This column was written by my son Michael Werner, who is a bus driver, writer, and standup comedian. Enjoy.
In this mixed-up world full of different opinions, different …
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Kathy Werner
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9/29/23
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I’m not sure what part made us laugh hardest.
The bright orange and red leaves on the ground and the bare trees on what was supposed to be a late spring day in the Catskill?
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Jeanne Sager
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9/26/23
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My delightful granddaughter Adeline is growing up. She will soon be celebrating her tenth birthday, and she is already beginning to sound like a teenager.
The other day she saw a man on …
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Kathy Werner
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9/22/23
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Yes, dear readers, I know the world is moving really fast these days. But here are seven things that will help you have a phenomenal fall.
1. It is perfectly OK to start buying Halloween candy …
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Kathy Werner
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9/15/23
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Next month you’ll see a sea of pink everywhere from the dairy aisle of your favorite grocery store to the uniforms of your favorite sports team.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes over …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/12/23
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Hi there, fellow travelers. It sure has been a swell summer of traveling, hasn’t it?
I fear that the glamour of travel is rapidly showing its age for most of the traveling public.
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Kathy Werner
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9/8/23
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When we talk about social media with our kids, we tend to warn them against sharing too much information.
Don’t put your name, don’t put your location. Lock your account. …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/5/23
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My granddaughter Adeline (age 9) was ready to go to the Dressage for Kids (D4K) Festival in Saugerties at Horseshows in the Sun (HITS) with her buddies from Frog Hollow Farm.
The seven girls …
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Kathy Werner
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9/1/23
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When you’re small, the idea of speeding up time is all you can think about.
You dream of capturing the remote control for the family’s television and hitting the fast forward …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/22/23
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My granddaughter Adeline has been taking horseback riding lessons since the pandemic. She and her parents were staying with me then and riding was a sport that she could do safely. She loved it and …
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Kathy Werner
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8/18/23
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I drive by the middle finger several times a week, and always it jumps out at me. It’s hard not to see the giant digit, stretched out across a banner that’s several feet wide and hanging …
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When I was growing up, daytime tv consisted of game shows and soap operas. One of the most popular shows was Queen for a Day. It aired around midday, so when we kids were home, we often watched it. …
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Kathy Werner
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8/11/23
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Spend enough time in Callicoon on a Saturday in the summer, and you’ll be able to tell when the local weddings have begun.
It’s that time when the foot traffic in the …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/8/23
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Our adventure began one night when Adeline was unable to fall asleep and peered over the side of her loft bed. She saw something lurking on the floor in the dark, between the bed and the wall. She …
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Kathy Werner
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8/4/23
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Could someone give me some recommendations for a professional service person to perform this complicated task at my home that I cannot possibly do myself?
I’ve got a few requirements, of …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/1/23
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In a recent standup performance, comic John Mulaney said that he used to call Blockbuster to see if a certain movie was in. He asked his audience to think about that sentence—he called on a …
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by Kathy Werner
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7/28/23
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Controversy has swirled over a certain “small town” song of late, a song sung by a country singer who just recently appeared in Sullivan County, playing to an enormous crowd of both …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/25/23
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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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