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SIMPLE STUFF: Get out and vote

05.11.2024 3

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SIMPLE STUFF: Read the paper – every day

A friend of mine took a great photo of the big lighthouse at Sodus Point with some reeds in the foreground. I told him to send it to the paper, that...

23.10.2024 10

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SIMPLE STUFF: This week, a bunch of stuff

08.10.2024 20

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SIMPLE STUFF: Keeping my (dry) sense of humor

24.09.2024 7

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SIMPLE STUFF: Show up, and worry about the rest later

10.09.2024 6

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(Not So) SIMPLE STUFF: The heart of the matter

13.08.2024 10

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SIMPLE STUFF: My (Katy's) new puppy

You may recall that I love dogs. I have three right now, and they’re lovely, but they are getting old. Gracie Reneè, a lab mix, is going on 15;...

30.07.2024 5

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SIMPLE STUFF: Wise words from an ex-Prez

Justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. Someone asked former President Jimmy Carter what he thought were the most important things that...

16.07.2024 5

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SIMPLE STUFF: My friend, Tim Reynolds

There are some things that can still wow Tim Reynolds, who, for decades, has toured the world as the lead guitarist for the legendary Dave Matthews...

02.07.2024 4

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SIMPLE STUFF: The rules of civility

I’ve learned a lot lately about dealing with people with whom I have a differing opinion or who simply enjoy getting under my fingernails. I guess...

18.06.2024 3

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Get growing at Mill Street Gardens

CLYDE — For some people, like Kyle Karan and his partner, Johnathan Murray, covid wasn’t entirely a bad thing. It gave them the impetus to do...

04.06.2024 9

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SIMPLE STUFF: Notes, mentions, etc.

I’d been running around lately, writing about a bunch of varied things when I realized I had another “Simple Stuff” coming up and no topic. So,...

04.06.2024 10

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SIMPLE STUFF: Really, this one should be called 'Stupid Stuff'

I am not sure why I am even wasting my time writing this column, except that the last two I wrote were serious. This one? Let’s put in the “You...

21.05.2024 30

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(NOT SO) SIMPLE STUFF: The horror of the Israeli Hamas War

I am stymied. Someone asked me the other day how I feel about Israel bombing Gaza and killing children. How can anyone answer that question? How does...

07.05.2024 30

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SIMPLE STUFF: Moving through the cobwebs

Sometimes, it feels like fighting through cobwebs. Although most of my columns are pretty personal, this one is maybe more so than the rest. But...

23.04.2024 30

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SIMPLE STUFF: Everything should be on the test

Do you remember sitting in school and your teacher wanting to share an interesting little tidbit — and having one of your classmates start waving...

09.04.2024 20

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SIMPLE STUFF: Losing Vada

A few months ago, I think my mother-in-law Vada finally accepted that she was really 92, not 82 as she had insisted for a while, blaming it on that...

26.03.2024 10

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SIMPLE STUFF: Keep the music playing

I’ve been doing a lot of music writing lately. I hope you caught my interview with Kevin Crawford, the flute player for Lúnasa, the Irish band that...

12.03.2024 30

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SIMPLE STUFF: Hello? Are you actually a person?

I am old-school. When I want to pay a bill, need roadside assistance, or confirm something, I want to talk with a person, not a virtual assistant....

27.02.2024 30

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SIMPLE STUFF: The eclipse, from fifth grade to 63

When we received our assignments for our special section on the upcoming total solar eclipse in April, it brought back a funny memory. It was fifth...

13.02.2024 10

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NOT SO (SIMPLE STUFF): Say sorry and move on? Not in this case

There is so much wrong, in so many ways, with John Murtari’s column Monday suggesting that the charges against the Clyde-Savannah students accused...

30.01.2024 4

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SIMPLE STUFF: AI? Not for me. No thanks.

I got an email not long ago from Sakshi Ojha, who wants to teach me how to use Rizzle to create videos for news stories through artificial...

16.01.2024 20

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SIMPLE STUFF: A George Santos movie? Ugh!

A George Santos movie? My first thought: like someone’s dirty underwear, no one wants to see that. Yet, just days after he was shamed, disgraced and...

20.12.2023 40

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SIMPLE STUFF: (Grand)parentng is hard sometimes

There are a lot of fun things that go along with being in the role of a grandparent. But there are things, too, that aren’t so fun but necessary,...

05.12.2023 10

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