Check back here on the last or first Wednesday of the month to see if any of the past month’s photos have been identified. Thanks to everyone who weighs in! Here are the results of the 5W Wednesdays for May: ¯ April 30: no positive identification. ¯ May 7: no ...

Last week, I received a text with a photo from an unknown number. At first, I had no idea who it was from, but after seeing the photo, I realized it had to be from my college roommate Gene. It was the first time since the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics that I’d heard from him. The photo ...

Jun-uary, as a friend calls this chilly season, has me regretting putting away my winter flannel sheets. My allergies are in full bloom as I battle blackflies while wearing a down parka. There are way too many conflicting things happening at once. Since I don’t enjoy weeding, I use ...

At the farmers’ market, I encountered a vegetable I was unfamiliar with. Komatsuna, a Japanese leafy green, is one of the earliest vegetables available because it is very fast-growing. In more moderate climates than ours, it can be grown year-round and is more heat and cold-tolerant than ...

Is your teenage son or daughter approaching the age for getting a car? Families with newly licensed teens have a wide range of options this year when it comes to safe vehicles for their novice driver. An updated list of suggested vehicles for teens from the Insurance Institute for Highway ...

This column was prompted by a story in the May 16 Enterprise concerning a new state law that paper boys and girls must be at least age 14. The Associated Press story by Michael Hill reports that New York’s child labor laws allowed kids as young as 11 to legally partake in the ...