You don’t need clowns on Memorial Day.
You don’t need bands, floats and cheerleaders.
I don’t even think you need a parade.
There’s not a lot to cheer …
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Barry Lewis
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5/27/22
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Well, we are getting towards the end of May and the Memorial Day Weekend is upon us.
Like many of you, I plan on having friends over for the holiday weekend so my lawn had to be mowed. With the …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/27/22
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I know this weather has been so beautiful lately, but the pollen brought by the spring bloom has been absolutely overwhelming.
Still, nothing gets me more in a mood for hearty soup than a good …
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Claire Hubbert
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5/27/22
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A classic song by Joni Mitchell contains the lyrics “go round and round and round, in the circle game.”
In the movie “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/27/22
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My grandmother’s diary of 1913 spanned one full year. The longest entry was entitled My Only Secret.
It begins with, “when I went to school…” a reference to her being …
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Ramona Jan
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5/24/22
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The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner (Atria).
What? A warm-hearted but sharp-eyed family novel by Jennifer Weiner, with Summer in the title? Who saw that coming? Well, we all did, of course, and …
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George Ernsberger
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5/20/22
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Welcome to summer, or so it feels. Once again we are on a roller coaster of spring weather. We had spring weather this week, mid-summer weather this weekend and back to spring weather next week. At …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/20/22
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To paraphrase an old song “Zippity do dah, Zippity Ay, My, oh my, I hope my mail comes today.” The U.S. Postal Service has taken steps over the years to try to facilitate their motto. …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/20/22
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It was sort of a spur of the moment decision, prompted by an ad I spotted in the Sullivan County Democrat - Mother’s Day Brunch at Tennanah Lake Golf and Tennis Club from 9AM-3PM.
There …
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June Donohue
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5/20/22
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I have read of five emotional stages that people will go through before and during retirement:
Imagination. About 10 years before retirement, you begin to dream about that period of leisure …
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Joel Lerner
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5/20/22
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My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. Her father, my great grandfather, was a talented German baker who rescued bakeries in NYC and NJ, and then sold them for a profit. …
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Ramona Jan
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5/17/22
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Since the time I have left on this earth is becoming shorter and shorter, I am trying to make the best use of it as I can. One rule I have which I am finding hard to follow is to not read anything I …
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June Donohue
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5/16/22
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