Twenty five years ago, I knew this guy I’ll call Sam. Yes, I am hiding names to protect the innocent. Sam and I worked together and we became fast friends. There is no one I can think of that could get me laughing the way Sam…
My siblings and I had very little as kids growing up. My parents did their best just to keep us all fed so things like toys were not a priority. There was a particular distant relative that would occasionally give us gifts. I can vividly remember…
My father was a logger and ran a saw mill. He also cut firewood and made maple syrup in the spring. My life pretty much revolved around being in the woods when I was growing up. Even now when people talk about going camping I find…
I debated writing this article. I really don’t care much for politics in general. I’d like to think we could see ourselves first as Americans, not as political parties. The hard part for me has been that not only do I dislike politics, but I also…
I hear that from so many people that I talk to….I eat healthy. In the meantime, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, high blood pressure, etc, etc, are rampant in the USA. I also hear people say a lot about this person or that person told them something is…
I once heard a story about a man that was visiting Greece. There was a big party going on and everyone, man, woman, boy and girl, young and old were in the circle dancing. The man/visitor was watching from the sideline. An old Greek woman sat…
About 4 years ago I entered a masters program for clinical nutrition. As you might expect in a masters program, everything had to be researched and referenced. I learned a lot about research and pubmed.com became my best friend. Pubmed is a website maintained by the…
This morning those of us that live in Central New York woke up to several inches of snow on the ground, bad roads and snow plows. And no, this is not an April Fools joke. And neither is the topic of this article. As is customary…
WHEN I was a very young man, around 25 years old, I acquired a one-acre piece of land on Route 31 between Weedsport and Port Byron. This land is zoned for commercial use. At the time, storage unit facilities were the new thing and a few…
I got involved with Crypto-currency late summary of 2017. That was the leading edge of a boom that ended in December of 2017 and January of 2018 that saw the total market capitalization of crypto currency sky rocket to 814 billion (USD) dollars. Just to compare,…