Editor note: This is an oldie but goodie from 2006


My mom needed safety pins, so I wheeled into one of the drugstores on Fennell Street in the village of Skaneateles.

My father, mother and I exited the car and entered the store. Now keep in mind, I am 50, okay 51, and my parents are octogenarians.

It came to me...

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Meet Valentine’s Day head on.

Let’s celebrate what we have rather than what we don’t have or what might have been. Remember it all really started in our childhood classrooms when we would each hand out and gather many valentines. What I am getting at, is that it didn’t start with romantic love, but kindness.

Use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to have some fun with your kids, indulge yourself, thank your parent or to pause with another for some quality time.

Here area some suggestions:
1. How about dolling up the breakfast table with valentine trinkets and serving up some New Hope Mills heart shaped pancakes?

2...

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Nothing brings out a Central New Yorker’s better side like big snow. Ever notice how it actually puts a sweet finish on our cynical natures?

The fact of the matter is we are tough and we know it.

The Weather Channel just discovered Central New York after relying on good old Buffalo for many years. Oswego has been its big story for the past couple of weeks – “like wow it snowed in Oswego! I mean there is 10 feet and more up dat way.”

Duh! It’s winter.

Did you know that Oswego has snow plow trials including obstacle courses as part of it’s summer festival...

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Driving to the newsroom a few weeks ago I saw a little girl skipping down the sidewalk. She had her little backpack on. I smiled. She reminded me of my brother Steve’s 8-year-old daughter Dana who skips almost everywhere she goes. She’s been doing this for several years now.

It’s hard to skip somewhere and not end up smiling, even at this age. But maybe it brings a smile for a different reason? Anyway or any age try it sometime, you’ll see.

Skipping stones is often a right of passage, especially here in lake country. This is almost always demonstrated or taught by an older person, but not necessarily...

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