Since last week’s tragedy in Newtown, it's been harder to let the kids out of the house. The instinct is to keep them under l...

 Alzieri Family Reunion - August 2012  Going to a family reunion is one of the best ways to honor the...

Keth Crowley, Woody Guthrie Foundation Centennial Design Commission This is a re-post. I think the first time I posted it was in 2009. I...

The Garden Club of Nyack is celebrating its Centennial this year, and the annual flower show is this Saturday at Upper Nyack School.   Ent...

Plants have so many roles in our lives, especially for those of us who garden. This week in particular, as we remember 9/11, I'm thinkin...

May 7, 1997 – August 27, 2010 International Prayer Day 1999   was a time for contemplation.    Imagine our surprise when we returned from t...

Have you ever heard it said that a true friend is someone you can sit with in silence and not feel the need to fill up the empty space with ...

(photo by Joyce Culver) Howard Zinn, author of The People's History of the United States was an extraordinary man who changed the way ...

Remember – with a little love, everyday things are fit for kings. Show Grandmama you’ve been thinking of her. Surprise her. Make someth...

On Sunday a group of “Friends of Arrow Park” got together to hike to the waterfall there in Sterling Forest, with the hope of identifying so...