Trigger Warning: cheap jewelry, mean girls, self-sabotage. I am a thief. My photo is just there to the right, so you should probably make a citizen’s arrest. To this day, I still owe the Gift Corner 21 cents for a ring I bought, to join a mean girl club I didn’t like, all in the name of ...

Erik Schlimmer grew up in the Adirondacks but now lives in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Not surprisingly, he is a prolific writer of books about hiking and climbing. His work includes “Thru Hiker’s Guide to America,” “Blue Line to Blue Line,” “History Inside the Blue Line,” ...

Not counting Linda Leydon — who I kissed in the back of the bus in third grade — or Crystal Waters — who I sent a love letter to when my family moved from Long Island to the Finger Lakes and never heard from again — my girlfriends were few and far between. Then there was Sally ...

I’m fine if I never wake up to a leaking roof again. Really. I don’t need any more lessons. I’m starting to think Mother Nature is making this personal. I’ve read all the posts of people looking for someone to shovel their roofs. I’ve driven down roads to see people raking the snow ...