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There’s a new video trending on social media these days. The videographer goes around the office, asking people what year they were born. If they were born after 2000, they’re safe, but if …
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Kathy Werner
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3/27/26
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In celebration of National Women’s Day/Week/Month, I’m continuing to celebrate some of the women I knew whose courage, tenacity, and hard work drove them to succeed despite the obstacles they …
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Kathy Werner
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3/20/26
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Since this is the time of year when we celebrate women, I would like to take my next few columns to celebrate some women who have lifted themselves up and created the life they wanted to live, in …
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Kathy Lerner
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3/13/26
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How great is it to have access to everything ever knowable in the history of the universe in a pocket-sized computer that we can also use to communicate with friends and family? I am talking, of …
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Kathy Werner
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3/6/26
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Anyone who spends any amount of time on social media has noticed the way language has changed. There are words on internet platforms that will make you go “viral.” Kids like to repeat these …
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Kathy Werner
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2/27/26
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It’s not every day that you get to meet Olympians, but for us it was March 20, 2024. It was then that I joined my daughter Liz and granddaughter Adeline up in Lake Placid where they had gone for a …
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Kathy Werner
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2/20/26
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These cold days are a wonderful time to curl up with a good book. I’ve been enjoying several. As a former reading teacher, I had several suggestions for my students. Anything you read counts …
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Kathy Werner
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2/6/26
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Well, that was certainly a snowstorm worthy of the hype! As I watched the snow fall all day on Sunday, I remembered the saying “little flakes, big snow.” When the snowflakes are tiny, the …
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Kathy Werner
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1/30/26
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Is there a kitchen appliance that causes more conflict than the dishwasher? Methinks not.
I can still hear my mother after any big holiday dinner telling us, her grown children, that we …
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Kathy Werner
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1/23/26
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A few years ago, my daughter bought me a Kindle for Christmas. She was tired of seeing piles of books all over the house. I then began buying eBooks to read. At last count, I had purchased 240 books …
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Kathy Werner
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1/16/26
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Guest columnist
Lately I’ve been thinking about my dad, who passed away almost seven years ago. My father had a large number of subjects he really enjoyed talking about, but …
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Mike Werner
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1/9/26
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Last Saturday I had the pleasure of experiencing Dickens on the Delaware in Callicoon. There was so much going on that it was impossible to see it all! What a testament to the many, many people who …
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Kathy Werner
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12/26/25
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When we were in high school, we read a story called “Leiningen Versus the Ants.” Written in 1938 by Carl Stephenson, it somehow made it into every high school anthology in the 1960s. In …
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Kathy Werner
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12/15/25
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I have developed a very special talent in my happy golden years. I can hide things… from myself!
Oh, yes, I know you’re thinking, how is such a thing possible? Allow …
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Kathy Werner
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12/12/25
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When I first became a fan of stand-up comedy, I studied the very best. George Carlin was my Comedy 101 guide and helped shape my views of the genre. One of George's well-known bits was about phrases …
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Guest Columnist Mike Werner
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12/5/25
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I like to talk to people and I think people like to talk to me. Not bragging, exactly. It …
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Kathy Werner
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11/21/25
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I just returned from a quick trip to Toronto, a beautiful Canadian city on cold and windy Lake Ontario. My daughter Liz was attending a conference there and I like to tag along when I can. …
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Kathy Werner
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11/14/25
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Sicily had put us through our paces, but what a wonderfully interesting place to visit. The sheer amount of people who had invaded, ruled, and fought over this island at the bottom of Italy …
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Kathy Werner
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11/7/25
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I got to visit my first volcano on our trip to Sicily in September. Mount Etna is the tallest and most active volcano in Europe, and we could see it from our hotel balcony in Taormina. …
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Kathy Werner
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10/31/25
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On day four of our Sicilian adventure, we traveled via bus from Palermo to Taormina with a brief stop in Cefalú. This beach town has a very laid-back vibe above which towers an ancient …
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Kathy Werner
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10/24/25
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One of the most fascinating parts of our Sicily trip was visiting the Trapani Salt Pans and the Museo del Sale (Salt Museum). The long history of salt-making on the west coast of Sicily from Trapani …
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Kathy Werner
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10/17/25
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Our second full day in Sicily began with a two-hour bus ride from Palermo to Agrigento to see the remarkable Valley of the Temples. These Greek ruins date from the 5th Century BCE, the era …
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Kathy Werner
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10/10/25
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Our trip to Sicily was a “hub and spokes” tour. This means that you stay in one place (the hub) and take daily trips (the spokes) to see the sights. For our first four nights, we …
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Kathy Werner
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10/3/25
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Nothing could be more enjoyable than a laid-back afternoon spent wandering through downtown Callicoon.
Callicoon remains the lively town I knew in my youth, although of course the stores …
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Kathy Werner
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9/12/25
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The days of summer have passed all too quickly, as they always do, and the days of new backpacks, empty notebooks and sharp pencils are upon us. Students wonder who will be in their …
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Kathy Werner
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9/5/25
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