I doubt I’m alone when I say I want to remember well, not just this month, and not just for myself. To be certain, I want to remember the day my daughter C was born, the smell of Oil of Olay on my mother’s skin, the first time I plunged into Buck Pond, the sound of P’s shutter; ...

A growing health crisis in America is loneliness, which is not the same as being or living alone. Loneliness can have a significant impact on our physical and mental well-being. Loneliness can increase depression and stress, resulting in higher levels of inflammation, which in turn ...

When November comes, we Americans like to hark back to that first Thanksgiving, with Squanto and Captain Shrimp and the gang. Harking back is all very well, but we should be thankful that we were not there at the time. Hark is a word not heard much these days, except for “Hark, the herald ...

Adirondack Film and the organizers of its lead event, the Lake Placid Film Festival, held Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, are working to increase the number of features, documentaries and specialty films produced in the Adirondacks. Critical is developing a trained workforce capable of doing ...

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” —Henry David Thoreau In my youth, when I was more romantic, I was proud of loving weather — all weather. I had a Wuthering Heights sort of sensibility for dramatic climatic turbulence in picturesque landscapes. ...

As I left the Lake Placid Film Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2, I looked back at the Palace Theatre, the white marquee, the red lettering advertising the current showings, the glow of overhead lights. I was a little sad to say goodbye to the cinema, the event, and the town as I drove back to ...