“And then one day the man looked up and half the year was over.“ It’s been an eventful summer. We started off with a drought and no storms at all. Then mid-June came along with high winds and severe storms that resulted in a 41 hour power outage, lots of trees and branches down, and…

Behind our house we had a crick. That’s right, I spelled it the way we said it. It wasn’t creeeek. Ever. Just ask my sister. She’s adamant on this issue. The North Chuctanunda (Mohawk for stony) flowed down from the Adirondacks and wound its way through Galway, Hagaman and finally Amsterdam to the Mohawk River….

Quiet moments. Those rare parts of the day when things are still; your mind is not racing; no one is around; you just breathe deep and enjoy the solitude. I love these moments. I drove through East Chicago and Gary, Indiana the other day, and when I got into Gary, seeing all the broken, burned-out…

They thought they were heralding a king that was going to take over the world. One who would make the wrongs right; kick out the bad guys; set up a new equitable system of government; and rule with kindness and fairness. They thought that this man was the one. So they cheered and waved palm…