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The second half of our second day in the United Kingdom was spent in the land of Downton Abbey. We were quite fortunate that my friend Marystephanie and I had planned our trip for early March, …
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Kathy Werner
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4/25/25
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My friend Marystephanie and I had set ourselves another daunting schedule for our second full day in the United Kingdom. She arranged for us to be driven to both Blenheim Palace and Highclere Castle …
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Kathy Werner
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4/18/25
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When we last left our intrepid London vacationers, we (by which I mean Marystephanie and I) had just left the Churchill War Rooms and taken the tube back to our hotel in South Kensington.
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Kathy Werner
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4/11/25
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One of the problems when you fly overnight to Europe is that you often arrive wiped out and not fit for anything but a nap. However, thanks to the recent Daylight Savings Time switch, we …
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Kathy Werner
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4/4/25
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I detest the term “bucket list” since it brings up the specter of our own mortality. However, I did just have a holiday that I had been dreaming of for ages.
I …
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Kathy Werner
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3/28/25
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Last Sunday I bought myself a bouquet of red tulips. They have shown me their bright smiling blooms for the past week, and they are cheering during these cold March days.
As the week has …
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Kathy Werner
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3/21/25
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I spent a most enjoyable weekend with my family in Callicoon last Saturday and decided to ride down Route 97 on my way home. It was a real trip down memory lane. As I drove down Route 97, I …
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Kathy Werner
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3/14/25
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A sage once noted that “a man in possession of a large fortune who wishes to be in possession of a small fortune should purchase a hotel.”
In other words, buying a hotel is a dicey …
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Kathy Werner
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3/7/25
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Guest Columnist
My favorite aspect of stand-up comedy is planning out each section of my performance when there are months before the actual show. No pressure, no fast-approaching deadline, just …
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Mike Werner
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2/28/25
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Guest Columnist
Back in 2017, which is somehow 8 years ago, I was venturing out and trying new things. I have been a student of stand-up comedy for a very long time and really wanted to see if I …
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Mike Werner
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2/21/25
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I recently found a puzzle board for my sister Laurie. It is about two feet wide and three feet long and has four side drawers to help in sorting all those puzzle pieces.
Can’t really say …
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Kathy Werner
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2/14/25
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Where to start? Well, the new administration has come in with a wrecking ball in an unprecedented executive branch power grab. Their aim is to dismantle what the right has long vilified as the Deep …
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Kathy Werner
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2/7/25
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I have the best brother in the world. Sorry, you can’t have him. He’s taken.
Since his earliest days as the youngest (and only) boy with four older sisters, he’s had to be a …
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Kathy Werner
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1/31/25
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Today is my granddaughter Adeline’s eleventh birthday. The bond between a grandparent and a grandchild is one of the most special and cherished relationships in life. My granddaughter …
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Kathy Werner
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1/24/25
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2024 was quite a year. It was a year of happiness and of profound sadness. A year of travel and a year of enjoying the coziness of home. A year of hope and hard work and of great disappointment on …
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Kathy Werner
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1/3/25
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We are about to enter the Fast Forward part of the year. I, for one, can’t believe we have reached the end of November! And that there are only five minutes until Christmas!
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Kathy Werner
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11/29/24
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I choked on my cocoa today when I heard that Matt Gaetz might be our next Attorney General. I felt like that bewildered kid in the viral video who is waking up from gas after a dentist visit and …
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Kathy Werner
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11/15/24
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On our very first day on our very first walk in Barcelona, my daughter Liz and I happened upon Casa Milà, a famed apartment house designed by Modernista Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi …
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Kathy Werner
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9/20/24
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Our trip to Newport, Rhode Island, was lots of fun. As I mentioned in last week’s column, my sister Mary, her husband John, and I were on our mansion tours while the kids hit the beach and ate …
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Kathy Werner
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9/6/24
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This week’s Senior Field trip is an overnighter. My daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline (aka “The Kids”) and sister Mary and her husband John traveled to …
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Kathy Werner
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8/30/24
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In 2024 if you have electricity, a television, and Wi-Fi, you may have noticed something. There are so so, so, so many true crime shows. I tried to Google how many of these shows are currently …
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Mike Werner - Guest Columnist
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8/23/24
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In my continuing series of Field Trips for Seniors, I have another fabulous destination for you to visit.
It is the Museum of Broadway, located on 45th Street, just off 7th Avenue in Manhattan. …
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Kathy Werner
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7/19/24
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A few days ago, on my way back from New York City, I decided to take a side trip that I had been meaning to take for a long time. My destination was the Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers.
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7/5/24
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I am as guilty as charged. I find myself spending all-too-much time with that addictive little screen that fits right in my pocket.
And let’s not kid ourselves—these screens …
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Kathy Werner
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6/28/24
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Thank heaven for the internet. I have concluded that you can find the solution to almost any problem in its ether. Hear me out—when I am trying to solve a problem after everything that I can …
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Kathy Werner
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6/21/24
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