Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… the season of autumnal beauty is beginning in the North Country, and I am anxious as always to photograph it. The trees are my focal point right now, as they are in every...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… within one week, we will be experiencing the calendar end of summer and the welcoming of autumn. I am always reminded of the lyrics of the song; “The Summer Knows.”...
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Photo submitted – From left to right: City Engineer Chet Szymanski, 2nd Ward Alderman and...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic The word hero has often been misused and, similarly, properly applied. As an example of the former I cite the following based on Dee Brown’s classic “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” At Wounded Knee, South Dakota...
Read MoreBy Ann E. Schuyler “Uncle Archie, can you make me disappear?” I asked. “Yes,” he said, “Go in the other room.” I was expecting something like levitation. Oh well, we continued our card game. My first memory of him was when I was...
Read MorePhotographs and Story By Joan Hermann Whereiwander… this is a great time of the year to find and photograph one of my favorite bird subjects. The numerous species of owls, which we can observe in our area within the next few...
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By Ann Eysaman Schuyler In 1944, I took my first train ride – all the way to Utica, NY. Having...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic Imagine if, on a beautiful summer’s morn, they came in and took your children away, taken to a boarding school where they’d learn a new language, have to wear new clothes, be subjected to a new culture, forced to...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic One of my favorite Christmas stories is an account of the origin of the candle in the window tradition. As you’ll later read, its theme has resonance today. Set in a small mountainous village during the early...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today is into the woods and a multitude of areas where I have been able to find mushrooms on past wanderings. Mid-August and throughout September are some of the best times to...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic They helped us big time. Now it’s our turn. They are the Afghan translators who worked and were deeply respected by our servicemen and women who fought in that mountainous hellhole. The former were integral...
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By Allysa Rader Farmer’s Market season is officially in full swing. Weekly markets held...
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