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Like for most people today is a sorrowful day. Below is a posting I first put up in 2006. Tommy should be 52. The comments on his Legacy Tribute page are 100+ pages.  I knew seven people killed on 9/11. But I only knew one of them real well. I knew Tom Knox (“Tommy”) because…

This situation has been in the news for several days, and my friend Kathy A. emailed me to say she knew the family – her son is the same age as Mark Dickey. He is 3,300 feet underground Here is Mark's facebook page. And here is coverage including a short video from News 12. Croton-on-Hudson…

Well, maybe walks, not so much hiking. This was Friday, about 1.25 miles as we walked from the soccer parking lot at Croton Point up to the model airplane flight area. I never realized they actually was a paved landing strip there. Brigid wears cool shoes and socks! Sunday I went back to Croton Point,…

Tim and myself helped Brigid set up this morning – 75 artists (she has booth 65) strutting their stuff. Here’s the setup at 8:45 – work in progress.

Yesterday – Tim drove up in his car, so I was able to park mine at the end of this about 4.5 mile section. Funny thing – Tim had asked me if I was bringing bear spray and I have misplaced mine. I told him that black bears are pretty harmless UNLESS you get between…

At publishing time, a group of loyal Trump voters was circulating a petition online to have the national motto revised to be “In Trump We Trust.” … an astonishing 71% believe former President Donald Trump is more trustworthy than Jesus Christ. “I’ll believe anything Trump says,” said conservative voter Ned Irwin. “If he told me…

Last week from Thursday August 10th to Sunday the 13th we were staying in a place called Schroon Lake well up in the Adirondack Park, west of Ticonderoga and close to the Vermont border. We met up with our great friend Laurie from Vermont – it had been many years since we’d all seen each…

Brigid and I car camped with our great friend Laurie (from Vermont – had not seen her in years!) at the Paradox Lake Campground near the town of Schroon Lake (The h is silent). No internet or cell service in the campsite – and spotty in many other places. Made it almost feel like1983… Here…

My brother Jim sent me this picture in 2015. I just came across it again. The boy next to me – was a very good pitcher. My bad – his name is escaping. Two of my grammar school classmates, Ralph Mazzacone and Tom Fallacaro, are in the picture also. OFD stands for Ossining Fire Department,…

While walking along the Hudson at the Half Moon condos  –