Weddings in the Finger Lakes
The wedding of Carah and Michael took place on the beach at Cayuga Lake State Park in Seneca Falls. The lake served as the…
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I enjoyed your article on moths in the summer 2012 edition. I was so pleased to finally identify the large, beautiful moth that visited…
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The Tonic of “Wildness”
“We need the tonic of wildness … At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that…
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The Quest for the Holy Burger
Back in the ’70s, when I was just a kid, my parents would take my brothers and me to a small diner on the…
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The Murray Mystery
February 13, 1862. Union soldiers were in their third day of fighting to capture Fort Donelson in Tennessee, opening a key gateway to the…
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Sterling’s Renaissance Woman
Born in 1883 in Sterling, Williams was introduced to the camera while attending Oswego Normal School (today, SUNY Oswego). Back home, she became “the…
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Something Fishy
The architects and exhibit designers of the Finger Lakes Museum have been charged by the board of trustees to create an aquarium. But not…
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Moms Manage the Home Front
It’s easy for us to get caught up in the day-to-day of our busy lives and forget that we are a country at war….
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Horseheads
“In 1779 near this spot General John Sullivan mercifully disposed of his pack horses worn out by faithful service in the campaign against the…
Read MoreGrab a Blanket and a Book this Winter
LAKE EFFECT: TALES OF LARGE LAKES, ARCTIC WINDS, AND RECURRENT SNOWS Mark Monmonier Syracuse University Press www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu 2012 Hardcover ’Tis the season for lake-effect…
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