturing Heritage
I treated Jeanette to lunch at the Sherwood in Skaneateles (click here) for her birthday. Instead of taking the Thruway, we took route 5&20 which meanders along the top of…
Sampling Spring in the Finger Lakes
I visited the Southern Tier of the Finger Lakes recently on a business trip. My travels took me on a path that I have traveled many many times but never…
Springtime on the Farm in the Finger Lakes
It’s springtime in the Finger Lakes and a family farmer’s fancy turns to a new tractor as he thinks about all of the work that has to be done on…