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Want Gen Z’s vote? Here’s where you’ll need to go
This year marks the first time my 19-year-old will be able to cast a vote for president.   Like most of Gen Z, they’re chronically online, which means their preparations for Election … more
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The Story of the Missing Stop Sign
This is the story of how a missing stop sign was replaced in my town.   I was just a few hundred feet from home when it happened — a driver came to the end of one road and made a … more
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The entrance to Casa Mila. Note the curves of limestone and wrought iron balconies.
Meeting Antoni Gaudi
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 … more
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Grand Salon, Marble House
Chowdah with a Slice of Tennis
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 … more
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Visiting Newport
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 … more
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Guilty Pleasure
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 … more
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It’s different this time
We’ve been through this before. This time though, it’s in reverse. This time, the feelings are different.   When the dining room filled with bags and boxes in early May, I was … more
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Yielding to the community
This time of year it’s not uncommon to be driving down a roadway in our county and find a section has been closed down for a few hours.   Sometimes it’s for a parade or a street … more
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They had me at dogs
To truly explain why it’s so surprising that I now spring out of bed before 6 a.m. excited to greet the day, I need to take you back 19 years and a few months to the time when my co-workers … more
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What you say about Kamala matters
And just like that, it’s all changed.   Sunday morning, we woke up in a world where two aging white men were the top runners for president.   Monday morning, we woke up in … more
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Museum of Broadway a smash
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. … more
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Kid summer magic
One glance wasn’t enough. I had to look again to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, but I was right the first time.   It wasn’t even 6:30 in the morning, and a child … more
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An immigrant story
A s soon as I snapped the photo, I knew it was one I would want to share with the world.   As Liberty High School seniors played a final song with their high school band, I’d captured … more
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A Garden for the Ages
  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. … more
We get to live here
I spent last week hundreds of miles from home with more than 100 people who have never been to our corner of the world.   A few had come near — those with spouses who grew up in … more
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Step Away from the Screen
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 … more
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Is sexuality really the problem?
I know that some readers do not understand the need for a Pride Month.   Perhaps you’re in the particularly vocal camp that’s taken to local-focused social media groups to let … more
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Google Rules
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 … more
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A bridge back and forth
“If anything’s certain in life, it certainly isn’t the fate of the Callicoon bridge. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has plans to do . . . well, … more
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NYC Drives Me Crazy
Driving in New York City has always been a bit challenging, but these days the degree of difficulty has increased exponentially.   Making driving in NYC a bit easier is the fact that the … more
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You can’t have it both ways
It’s a tradition you can count on — come the second Sunday in June, tractors will roll through Callicoon, and hundreds of onlookers will ooh and ahh.   Some of those tractors … more
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Move Towards the Light
  When he was a host on an Emmy-nominated show, he claimed that the fix was in when he didn’t win.   People laughed and moved on.   When he entered the political arena, he … more
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Calling for help ... and waiting
If you happened to be near an emergency scanner this weekend, you may have heard a call go out for emergency medical services once, then again, and then several more times, a 911 dispatcher trying … more
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SIL Peter, yours truly, and Adeline at the wheel at the Cheez-In Diner.
Dining with Cheez-its
Here’s a cool idea…let’s take one of the most popular snack foods in the world and make it into a restaurant.   Stick with me, now. Let’s pick Cheez-its. You know, … more
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Ina Garten’s Beatty’s Chocolate Cake with raspberries (and buttermilk!)
The Joy of Buttermilk
Buttermilk. What is it?   How is it made? Why does it make baked goods taste so delectable? And why did my Grandpa Kohler like to drink it so much? Buttermilk, it turns out, was originally … more
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