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 …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/26/24
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You’re going to be terrified of your kid doing the sorts of things at 18 (almost 19) that you once did quite easily at 17.
This is one of the (many) things I’ve learned during …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/19/24
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If you caught the front page of the Democrat last week, you already know the news for parents seeking childcare in our county is bleak.
The Hudson Valley as a whole has seen a 27 percent …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/12/24
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Have you ever driven by a house and wondered if it still looks the same inside as it did when you were 15? It can’t just be me.
There’s a fairly common movie plot point that …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/5/24
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I am a journalist who has had to write about suicide-related deaths.
I am also a person who deeply loves a person who died by suicide.
I tell you both of these things to make …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/27/24
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel with my daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, and granddaughter Adeline to Universal Studios in Florida. This trip was a combination Christmas and birthday …
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Kathy Werner
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2/23/24
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Imagine my surprise when I went to my Amazon Prime Video channel this past week and discovered that they were now going to show ads while I watched shows unless I paid them an extra three dollars a …
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Kathy Werner
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2/16/24
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I nearly forgot to clear up one little mystery about our Christmas cruise from Vienna to Budapest that I teased in my first article about this trip.
While we were driving into Vienna from …
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Kathy Werner
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2/9/24
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I’m not sure when, exactly, I started counting down the days until my child would graduate from school.
Was it on December 14, 2012, as I held tight to my second grader during our …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/6/24
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My sister-in-law Susan and I enjoyed our first day on board our Avalon Christmas Market Danube River cruise this past November. We visited the Schonbrunn Palace and then after a most delicious dinner …
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Kathy Werner
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2/2/24
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Seated on the examination table at my doctor’s office, I was trying to do the math in my head.
If my daughter was 7 or 8 when my new physician’s assistant spent summers as my …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/16/24
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Our second full day in Vienna was action-packed. My sister-in-law Susan and I had hoofed it over to the fabulous Sisi Museum in the Hofburg Palace and then wandered back through the streets of …
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Kathy Werner
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1/12/24
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