Postcard Picturesque
Small Town Life Adirondack Captured on Camera An SLHS ’81 Classmate Collaboration Featuring Photography by Jackie Ely Author’s Note: This story appeared in the January 14, 2022, edition of The Adirondack Almanack. Jackie’s photography proved to be extremely popular. Gaining 371 Facebook shares in a little over a...
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Cure Cottage Immortals
Christy Mathewson & Larry Doyle Big League TB patients Forever Inspiring Saranac Lake Youth League Baseball ********** There Once Was A Time When Every Town Had A Team Every Team Had A Star Every Boy Had A Dream ********** Author’s Note: This is the third in my planned series...
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Getting Rid of the Box
An Adirondack Outlaw Survivor Approach To Living Life Forward We’ve all heard the phrase “Think outside the box.” It’s all too frequently offered as a euphemism for innovative thinking or creative problem solving. It’s even been used by many “experts” as a foundation philosophy for a long list...
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Raising A Glass
Celebrating my Adirondack Bottle Diving adventure forward into 2022 This past year brought what appeared to be an exciting culmination point in my three- year Adirondack bottle diving adventure. First, I discovered a one-of-a-kind vintage Saranac Lake “F.M. Bull” glass & wood stopper pharmacy bottle. Then, Historic...
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Single Word Poetry
Author’s Note: This is a little something different, an experiment of sorts that I wanted to try. Combining a photo with a single word in an effort to capture a particular emotion, feeling, or moment using just one word. ********** “BE” ********** “MEMORIES” ********** “LIFE” ********** Until Our Trails...
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Life’s Strange Circle
Author’s Note: This story appeared in The Adirondack Almanack’s December 6, 2021 online edition under the title: “Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction, So Too, Is Life’s Circle”. Truth is quite frequently stranger than fiction. Each day that I spend in life’s circle re-proves it. At this point...
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The Phoenix Rises
The New Bull Rush Bay lean-to,
Site 63, Middle Saranac Lake,
Fall 2021...
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Message In A Bottle
Author’s Note: This story 1st appeared in The Adirondack Almanack’s August 1st 2021 on-line edition. ********** When I was a boy growing up in our house on 1 Stevenson Lane, my mom had an antique bottle collection that she kept on a shelf. One of those bottles had...
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Adirondack Reflections
Author’s Note: This story 1st appeared as an “Adirondack Almanack Exclusive” in their October 15, 2021 online edition. Fantastic fall foliage. NYS DEC Forest Ranger rescue tales. A hike along Paul Smith College VIC trails with wife, family, and our own troop of “Paw Patrol” canine companions. Adirondack memories...
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