I spent a lot of time with your magazine today (July/August 2026), found it just exceptional. And “Christina,” the painting in Nancy E. McCarthy’s terrific story of artist (and fellow Canandaiguan) Christine Henehan, was so stunning I found myself constantly going back to it as I read through the magazine. Just absolutely beautiful, both the woman portrayed and the painting itself.
Congratulations, Mark, on putting out a magazine of this meticulous quality, and on such a constant basis too. You keep finding, and publishing, such interesting stories about the people and places of the Finger Lakes. Thanks for being so obsessed.
— John Winthrop In California
Hats off to the enterprising and infinitely talented Bill Wingell (“Labor of Love,” Winter 2010 issue) from a long time and eternally grateful admirer and onetime subject of his discourse so many, many years ago – 55 to be exact. I’m still at it in West Chester in my 100-year-old greenhouse.
— Richard Lenat
The story of encounters of friends and neighbors in a Finger Lakes community is so good to read (“Where Everybody Knows Your Name” by Karen Shughart, July 9, 2026 e-newsletter). Yes, it reminds us of the many pleasant interactions of the fictional characters on “Cheers.”
— Tom Grout
