For me, the week before Xmas should’ve been dubbed, Days of Murphy’s Law. Nothing big went wrong. My friends, fam, pets and I were all in fine fettle. None of my precious antiques were stolen or destroyed (mostly because I have none). My Home Town was spared riots, plagues and ...

Eat it and beat it” was our mantra at Casa del Sol, especially on New Year’s Eve. Sequined or flannel-clad patrons came early and bolted by 9:30 to catch the fireworks — except one night in 1993. It was a charged atmosphere. Two hour wait by 5:30. The only thing moving faster than ...

Philip Terrie’s new book, “Wild Forest Lands,” offers just what one comes to expect from this historian and longtime chronicler of Adirondack issues. It’s detailed, thoughtful, challenging and occasionally provocative. This writer loves the Adirondacks. He conveys that well, along with ...

As 2025 comes to a close, I think about all the New Year’s resolutions that I will make and break in record time. For me, there are better ways to try to enact change. One practice, in business or at home, I can make happen is having a closing reflection. In work sessions, having participants ...

I feel sorry for those who don’t enjoy reading, for they’re missing out on humanity’s greatest invention ... the book. The joy of reading is something my mother instilled in me at an early age. I remember going to the Locust Valley Public Library before I could read. My mother would ...