Friday, December 31, 2010

Johnson City Makes the News Again-Although it Probably Wishes It Hadn't

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This time the newsmaker is a former principal (and suspended assistant superintendent) of Johnson City High School.  He was there as princip...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Happy New Year- I hope

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A week later, the smoke has cleared, the street with two burnt historic buildings remains blocked, and downtown wonders if the two buildings...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Missing Numbers

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Numbers are missing in Binghamton, NY. No, someone hasn't been stealing house numbers.  Instead, as a sign of our times, our First Nig...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Jewish Songwriters and Christmas

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No, I don't mean the 2007 SNL TV Funhouse short " Christmas Time for the Jews " although I thought it was very entertaining an...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Downtown Recovers and Sings

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I wanted to share a piece of Binghamton Christmas season tradition with you, in the wake of the fire we experienced Tuesday night. Every ...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Festivus

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Festivus may be the only holiday created by a TV show. To be exact, a Seinfeld episode from 1997.  I don't formally celebrate it, althou...

The Night They Almost Burned Old Binghamton Down

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A Soggy, Not So Jolly, Christmas for Downtown Binghamton. I delayed posting this because I was hoping to get some pictures from someone, bu...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The True Rudolph

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I received an email regarding the "true story of the origin of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  It was a story of a man, Bob May, who c...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Northern Exposure and the Quest for the Midnight Sun

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In the past year I've gotten into the TV show Northern Exposure (I had never watched it while it was on.) thanks to the local public lib...

Cold and Darkness in Alaska aka The Winter Solstice

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It's time for my semi annual post regarding my fascination with the midnight sun in the summer...and the lack of it during the winter.  ...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Soapiness of Cilantro, the Bitterness of Brocolli Rabe

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It is fascinating how we differ in our perceptions, due to the differing way our senses work. I had blogged a few days ago about how my sp...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Ah, Those Good Old Internet Days

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A Stephen Colbert skit a couple of nights ago reminded me about a special anniversary today. Fourteen years ago today (1996) I treated my...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Pitching Now-from the Other Side of the Grass

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Say it ain't so. Tell me that the powerful 90 year old man I saw trot to the pitching mound at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY on ...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Scent of Paperwhites

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Every gardening season has its surprises.  I've wanted, for years, to try to grow paperwhites.  These are bulb flowers that are not ha...
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Monday, December 6, 2010

My Annual "Why do I live here" Lament

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Winter.  It's here.  Not on the calendar yet, but snow coats the sidewalk.  Even the snowglobe effect of snow twirling in the air can...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Driving the Dream

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Since joining Facebook I've gotten to know some people I haven't seen in years, but communicated with through e-mail, in a whole dif...
Friday, December 3, 2010

I'm Swimming in Lake OldSchool

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I have never blogged about my job before.  I'm not going to (specifically) but I had such a frustrating day today that I want to talk ab...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Koinonia Farms and Social Justice in Georgia

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The deep South state of Georgia.  Land of plantations, flowering cherries, southern belles, a long history of slavery followed by more years...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Almost a White Thanksgiving

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Unusual Thanksgiving. We normally travel to my mother in law, 150 miles away.  This year we stayed home because we knew our son was going ...

Habitat for Humanity: Happy Thanksgiving

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Today, of course, is the American Thanksgiving.  On this day of giving thanks we should pause.  Those of us who are fortunate enough to have...