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In March I saw a presentation by two women from the Hudson Valley Alzheimer’s Association. These presentations are available to any community organization who requests them. Just last week, …
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Kathy Werner
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6/26/26
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When your friend flies into town to experience a tractor parade for the first time, you expect you’ll spend the weekend laughing, eating ice cream and watching a few hundred tractors mosey through …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/23/26
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This is the time of year when my gardening skills start to falter. I’m an inept horticulturist who really desires to be ept, but somehow can’t find the correct formula to create the …
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Kathy Werner
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6/19/26
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There is always a baby asleep in the middle of it all, usually more than one.
They’re not in a darkened nursery with the blinds closed tight, not in a stroller slowly being pushed back …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/16/26
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I have a friend who recently had a stay in a hospital. She received a bill, but although she has insurance, the bill was still over $1500. This was quite a quandary, since she doesn’t have that kind of money at hand. What would she do?
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Kathy Werner
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6/12/26
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“Just show up,” we say. “Get involved.”
It all sounds so simple. Move into town, pick a community organization, and walk in the door. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy, right?
It is easy …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/9/26
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The last leg of our Spring Break tour brought us to the City of Lights, Paris. Daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline and I had already had wonderful adventures in England, and as …
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Kathy Werner
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6/5/26
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It was the kind of lazy afternoon two kids who grew up in a river town live for. We had two tubes, the Delaware, and nowhere to be.
We were laughing at the kids we used to be when he …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/2/26
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My son-in-law Peter’s Aunt Carol and Uncle Peter live in the glorious Radford Villa in the Cotswolds. After our long day of touring in Bath, our merry band was eager to get home and relax. …
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Kathy Werner
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5/29/26
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In retrospect, I can see why the story might skew more toward “shocking example of country living” and less toward “charming childhood anecdote.”
In my defense, I had no idea what the …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/26/26
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This record of our journey finds us still in the English city of Bath, in my beloved Cotswolds. Uncle Peter and Aunt Carol had designed a comprehensive tour for us (daughter Liz, SIL Peter, …
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Kathy Werner
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5/22/26
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There are a handful of words that tend to come up at graduation ceremonies, words about pride and accomplishment, metaphors about chapters closing and doors opening.
They were all there at …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/19/26
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When we last left our intrepid travelers (daughter Liz, SIL Peter, granddaughter Adeline and yours truly), we had just arrived at Radford Villa, the charming British home of Peter’s Uncle Peter and …
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Kathy Werner
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5/15/26
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Somewhere in my medical chart, a doctor has written that I have “limited healthcare literacy.”
If I’d known at that time that this was what he thought of me, I might have put up a fight …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/12/26
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There are things that unite us all as Sullivan County residents.
Power outages. Skyrocketing NYSEG bills. That particular sinking feeling that develops in your stomach when you’re …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/5/26
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The most fabulous things happened on our third day in London—we got to view the artifacts of a genius filmmaker and we saw the immensely talented Cynthia Erivo in person in her one-woman show.
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Kathy Werner
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5/1/26
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I could blame the Netflix special.
Or his new album that dropped late last week.
The truth is, Noah Kahan’s Stick Season has been playing on repeat inside my brain for weeks …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/28/26
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I forgot to tell you about some of our adventures on our second day in London. And by “our” I mean my daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline, et moi.
After leaving our friend …
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Kathy Werner
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4/24/26
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Here is something nobody tells you about burnout: the cure might be more work. I know. I know. Bear with me. For approximately 10 months I've been running on a combination of M&Ms, diet Pepsi, …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/21/26
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“ To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer.” --Everyone
My Travel Crew—daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline et moi—took it easy on our first …
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Kathy Werner
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4/17/26
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I was flipping through the pages of this paper when I spotted a small “blink and you’ll miss it” sized update from Garnet Health.
The hospital announced it had just handed out a …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/14/26
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For months now, I've found myself thinking about the woman with a swastika tattoo.
My husband saw it first.
His hip banged into mine, his eyes widened in alarm before shifting to the woman …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/7/26
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Your faithful columnist has just returned from an epic 11-day family odyssey across the pond. My daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline, and I revisited two of our favorite cities and …
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Kathy Werner
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4/3/26
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You’ve probably never been to the Catskills.
I know. You live here. But hear me out.
There are two Catskills and depending on which side of the equation you landed on, you …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/31/26
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There’s a new video trending on social media these days. The videographer goes around the office, asking people what year they were born. If they were born after 2000, they’re safe, but if …
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Kathy Werner
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3/27/26
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