Good grief. I need to back away from the Christmas cookies. That is the mental conversation I have with my snow pants. The devil on my shoulder reminds me that I worked too hard to make the cookies and the sooner I eat them, the sooner they will be gone. Though my mental tug-o-war with sugary ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been tracking Santa since a child mistakenly called a classified Colorado Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center (CADCOC) military base after reversing two numbers from a 1955 Sears Roebuck store advertisement. The ad in The ...

At our house, there isn’t much debate about whether or not to take our shoes off when entering the house. We generally do it. It isn’t to prevent germs and disease. We have had dogs, chickens and small children deliberately bring other living and dead creatures into our house. Germs from ...

There is something magical about a first snow. The problem is we’ve had quite a few days of first snowfall through November, followed by the rest of the elements. It’s as if Mother Nature was menopausal and making sure everyone else needed to experience a few hot flashes. We’ve done the ...

I don’t want to get (too much) into the history of a holiday set around a myth that Pilgrims were the first settlers of America, and a friendly feast took place with turkey, stuffing and foods not yet invented. There is a lot of negativity around this holiday, so perhaps agree to talk about ...

I was lucky enough to be able to attend last week’s Adirondack Diversity Initiative Symposium at the Paul Smith College VIC. The schedule consisted of various topics intermingled with breakout sessions, coffee, great food and access to the VIC trails. I signed up as a resident, but other ...