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I’d only just entered the maze of a farmers’ market in one of NYS’s larger cities when I spotted them – bunches of bright yellow bananas piled on a table, waiting for …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/15/25
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I find it difficult to watch the news these days. I am seeing things in this country that I find hard to fathom. I thought that we could stand strong against the threat of fascism. I …
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Kathy Werner
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7/11/25
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The whirring of the chainsaw as it sliced through the center post made one thing clear: There was no turning back.
The wooden beam crashing to the ground, swings and monkey bars clanking …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/8/25
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I am so grateful to have the time in my dotage to spend hours looking up family history in old newspapers. Having grown up in Sullivan County in a family that lived for generations in these hills, I …
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Kathy Werner
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7/4/25
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Year after year, there’s always a mom who captures my eye at graduation.
She’s beaming, her smile so wide the pride seems to radiate from her, like sunlight spilling through …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/1/25
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Some of my fondest memories of Delaware Valley Central School are of the musicals that we put on under the direction of music teacher extraordinaire Willard Slausenberg. I just loved those …
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Kathy Werner
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6/27/25
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It was the wee hours of a frosty morning, and I was wandering with no particular direction in mind, taking one back road after another, letting the roads lead my adventure.
My task for …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/24/25
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For most grown-ups, memories of their senior year of high school are few and far between. Perhaps they recall who came out to cheer them on at graduation or maybe faint memories remain of a class …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/17/25
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Our last evening in London was spent – where else? – at the theater, or “theatre”, as the Brits would spell it. The Ambassador Theatre to be precise, and my friend …
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Kathy Werner
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6/13/25
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Hometowns are complicated places.
This place where you learned to walk and talk and to ride a bike, where you had your first kiss and your first heartbreak, may be a place you never leave …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/10/25
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My friend Marystephanie and I certainly set a good pace for ourselves on our trip to London this March, and just because Monday was our last full day, we were not going to slow down.
We had …
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Kathy Werner
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6/6/25
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He had an uncanny knack for breaking into things.
The oven where we hid the box of pizza.
The cabinet where we hid the baking supplies.
The dishwasher not yet full …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/3/25
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