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What you say about Kamala matters
And just like that, it’s all changed.   Sunday morning, we woke up in a world where two aging white men were the top runners for president.   Monday morning, we woke up in … more
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Museum of Broadway a smash
In my continuing series of Field Trips for Seniors, I have another fabulous destination for you to visit. It is the Museum of Broadway, located on 45th Street, just off 7th Avenue in Manhattan. … more
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Kid summer magic
One glance wasn’t enough. I had to look again to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, but I was right the first time.   It wasn’t even 6:30 in the morning, and a child … more
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An immigrant story
A s soon as I snapped the photo, I knew it was one I would want to share with the world.   As Liberty High School seniors played a final song with their high school band, I’d captured … more
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A Garden for the Ages
  A few days ago, on my way back from New York City, I decided to take a side trip that I had been meaning to take for a long time.   My destination was the Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers. … more
We get to live here
I spent last week hundreds of miles from home with more than 100 people who have never been to our corner of the world.   A few had come near — those with spouses who grew up in … more
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Step Away from the Screen
I am as guilty as charged.   I find myself spending all-too-much time with that addictive little screen that fits right in my pocket. And let’s not kid ourselves—these screens … more
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Is sexuality really the problem?
I know that some readers do not understand the need for a Pride Month.   Perhaps you’re in the particularly vocal camp that’s taken to local-focused social media groups to let … more
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Google Rules
Thank heaven for the internet. I have concluded that you can find the solution to almost any problem in its ether. Hear me out—when I am trying to solve a problem after everything that I can … more
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A bridge back and forth
“If anything’s certain in life, it certainly isn’t the fate of the Callicoon bridge. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has plans to do . . . well, … more
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NYC Drives Me Crazy
Driving in New York City has always been a bit challenging, but these days the degree of difficulty has increased exponentially.   Making driving in NYC a bit easier is the fact that the … more
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You can’t have it both ways
It’s a tradition you can count on — come the second Sunday in June, tractors will roll through Callicoon, and hundreds of onlookers will ooh and ahh.   Some of those tractors … more
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Move Towards the Light
  When he was a host on an Emmy-nominated show, he claimed that the fix was in when he didn’t win.   People laughed and moved on.   When he entered the political arena, he … more
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Calling for help ... and waiting
If you happened to be near an emergency scanner this weekend, you may have heard a call go out for emergency medical services once, then again, and then several more times, a 911 dispatcher trying … more
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SIL Peter, yours truly, and Adeline at the wheel at the Cheez-In Diner.
Dining with Cheez-its
Here’s a cool idea…let’s take one of the most popular snack foods in the world and make it into a restaurant.   Stick with me, now. Let’s pick Cheez-its. You know, … more
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Ina Garten’s Beatty’s Chocolate Cake with raspberries (and buttermilk!)
The Joy of Buttermilk
Buttermilk. What is it?   How is it made? Why does it make baked goods taste so delectable? And why did my Grandpa Kohler like to drink it so much? Buttermilk, it turns out, was originally … more
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The best time to be a little kinder
I used to think May was an odd time of the year for America to mark Mental Health Awareness Month.   Why not in December when so many of us struggle with the overwhelm of the holidays … more
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The iPhone Thins the Plot
My daughter has recently been rewatching The Gilmore Girls, a brilliant TV series that began airing in 2000 and finished its run in 2007. It is the story of Lorelai Gilmore, a single mom raising her … more
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The door before ... and after
When I’d enter the side door of the school, I had two choices.   I could turn right immediately, head up the stairs and venture past the gym first, then the cafeteria before making … more
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Adeline with Elana Meyers Taylor, the winner of five Winter Olympic medals.
Olympic sightings
Our trip to Lake Placid coincided with the World Cup competition of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) which organizes all the sliding events seen in the Winter Olympics. … more
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They’ve heard of us
Have you noticed a new pattern emerging in those “where you are from” conversations?   The shift was slow at first, only for it to take on hyperspeed since the pandemic began. … more
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My loves—Gracie and the always innocent George, sitting on the chair they eventually destroyed.
Goodbye George
(I’m interrupting my Lake Placid travelogue to memorialize my dear dog George who crossed the Rainbow Bridge last week.) George came into our lives unexpectedly, adopted with his sister … more
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The luck of emergency surgery
The emergency room practitioner needed to share just two words for the stress sitting at the base of my skull to start thrusting its elbows outward in both directions, pushing to take over control of … more
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A simple recommendation
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re standing in line somewhere.   Perhaps it’s the post office, or maybe it’s the grocery store. Or possibly you’re standing in the … more
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It’s all in the letters
Growing up, most of us learn that the keys to doing well and advancing in a job are working hard and keeping your nose clean.   It’s true ... mostly.   Here’s what … more
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