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An American strawberry patch

Musings on a Monday morning

Saturday musings

Saturday, April 11, 2020

It is finally Saturday and I am not in the office for the first time this week. Even as my grief and weariness envelopes me, I breathe …

I had thought to change the color of the ribbon on the Christmas wreath. I guess it's time to take it down.

A changing landscape

Monday, April 6, 2020

Publisher's Log: April 6, 2020 We are entering Week Four where most of the staff are working from home. Production manager, Amanda, …

The River Reporter's backyard: Little Lake Erie. The red building on the right is the old ice house that stored blocks of ice for the refrigerator cars from the Erie Railroad.

Spring forth

Monday, March 30, 2020

As we begin Week Three of publishing the paper with most of the staff working remotely, I am comforted by the gentle spring rain and …

Corner of Erie Ave and Main Street in Narrowsburg.

No usuals, only constants

Monday, March 23, 2020

We begin Week Two of working remotely. We are refining our systems to be better organized and efficient. I am here at the office, …

The office is eerily quiet, for a Monday morning.

Unprecedented

Monday, March 16, 2020

Publishers Log: March 16, 2020 You can generally tell what day it is by who is in the office and what tasks we are doing. On …

One nation

It’s no longer that you believe in the fundamental ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—NO. You must follow lockstep without comment or dissent to the leadership of your …

the art of being

Depression

Depression is often cited as both the cause and experience of sadness, loss of hope, and self-blame. For people suffering from depression, there is a core doubt about one’s essential …

The Art of Being

Identity

How do I know who I am? The first influences were the family. I embodied the obedient child, desperate for the conditional love available. In those years, the me you could encounter was the …

Astrological musings for March 20 spring equinox

In astrology, the year starts around March 20, at the time of Spring Equinox when the Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south in the …

Love

There are many ways to think about love. I like to know love as an inside experience. This implies that love is innate to who I am. This inner love bestows an affirming glow of …

Anxiety

Anxiety is hard-wired into all of us. Since we are going to be living with this response, understanding anxiety gives us a better chance of managing its effects. Anxiety is part of the …

February 2021 astrological trends

FEBRUARY RIVER ASTROLOGER PREDICTIONS It’s February, and love is in the air, especially around Valentine’s Day February 14. In astrology, Venus represents love and relating, and Mars …

GOP civil war

There are no words that describe my utter disgust with the Republican Party. It is perplexing to me that our party has been infested by RINOs (Republican In Name Only)—millions of people …

PTSD

PTSD is the acronym for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Understanding this condition is important for understanding what we go through when we are confronted with overwhelming …

Balance

We all have opinions. Do we let these opinions influence how we experience our world? Do we let conflicting opinions unsettle us? Or do we have a set of beliefs that anchor us in …

January 2021 astrological trends

Are there good signs for the year to come? Is there hope in the still Covid-ravaged and post-election world in 2021? While some difficult aspects continue throughout the year, winds of change …

Term limits

No matter where you stand in the political spectrum, in fact, I would be hard-pressed to find anyone who wouldn’t agree that in order to save our republic we must now amend Article 1, Section 2 …