As a travel lover, I have been on many flights. I have experienced flight delays, but I have never had a flight canceled. That is, until this past Saturday.
I was headed down to Florida …
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by Kathy Werner
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7/21/23
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I had a handful of clothing under one arm and my post office box key in one hand when a neighbor stopped me last week with a question: Where do you donate your used clothing?
It was a fair …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/19/23
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Family vacation photos. We all have them somewhere.
Is there an old album tucked away somewhere with photos of you in a bathing suit cut in the style of the time? A series of images far …
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by Jeanne Sager
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7/18/23
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Now I know what you’re thinking-Hey Werner, you’ve been taking us with you all over God’s green earth, and now we’re stuck in your backyard? What’s with that? But bear …
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Kathy Werner
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7/14/23
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It was one of those days when the family split into separate rooms of the house to complete our own tasks.
My husband was at work replacing the front door knob. I was in the midst of …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/11/23
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Our week in East Hampton was spent relaxing, enjoying great food and great company, and taking some time to relax.
We also took a field trip to Montauk, where my daughter, son-in-law, …
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Kathy Werner
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7/7/23
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Have you ever sat down to try to explain the 4th of July to someone who isn’t from America?
Or tried to explain any American holiday to a non-American, for that matter?
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by Jeanne Sager
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7/4/23
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Luckily for me, the journeys continue! Last week I was again fortunate enough to travel with my daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, and granddaughter Adeline. This time, no airplanes were …
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by Kathy Werner
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6/30/23
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“But did you get to enjoy it as a mom?” It’s a question that I heard over and over this graduation weekend from all the people who saw me scurrying around the Sullivan West High …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/27/23
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Mark Twain, that legendary American author, once lived in Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife and children. Luckily for us, his beautiful home has been restored and must be one of the …
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Kathy Werner
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6/23/23
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“We did it,” I said to my husband last Friday morning. I didn’t have to explain what “it” was.
He understood the happiness and heartache all wrapped up in …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/13/23
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The power outage couldn’t have come at a worse time ... or a better one.
I had two pages of my website to update, six emails to send, photos to post to my business social media …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/6/23
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We had wandered through the highs (Crown Jewels) and lows (Bloody Tower) of the Tower of London and were looking for some sustenance on our second day in London. My daughter Liz had read about …
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Kathy Werner
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6/2/23
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“So, where are you going to school next year?” It’s an innocent enough question, and one I’ve surely asked dozens of times over the years of high school seniors.
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Jeanne Sager
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5/30/23
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After our trip to the Royal Mews, our band of intrepid travelers (daughter Liz, SIL Peter, granddaughter Adeline et moi) decided to take the Tube back to the Knightsbridge Station in our tony …
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Kathy Werner
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5/19/23
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I spent the Friday morning before Mother’s Day shifting through stories of local moms, hundreds of moms who had been nominated by the people who love them for a giveaway I was running through …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/16/23
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I confess that didn’t wake up at 5 am last Saturday to see Charles III travel down the Mall in his royal carriage. I woke up in time to watch a few minutes of the service when they …
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Kathy Werner
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5/12/23
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Spend any time on the roads of western Sullivan County in the coming months, and you’re bound to get caught behind a tractor or two.
This is farm country. It’s been farm …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/9/23
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For my granddaughter Adeline’s ninth birthday in January, her parents (my daughter Liz and son-in-law Peter) gave her tickets for a tour of the Harry Potter Studios outside London. And …
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Kathy Werner
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5/5/23
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I’d only just stepped into the shower when I noticed it. The bright orange body of the thing embedded in my left calf was unmistakable.
On a rainy Saturday morning when I’d …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/2/23
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Our third day in Brighton was cool and breezy, but not cold enough to keep us from visiting the famous Brighton Pier. Daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline, and I were guided through …
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Kathy Werner
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4/28/23
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“We are among the privileged, that’s for sure.” It’s not the sort of thing you might expect to hear from someone less than 24 hours after a tornado had torn through their …
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By Jeanne Sager
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4/25/23
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Our trip to the UK was busy, but not frenetic. My daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, and granddaughter Adeline and I had enjoyed our morning wandering through The Lanes in Brighton, but our …
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Kathy Werner
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4/21/23
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When you grow up in the sort of town that has narrow unmarked roads, the kind that require drivers to pull to the side to let another car pass, there are rules you learn early.
Walk on …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/18/23
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After our scandalously sweet visit to Julien Plumart’s patisserie in Brighton, UK, we (my daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Adeline and our host Hari) were off to visit …
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Kathy Werner
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4/14/23
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