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Ah, dear Readers, we have recently returned from a whirlwind week across the pond. Our destination? Jolly old England! Our traveling party consisted of my granddaughter Adeline, daughter Liz, …
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Kathy Werner
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3/31/23
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Scientists tell us it’s officially Ok to welcome the beginning of spring when the Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the sun on the vernal equinox, a phenomenon that came to pass …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/28/23
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Last Saturday evening, my friends Mary and Bob threw their annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner. They have been kind enough to feed us Mary’s incredibly tasty corned beef and cabbage dinner …
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Kathy Werner
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3/24/23
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“Whoaaaaaaa! We’re going to be in the paper! Can it be the front page?”
If you want to win the heart of a newspaper’s photojournalist, this is your road map.
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Jeanne Sager
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3/21/23
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Want to hear a magic trick? Admit to a small child that you, a grown-up who they do not see on a regular basis or may not even recall seeing, know their name.
As a photojournalist for …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/14/23
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Hey there, cats and kittens! Hope you are all enjoying this wondering end-of-winter weather we’re having.
I was just thinking about all those little signs that tell you that you are …
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Kathy Werner
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3/10/23
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I took my first photo for the Democrat more than two decades ago. I was a high school intern who had absolutely no idea what she was doing, but then that’s the nature of being an intern, …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/7/23
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You know, there are still a lot of us Baby Boomers out here, and we are getting a little tired of all the stairs in our houses.
We are tired of walking upstairs to go to bed, and real tired of …
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Kathy Werner
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3/3/23
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Do you know whose land you're living on?
It's a question that may seem like a trick. If you own your home, it's yours, right? if you rent, it's your landlord's?
Not exactly. Long …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/28/23
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Last weekend was very special for our family as we celebrated the launch of the new Kansas City International Airport, which a team of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) architects, led by my …
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2/24/23
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We didn't have a list at the beginning, but we didn't need it. What we had to teach came almost instinctively.
How to grasp food between two tiny fingers.
How to hold a spoon. …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/21/23
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I have reached those happy golden years when this all-too-mortal flesh starts slowly falling apart.
Luckily, I have not had to replace any major parts so far, but the hearing is beginning …
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Kathy Werner
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2/17/23
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In the years since I became a homeowner, I've found a long list of things that set you apart from the person you thought you'd be in high school.
Did a teenage me dream of walking around …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/14/23
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Well, it finally happened…Covid has hit 8 family members in three states! All at the same time! And they all got it independently, no sharing among states. How’s …
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Kathy Werner
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2/10/23
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I suppose it was inevitable, but it was still creepy. Just last week I received two envelopes in the mail. Each had an image of my house on the front. Each, of course, had my name on …
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Kathy Werner
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2/3/23
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Like most Januarys, this has been a month filled with snow days for school kids from around Sullivan County, days when they wake to the news that they can skip reading, writing and arithmetic for a …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/31/23
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I just saw a friend today who told me that her brother-in-law is in Westchester Medical Center. He is in a running club and collapsed in the middle of a run a few days ago. He was …
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Kathy Werner
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1/27/23
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has traveled to the Mexican border and now has declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city.
Well …
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Ed Townsend
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1/24/23
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If you’re ever having a bad day and feeling a little less than your very best, I told friends recently, remember this story.
I had asked the mechanic to look into why my remote car …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/24/23
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Do you like to travel? On these cold winter days, it’s fun to think about faraway places and plan trips, even if only in our daydreams.
I do have some trips on tap for the days …
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Kathy Werner
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1/20/23
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Jared Gans, a writer for The Hill, a news and media website said in his January 10 column that, "members of Congress are perceived to have among the lowest ethical standards of any occupation, …
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Ed Townsend
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1/17/23
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If you wanted to walk the entirety of Sullivan County, did you know you'd be covering almost 1,000 square miles? Or 997 to be exact?
It's a number that may be hard to wrap your head around, so …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/17/23
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In the past few months, I have written about the box of letters that my Grandmother Katie Hill Kohler received from her various swains from 1919-1920. Years ago, I had taken the box when we …
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Kathy Werner
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1/13/23
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God was listening to all the people this week who prayed for the recovery of Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin.
Hamlin was injured during the first quarter of the Monday night game against the …
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Ed Townsend
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1/10/23
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The questions came from a young couple, freshly married and considering a move to Sullivan County.
Is it a good place to raise kids? What’s access to medical care like?
There …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/10/23
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