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Fall deer encounters on the road

With the fall colors and shorter days, this season brings another notable occurrence: the annual deer rut. Hunters are going afield to try to bag a trophy buck and get venison for the table. Deer are …

ramblings of a catskill fly fisher

Fishing Lolo Creek in Montana

Lolo Creek enters the Bitterroot River at Lolo, MT, roughly 10 miles southwest of Missoula. The creek starts at the summit of Lolo Pass and flows approximately 35 miles before entering the …

in my humble opinion

The time machine

As a kid, I always dreamed that a real honest-to-goodness time machine was possible. I’d find myself glued to books, movies and television shows about time travel, including H.G. Wells’ 1895 …

mixed greens

The great ‘what if?’

I love a good mystery story, especially one that reveals real-life secrets of the natural world. One of my favorite examples is a story I first encountered almost a decade ago. Driving home through …

the way out here

Birds of a feather

Sometimes you never see something coming. I mean, straight-out-of-left-field, sucker punch, catch-you-with-your-pants-down random as all get-out kind of something. When you live around here, …

in my humble opinion

Thanks for the memory

Funny, until this very moment, I have always thought that the title to the old Bob Hope/Shirley Ross song was “Thanks for the Memories” (plural), but I’ve recently learned that, I was …

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Publisher's Log

Lost in the hallways

I am lost in the maze of hallways. Trying to find my way to the NICU unit because I heard a Code Blue announced over the loudspeaker, I am standing at a crossroads, wondering which way to turn. A …

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River Muse

Our Town

“Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you,” says Emily from the afterlife. “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it—every, every minute?” As played by …

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Peace and Justice Files

Prelude to a Declaration

The rapidly approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is sure to be celebrated with parades, barbecues, speeches and collective pats on the back. In every city and town, …

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Snarky Newcomer Opines, Basely

The last list you’ll ever read

At #12, I laughed out loud. When I read #11, I had to hug my kids. My jaw dropped at #10. When I got to #9, I giggled like an adult male giggling like a little girl. …

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Jude's Culinary Journey

Food phases

During my lifetime, I have gone through many phases in regard to what I was eating. As someone who regards herself as an individual, I’m still surprised that as a young child growing up with a …

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Mixed Greens

What I learned from my neighbors

More than 20 years ago, I attended my first town “visioning” workshop in the Upper Delaware. To kick off the conversation, we were asked to share what we found special about our lives in the …

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Standpoint

To be or not to be

One of the most powerful moments in cinematic history comes from the movie "Crimson Tide. " Following the destruction of a Russian Akula Class Attack Submarine, the USS Alabama SSBN (Submerged …

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Quote of the Week

Growth through difficulties

This quote by a Unitarian minister, William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), speaks to the human capacity to learn. It reminds us that challenges can give us insight and the opportunity to have those …

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Latest in Outdoors

The Way Out Here

The ‘kid-friendly’ hike

We all have that one friend who is perfectly trustworthy, but when it comes to certain things, they have burned their credibility. For clarification, this was not intended to be a malicious remark …

Ramblings of a Catskill Flyfisher

Access issues continue for the East Branch of the Delaware River

Not long ago, the NYSDEC’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) determined that the Delaware River and its two branches were considered federally navigable waters by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. …

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