This Labor Day weekend, the Weibrecht family is launching a year-long 100th anniversary celebration of the Mirror Lake Inn, a storied hotel rated as one of the finest in the nation in everything from Conde Nast publications to four decades of winning the AAA Four Diamond Award of ...
Last week, childless cat ladies were in the news, as well as in this column. This week, I’m still thinking about cats. I’ve just read Daniel Mason’s wonderful novel “North Woods” (Random House, 2023). This imaginative account of the goings-on of humans and wildlife over several ...
I heard my husband driving up the driveway and so did the dogs, so I let them out to greet him. Nothing better than to be welcomed home by your dogs. I didn’t realize that a neighbor’s dog was also running up the driveway to meet and greet. Unfortunately, one of my dogs, Arlo, didn’t like ...
Whiteface rescue - Two summer visitors were rescued Monday night from an unpleasant plight on Whiteface Mountain by members of the ski patrol. Manfried Kolwister, New York attorney, and Miss Hannah Katz of New York at noon engaged a boat at George and Bliss docks to take them to Whiteface ...
Joy happened at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site on Saturday, Aug. 17, not once but multiple times throughout the day. The joy of young readers meeting their heroes — the men and women who illustrated and wrote their favorite books — and for the artists and authors, the thrill of ...
Suddenly, cats are everywhere on social media. Amusing cat videos, long a Facebook staple, are now ubiquitous, and the phrase “childless cat lady” comes up incessantly. Two of my favorite examples of the recent cat craze are the column “Nation’s Cats Lash Out at J.D. Vance,” by Andy ...