Ellis Island – The Promise and the Hope Was it a dream or a nightmare? Or a promise? For hundreds of thousands of prospective immigrants, the sight of the Statue of Liberty was [...] November 6, 2017
The Blaze – A Glorious Festival of Pumpkins at Van Cortlandt Manor There is no exaggeration in the name The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze that bedazzles scores of families and kids up in Croton-On-Hudson’s [...] November 5, 2017
Street Seens: The Band Aid Clue Halloween 2017 served up an unusual set of memories. They included the story of sweet, little pigtailed pre-K girls emerging to their [...] November 5, 2017
Up, Up And Away Over the Big Apple Smooth, like butter, we were uplifted; we hovered, then we soared above Westchester County. The blades whooshed overhead, but headphones [...] November 4, 2017
Spreading “ FUNshine” in the Older Years Today marks a full four months and six days since my hubby of sixty years and I moved to our Happy-Ever-After retirement community cottage. [...] November 3, 2017
“Just Say No” Just Doesn’t Work In the 1980s, the White House declared a “War on Drugs,” with First Lady Nancy Reagan popularizing the slogan, “Just Say No.” An [...] October 30, 2017
Street Seens: WHAT – A Test To Welcome In the interest of full disclosure, let me note that: The “test” of the title is a standardized test. I’m no fan of standardized [...] October 29, 2017
Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium: Weird, Wonderful, and Inspiring The water was chilly, and swimming along the sides of the pool were a handful of cownose stingrays. If we placed our hand flat near the [...] October 25, 2017