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Award-winning columnist, photographer and news writer Ellen Leahy is back as the editor of the Skaneateles Press, in beautiful Skaneateles New York.

She is the former editor of the Skaneateles Press and the Marcellus Observer, and most recently the Syracuse City Eagle. She makes her home in Skaneateles where she is also a freelance photographer and caregiver for her parents, Bill and Marion Leahy.

She began her formal writing career as a columnist with one of her hometown papers, The Duxbury Clipper, in Duxbury, MASS. Born in California, she then moved to Sea Girt, NJ. She is a product of small town America - and the late great American Middle Class.

The photo at right is the drive down to Brook Farm off of West Lake Road - one of my former Skaneateles haunts.


Currently reading...

CLEAN, as well as other assorted reads on my dad's Kindle.

Blogs I like

Amy Fancher Mosaics
An improv theater in atlanta with major talent
art made out of sand
Barrigar brothers - talented entertainers extraordinaire
blackwell on more than just sports
Center of Festivus and author of Surf's Up
Charlie Rose's favorite chick Web site
Creative services
great girl writer who loves good food maybe even more than I do
great syracuse history site
Jack - a baby boy in my life
Kanjira - trio
Ken Jackon's award winning pub - Syracuse
local NPR podcasts
My dad's and my favorite show
My first favorite blog - ever
my own food journal
original snowflake photographer
Rethinking our world
Talk on creativity and genius
The Asbury Park Press - my first paper
The Duxbury Clipper - my first writing gig
The Whitney's of Cambridge food blog
urban cictionary - new words, expressions

 

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Aug
14

Whoopee made in China too


eleahy, Wondering about

Before laying out some cash for a whoopee cushion, it occurred to me that I may have been duped. I was brought back to the day in 2002 when my friend Eric ripped my brand new yellow whoopee cushion in one seating. He even wrote a note on it, “I’m sorry I busted your whoopee, Eric.”

From that point, there seemed to be a rash of inferior Whoopee cushions. I couldn’t seem to keep any in stock for long. I had taken to carrying one in my purse in case an occasion might arise, but was forced to stop because of these poor quality issues.
I reasoned, maybe since the age was six and up, we were going too far up. Perhaps taxing the rubber beyond the proper weight restriction...
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Aug
22

Me too ugly American


eleahy, Wondering about
I am a little embarrassed watching the coverage of the Beijing Olympics as our announcers are often sounding like squeamish ugly American Tourists.

“They eat bugs!”

Yet, I have to admit I have always been a big fan of the photogenic-brained Bob Costas, who attended Syracuse University. He also worked on air here. A former Syracuse news producer of his once told me, they would hand Costas a script at the top of the show and he would look it over, hand it back and then hit the marks consistently. I enjoyed his conversations on “Later with Bob Costas,” as he was so well versed in his guests. And I always found Costas articulate and often charming...
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TAGS: olympics,carillo,costas,beijing

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Aug
27

Why not follow the Pro


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This week the City Eagle wraps up a two-part conversation Nancy Keefe Rhodes had with the new director of the West Side Initiative Daniela Moska-Wozniak.

I am reminded of the two years I spent in Massachusetts and Rhode Island around 2000...
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