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So Far, Summer

alpaca at the Cayuga County Fair I’ve been negligent in writing blog entries lately, now that the rainy season has ended. Instead I’ve been out & about trying to get the most out of summer. And dear readers, let me tell you, that looong, cold, harsh central NY winter IS worth it when summer finally […]

Showcase Tompkins

On June 24 I had a booth – along with 85 other businesses & organizations – at this trade event held by the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce at the Ithaca Farmers Market. Visitors came out to meet and greet local businesses, pick up lots of free crap (those little clippy things that hold my […]

Dogs in Motion at the Ithaca Dog Park

Here’s my dog, Rory, a cross (I suspect) between a walker coonhound and a redbone coonhound. At 2.5 years of age, she’s graceful, affectionate, athletic, social, smart, and incorrigible. I adopted her when she was 6 mos old from the Wanderer’s Rest Humane Assoc. in Canastota, NY. I try to take her to this dog […]

Mac’s Drive-In

Week before last, I was in NYC on business. It struck me how everyone looked so well-dressed, successful, good-looking, and fit. It’s not like this is news to me – after all, I lived in Manhattan up until two years ago. I guess being a country girl is starting to shape my perceptions of the […]

Salmon Run

My friend Joe is an avid fisherman. This is a pic he took of a landlocked salmon he caught in Skaneateles Lake a few weeks ago. “As you can tell from the picture of the fillets – coming out of the cold Skaneateles water in April, the meat is as pink as an Alaskan run […]