“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou At 6:30 p.m., it was 88 degrees, with a two-hour wait — just another Thursday night at Casa del Sol. Dermott Morgan was spinning tales and pushing margaritas while I ran food, and Jay Fogarty, with ...

“Tiger got to hunt, Bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.” — Kurt Vonnegut Let me take you back to the days when I was just a middle schooler, full of mystery, hormones ...

Recently, sorting through stacks of stuff, I came across this literary masterpiece penned by my son. If you are a parent, sentimental kiddo keepsakes will claim closets, under your bed and shed space. Art work, obligatory purchased school photos, report cards and newspaper clippings are ...

Trigger Warning: cheap jewelry, mean girls, self-sabotage. I am a thief. My photo is just there to the right, so you should probably make a citizen’s arrest. To this day, I still owe the Gift Corner 21 cents for a ring I bought, to join a mean girl club I didn’t like, all in the name of ...

It is the Monday after Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. At the risk of being disowned, disavowed or run out of town with a pitchfork and ski pole, as far as I am concerned, the snow can make like Frosty, and melt. With a proper winter under our belt, we had fun, right? We skied, we skated, ...

Spin, clap! Roll hands low, roll hands high! Spin, clap! Roll hands low, roll hands high! We pass Garden Street and the Adults Center, and swerve a few steaming piles of dung from the bleating protests of four goats being reluctantly tugged by the local 4-H club. Volunteer firefighters, ...