I received two recent prompts to read Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel about a murder in the Adirondacks. A friend whose taste I trust recommended it, having picked it up because a grandchild was reading it for school. And in her Adirondack Life essay about novels set in the Adirondacks, Amy ...

Two wonderful events are happening on Aug. 2: the Saranac Lake Porchfest and the Bloomingdale Block Party. Yes. Yes. There are many, many more events around the Adirondacks, but the Bloomingdale Block Party and Porchfest are neighboring activities. Now, I am usually the person who tries to do ...

Woodland clearings are full of low bushes loaded with berries, abundant and free for the picking. Area berry farms (like those in AuSable Forks and Peru, New York) have high bush berries for those who want to purchase them or pick their own without bending so low. Delicious, satisfying, ...

It is hard to imagine, filling a page, even looking at the great variety of ads. Such as - “Wanted - Refined, young white girl to do housework and take care of 5-year-old baby. Five room bungalow. Two People. To sleep at bungalow. Wages $10. [does not indicate per week or per month] ...

Parents have been heading my way with lots of questions about that soft spot on a baby’s head; why is it there and when it will go away? I have a soft spot for fielding these concerns so let me share some information on this topic. The soft spot on the top of a newborn’s head between ...