by Ben Haravitch – “A language works best when we have something interesting to say.” – Victor Wooten In our world music...
Night Sky: Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on May 6
by Dee Sharples – On May nights after 10:00 pm, look toward the south. There’s an area of sky just east of the star...
Notes toward a Finger Lakes Cuisine: Beyond sustenance with succotash
by Stephen Lewendowski – A regional cuisine for the Finger Lakes is necessarily grounded in this deep agricultural and...
Conscious Crow: The Collective Perspective
As much as we think and believe our lives to be completely separate from one another, we are in reality mutually collaborating within an...
Owl Outing: Fun and functional creekside fare
Canadice Press – Sometimes going out is a last minute thing and you turn to some place homey and familiar. Such was the case on...
Light Lens: Popular nature show cancelled for 2018
by T. Touris – The producers of the hit show Spring have announced the cancellation of the 2018 season. “We tried to pull it...
Community Sustainability
Anyone who knows me knows that I am not big into anniversaries, events or annual recognitions of any kind, mostly because I have no...
Notes toward a Finger Lakes cuisine – part 1
by Stephen Lewandowski – The Roots of Finger Lakes cuisine Over lunch and later, while hiking, I thought about the forest and the...
Village Gardener: Community Gardens, CSA’s and garden markets
by Georgeanne Vyverberg – Late February and my garlic is poking up through the mulch of leaves and straw. This is my signal that...
Bee Lines: Notes on a beekeeper’s spring
by Sam Hall – Hopefully by the time that you will be reading this it will be warmer than the 22 degrees that it is while I’m...