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My granddaughter Adeline and I arrived safe and sound at the historic Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown. The Otesaga Hotel was built in 1909 by Stephen Carlton Clark and his brother Edward Severin …
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Kathy Werner
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8/22/25
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My granddaughter Adeline and I have just returned from a mini-vacation in mid-upper-upstate NY, and it was delightful. Our ultimate destination was Cooperstown and the beautiful Otesaga Hotel, …
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Kathy Werner
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8/15/25
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The last few days have been very hazy as smoke from Canadian wildfires drift in our direction. Makes you realize that Mother Nature doesn’t care about the borders that man has created; …
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Kathy Werner
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8/8/25
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I often joke that my mobile phone is my other brain, but that is truer than I would care to admit.
Yesterday I lost my iPhone. I volunteer at a thrift store sorting, cleaning, and …
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Kathy Werner
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8/1/25
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How did I spend this beautiful summer day, you ask? In very productive ways, I reply.
I took my car to the garage for its 90,000-mile checkup. I picked up some yogurt at the store. …
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Kathy Werner
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7/25/25
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I recently made a trip to Costco, a place where you can buy a lifetime supply of nearly anything your heart desires. Costco is a huge warehouse stuffed with consumer goods, food, and other …
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Kathy Werner
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7/18/25
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I find it difficult to watch the news these days. I am seeing things in this country that I find hard to fathom. I thought that we could stand strong against the threat of fascism. I …
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Kathy Werner
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7/11/25
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I am so grateful to have the time in my dotage to spend hours looking up family history in old newspapers. Having grown up in Sullivan County in a family that lived for generations in these hills, I …
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Kathy Werner
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7/4/25
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Some of my fondest memories of Delaware Valley Central School are of the musicals that we put on under the direction of music teacher extraordinaire Willard Slausenberg. I just loved those …
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Kathy Werner
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6/27/25
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Our last evening in London was spent – where else? – at the theater, or “theatre”, as the Brits would spell it. The Ambassador Theatre to be precise, and my friend …
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Kathy Werner
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6/13/25
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My friend Marystephanie and I certainly set a good pace for ourselves on our trip to London this March, and just because Monday was our last full day, we were not going to slow down.
We had …
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Kathy Werner
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6/6/25
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Our fourth day in the United Kingdom was another busy one. My traveling buddy Marystephanie and I began by taking a fantastically informative tour of Bletchley Park, a must for all history …
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Kathy Werner
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5/23/25
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Our third full day in London was a corker! Marystephanie and I rose early, caught the tube to Waterloo Station and then took the train to Hampton Court Palace. Once again, the Brits make it so easy …
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Kathy Werner
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5/2/25
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The second half of our second day in the United Kingdom was spent in the land of Downton Abbey. We were quite fortunate that my friend Marystephanie and I had planned our trip for early March, …
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Kathy Werner
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4/25/25
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My friend Marystephanie and I had set ourselves another daunting schedule for our second full day in the United Kingdom. She arranged for us to be driven to both Blenheim Palace and Highclere Castle …
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Kathy Werner
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4/18/25
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When we last left our intrepid London vacationers, we (by which I mean Marystephanie and I) had just left the Churchill War Rooms and taken the tube back to our hotel in South Kensington.
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Kathy Werner
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4/11/25
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One of the problems when you fly overnight to Europe is that you often arrive wiped out and not fit for anything but a nap. However, thanks to the recent Daylight Savings Time switch, we …
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Kathy Werner
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4/4/25
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I detest the term “bucket list” since it brings up the specter of our own mortality. However, I did just have a holiday that I had been dreaming of for ages.
I …
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Kathy Werner
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3/28/25
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Last Sunday I bought myself a bouquet of red tulips. They have shown me their bright smiling blooms for the past week, and they are cheering during these cold March days.
As the week has …
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Kathy Werner
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3/21/25
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I spent a most enjoyable weekend with my family in Callicoon last Saturday and decided to ride down Route 97 on my way home. It was a real trip down memory lane. As I drove down Route 97, I …
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Kathy Werner
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3/14/25
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A sage once noted that “a man in possession of a large fortune who wishes to be in possession of a small fortune should purchase a hotel.”
In other words, buying a hotel is a dicey …
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Kathy Werner
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3/7/25
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Guest Columnist
My favorite aspect of stand-up comedy is planning out each section of my performance when there are months before the actual show. No pressure, no fast-approaching deadline, just …
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Mike Werner
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2/28/25
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Guest Columnist
Back in 2017, which is somehow 8 years ago, I was venturing out and trying new things. I have been a student of stand-up comedy for a very long time and really wanted to see if I …
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Mike Werner
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2/21/25
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I recently found a puzzle board for my sister Laurie. It is about two feet wide and three feet long and has four side drawers to help in sorting all those puzzle pieces.
Can’t really say …
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Kathy Werner
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2/14/25
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Where to start? Well, the new administration has come in with a wrecking ball in an unprecedented executive branch power grab. Their aim is to dismantle what the right has long vilified as the Deep …
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Kathy Werner
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2/7/25
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