The Next Chapter
04/13/2021 by Mark Stash, editor Starting a new chapter in life can be very exciting. The uncertainty of what’s next can also provoke feelings…
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A Finger Lakes Road Trip
02/17/2021 by Mark Stash I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little stir-crazy. As I write this, I am looking through the…
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Twenty Years and Counting
12/22/20 by Mark Stash 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Life in the Finger Lakes magazine. Tim Braden, my business partner, and I started…
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Reflection and Looking Ahead
10/21/2020 by Mark Stash This is the last issue of the magazine for 2020, and it prompts me to reflect a bit on the…
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Words are Like Bees
08/25/2020 – some create honey and others leave a sting I grew up in a rural area of Pennsylvania, and I spent a good…
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Coming Out Better
07/07/2020 by Mark Stash, Editor It seems like yesterday when I wrote my editorial for the May/June 2020 issue. I wrote about the current…
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Choosing Hope
04/21/2020 by Mark Stash I’d like to extend a heartfelt warm hug to all of our readers. In these unprecedented times of social isolation…
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Seeking the Beautiful
02/18/2020 by Mark Stash March. April. It’s that time of the year where winter is still holding on in Upstate New York, yet the…
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A Decade of Opportunity
12/10/2019 by Mark Stash With a new decade comes new ideas and a fresh outlook. That can be realized in many different forms. A…
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Do What You Love
11/08/2019 by Mark Stash I love working on this magazine. It takes creativity, organizational skills, persistence and a great respect for the craft of…
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