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November 03, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
Library funding is threatened yet again with NYS budget cuts. Right when we need libraries the most, for information, education, and communication, our legislators cut the funding. Libraries . . .
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October 17, 2009 07:27 PM EDT --
Not quite an hour's drive east from Binghamton on Route 17 we come to the charming little village of Windsor, New York.
Galahad and I almost bought a house there, many years ago, and I will never . . .
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October 15, 2009 09:12 PM EDT --
I made a kaleidoscope years ago, when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I always remembered it as 3rd grade science class, in Bangkok, but I was only at that school for half of that year and the age-level . . .
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October 12, 2009 01:08 PM EDT --
This summer, Kevin and I spent as many weekends as possible out on Oneida Lake, and Kevin spent some weeknights out there as well, crewing on other sailboats. Neither of us was in a hurry to see . . .
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September 24, 2009 12:54 AM EDT --
We begin in the marina:
leaving the dock, we head for the lake.
Sunlight catches the waves as the wind plays over the surface of the water.
Creating, at times, the illusion . . .
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September 18, 2009 12:13 AM EDT --
On my list of favorite annual events, the Literacy Volunteers' "A Taste for Reading" event ranks very near the top. This year, it was -- literally -- all that and a bag of chips!
As shown . . .
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September 16, 2009 10:19 PM EDT --
The folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary looms large in my memory.
During the late 1960s, in the time of the Vietnam War, we lived in Bangkok, Thailand. That was when I first heard a Peter, . . .
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September 09, 2009 12:58 AM EDT --
One of the newest State Parks here in Central New York is Frenchman Island at the western end of Oneida Lake. The romantic history, enhanced by the hazy truth that survives, lends this . . .
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September 01, 2009 01:28 AM EDT --
Over the August 29-30 weekend the Oneida Lake Sailing Club held its Commodore’s Cup series of races, open to all sailboats that had participated in a minimum of three other races this summer, . . .
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August 22, 2009 01:51 PM EDT --
Local toes recently learned they were invited to go on a saling cruise in honor of Toe Month.
They reacted with delighted surprise
and immediately went in search of a new outfit, something more . . .
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August 21, 2009 09:32 PM EDT --
( "Resurrected" to highlight new photos -- close-ups of the statue.)
During a conversation we had on a comment thread somewhere, Gatherer Sarah A . mentioned that not only did she once live in . . .
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August 18, 2009 09:20 PM EDT --
The forecast was promising -- no storms, no unseasonal cold snaps -- and both of us had vacation time available, so Kevin and I decided to spend a long weekend together out on Oneida Lake. We've . . .
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August 05, 2009 09:45 PM EDT --
The main branch of the Louisville (Kentucky) Free Public Library has been hit hard by Tuesday's torrential downpour. You can read about it HERE .
I know that there are marvelous people . . .
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August 02, 2009 11:36 PM EDT --
Making use of the questionnaire that's circulating and the titles of Jackson Browne songs:
Are you a male or female?
-- I Am a Child in These Hills
Describe Yourself: . . .
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July 31, 2009 04:50 PM EDT --
The original directions I found for building a milk carton guitar came from Karen Latchana Kenney's book Cool Rock Music , but she deserves none of the blame for my results.
Our first attempt to . . .
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July 13, 2009 11:58 PM EDT --
Another Old Songs Festival, another weekend well spent enjoying the company of good friends, indulging in the companionship of great songs, and defying the Fates in their never-ending efforts to kill . . .
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June 22, 2009 11:30 PM EDT --
Recently, Peter Wimsey shared a postcard featuring the Walton House in Walton, NY, and wondered if anyone could learn if the building was still there. I offered to check with friends who hail from . . .
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June 11, 2009 12:09 AM EDT --
Someone was careless and dropped this:
Fortunately, not all of it went to waste (or waist, for that matter.)
It's all about answering when opportunity knocks, . . .
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May 25, 2009 01:11 PM EDT --
Sitting in on jam sessions teaches us to listen well and watch each other's hands. Over the past decade or so, I've watched enough hands to be able to read chords for three different instruments . . .
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May 17, 2009 11:55 AM EDT --
Recently I heard about another interpersonal Gather incident, with folks upset about what they read on their monitor screens. It hardly matters who is involved or what the concerns were – this is a recurring . . .
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