Boats, Banjos and Bachelor Parties
Nothing sells canoes better than tossing them down a waterfall. That’s what boat manufacturer Grumman (today called the Marathon Boat Group) discovered in 1972,…
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A Fish Tale from the Wilderness Next-Door
On a clear, cold, spring morning, I drive south along the curvy shore of Conesus Lake. A thin moon casts a ghostly, pre-dawn light…
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Adventures in Winemaking
Prologue, 1973 Picture this: a gawky preteen boy with a shovel standing over a 10- by 10-foot plot of ground. Sod had been turned,…
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A Blooming Bonanza
1903 was a momentous year in American history. The Wright Brothers flew successfully at Kittyhawk, the Boston Red Sox won the first World Series,…
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The Notes of Spring
“The first pleasant day of spring comes out like a woodchuck and then goes in again.” – Adapted from Henry David Thoreau March 20…
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