When Life Was Dreamy
We all ordered a DiPacific specialty, the club sandwich. Crisply toasted quarters of white bread between stacks of mayo-slathered ham, beef, tomato and lettuce…
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Visiting the Goats
In an effort to meet my extended neighbors, I took a ride from Ithaca to Ulysses to visit BWW Farm, named after the three…
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Three Falls Woods
First, you notice the sound – a continuous low rumble like thunder in the distance, coming from somewhere up the gorge. Like the stream…
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The Battle Over Newtown Battlefield
Just east of Elmira and adjacent to Route 17 (soon to be Interstate 86), a granite monument tops a hill overlooking the scenic Chemung…
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Suffragist Cities
From her parlor window, 33-year-old Elizabeth Cady Stanton looked across the canal to the industrial district of Seneca Falls. In the 1840s, a string…
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Raindrop World
After a cold, gray upstate New York winter, we crave the sunshine that marks our spring and summer days. Rain is the intruder then,…
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Part 1 – In The Beginning
This is part one of a four-part story about the land surrounding the Finger Lakes and the wildlife and people who inhabited it. While…
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Old World Meets New
Tucked away on the eastern shore of Keuka Lake, Ravines Wine Cellars prefers to remain a bit hidden. This relatively new boutique winery is…
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Letters
More Harps I enjoyed Kari Anderson’s article about harps. My grandmother, Christine Carr Minor, lived in Batavia and played the harp professionally. She traveled all over…
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