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October has been a busy month for the SCVA as our staff attends media events and trade shows and gears up for some big events (hint: Catskill Cuisine will be returning in 2024). Before we get to the …
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Sullivan County Visitors Association
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10/27/23
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You forgot, didn’t you?
It’s OK.
You’re under a lot of stress.
Work’s a killer. Your boss is cranky. Your spouse is cranky. That burnt mouse smell is back in …
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Barry Lewis
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10/27/23
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Each Sunday I have been meal prepping my lunches for the week. It makes thinking about what I am going to bring to work effortless, and this dish is even better because there’s essentially no …
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Claire Burns
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10/27/23
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Recently there has been some controversy over the wooly bear caterpillars crawling around Sullivan County. At the store in Monticello, we have found two wooly bears that were completely black and in …
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Jim Boxberger
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10/27/23
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Serendipity is not only the name of a movie that features me in the opening scene. It also describes the unexpected and fortunate times that I have met sports superstars. In a previous column, I …
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Hudson Cooper
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10/27/23
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Back in ’67, when I was in the fifth grade, a classmate of mine, Colleen, came to school with frosted hair, which in today’s lingo means blonde highlights.
Colleen’s mom …
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Ramona Jan
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10/24/23
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When it turns to Fall, I love to turn on some football, and make a nice lemon chicken dish. It’s so comforting and there really isn’t anything better. Once I entered into my 30’s I …
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Claire Burns
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10/20/23
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My son, Michael often points out to me that I keep interrupting him when he speaks to me. In fact it’s an every day occurrence. What I tell him is that when I die, I will leave him one …
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June Donohue
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10/20/23
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You need to have the right tools for the job you are trying to accomplish. It sounds like a simple concept, yet day after day we get customers that are making their lives harder by not having the …
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Jim Boxberger
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10/20/23
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I broke up with sugar years ago…or so I thought. You know how it goes with an old flame. You hate them when it’s almost over and then when it is, you only remember the good parts. Like …
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By Ramona Jan
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10/17/23
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There are very few things I love more than Fall. The crisp air, apple cider doughnuts, soups and stews, and casseroles make it hard to beat. Call me crazy but I am not a fan of the sweltering heat. …
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Claire Burns
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10/13/23
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With the colder nights and scattered frost about, many of the summer annuals and vegetables in the garden have gone to mush, but that doesn’t mean the planting season is over.
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Jim Boxberger
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10/13/23
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A few columns ago I wrote about being present at Yankee Stadium the day Derek Jeter got his 3000th hit. That historic blast was a moment in time that I will never forget.
My paper ticket …
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Hudson Cooper
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10/13/23
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I grew up between two brothers, Danny and Andrew. For the longest time, we were equals in every way. We built forts together, made go-carts, jumped in the leaves, threw snowballs at each other, …
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Ramona Jan
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10/10/23
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With the warm weather we had this week you would have thought it was spring in our store as we were selling grass seed, fertilizer, lime and hoses. Yes the weather is still good for planting grass …
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Jim Boxberger
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10/6/23
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The following are TV commercials that I find annoying because they are outrageously inaccurate. When my developmentally disabled son, Jimmy, was young and he saw a commercial about a product …
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As the vibrant hues of autumn begin to paint the landscape, the Sullivan Catskills are teeming with activity. We here at the SCVA are working hard to promote the region to travelers from all over the …
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SULLIVAN CATSKILLS VISITORS ASSOCIATION
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10/6/23
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It was 1984 and Venus Fly Trap (Soozie Tyrell, myself and Lisa Lowell) had just arrived back in NYC from the streets of France, England and Italy where we mesmerized crowds with our incessant …
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Ramona Jan
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10/3/23
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On behalf of all Mets fans, I want to tell you how truly sorry I am. Truly. I feel your pain.
This season has to be hard for you.
All those injuries. Aaron Judge missed 43 games. Giancarlo …
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Barry Lewis
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9/29/23
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I want to begin this column by stating thank you for all the well wishes for my new husband and I. Gene Burns, Callicoon’s local pharmacist and I married on September 16th after 7 years of …
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Claire Burns
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9/29/23
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An industry magazine came in to me at the store this week with some not so surprising news about a garden product almost everyone uses, peat moss. Peat moss is used for just about everything in …
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Jim Boxberger
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9/29/23
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As baseball enters its postseason, both New York teams suffered through a forgettable year. Luckily, I have some fond baseball memories to get me through the winter. Here is one that almost did not …
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Hudson Cooper
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9/29/23
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How to form a rock band in two easy steps…based on true stories
1. Recruit friends
2. Procure a great band name
Note: I didn’t mention learning to play an instrument. …
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Ramona Jan
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9/26/23
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If you are of a certain age, the title of this column brings back memories of the first time you used a computer to access the internet. “You Got Mail” was the phrase you heard when your …
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Hudson Cooper
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9/22/23
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The following are TV commercials that I find annoying because they are outrageously inaccurate. When my developmentally disabled son Jimmy was young and he saw a commercial about a product he liked …
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June Donohue
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9/22/23
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