If you’ve read this column frequently enough, you know that my parents raised Newfoundland dogs. My mother got her first Newfoundland when she was 12, and a newfie survived the car accident that took her life 60 years later. Many dog stories were generated during that time period, but one ...

I got a relatively late start to big game hunting. In 1972, I graduated from college, moved to Saranac Lake, and Tom Cantwell, family patriarch, suggested — no, more like demanded — I get my hunting license. Dutifully, I went to the Fish & Game Club, got my hunter safety certificate, ...

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” — John F. Kennedy Everyone plays a leadership role at one time or another. Don’t think you don’t. We do it in numerous ways. If you’re a parent, a boss, a teacher, a coach or do anything to help a group get something ...

I had three wonderful uncles. There was my Uncle Rad who was a de facto father when I visited my cousins, which I did nearly every summer growing up. There was my Uncle Gus, a creative engineer with several patents to his name and a funny vocabulary to match. He always told us about his latest ...

About a year and a half ago, I got a text along with a photo from former student and friend Mark Simon. I didn’t recognize the person in the photo, but the vintage Goldline rope and the ice axe on the wall saying Mount McKinley 1971 were intriguing, because it was the same year I climbed the ...

There’s plenty to be worried about with modern technology. Social media harassment, deep fakes and artificial intelligence robots who may become smarter than humans are just a few. But there are some positives as well. Readily keeping in touch with friends and relatives is at the top of my ...