Poem A Day – Aug. 9, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Cake Noah Eli Gordon Look, you want it you devour it and then, then good as it was you realize it wasn’t what you exactly wanted what you wanted exactly was wanting About ... Continue Reading →

Now here’s a tip – Aug 8, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By JoAnn Derson Ease the weekday morning time crunch by planning your wardrobe on the weekends. Use a single hanger to gather everything you need for a smart, pulled-together ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Aug. 8, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY We have no choice in the bodies that hold us Holly Amos Thing of dirt and water and oxygen marked by thinking and reacting and a couch one may or may not be permitted to ... Continue Reading →

Winning Ways – Slay the silent attitude killer: Eat the frog first

by Pat Iannuzzi William James, one of the pioneers in modern psychology, is credited with saying, “Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Aug. 7, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Come Back to Tell Us Matthew Thorburn Dusk in August – which means nearly nine o’clock here, deep in the heart of central Jersey – and the deer step out ... Continue Reading →

Winifred Rennebohm Kotchian obituary

Mother of John Kotchian Died July 30, 2016, at Elim Park in Cheshire, Conn. Winifred Jean Rennebohm Kotchian (Winnie) was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Redlands, Calif., to Edwin Rennebohm ... Continue Reading →

To Your Good Health – The mysterious rise in meat allergies

By Keith Roach, M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: I heard that there is a sudden surge in people coming down with severe meat allergies. Is there any information as to why, after years of eating ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Aug. 6, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY When I Read the Book Walt Whitman When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man’s life? And so will some one when ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Aug. 5, 2016

By Chris Richcreek Questions Cincinnati pitcher Aroldis Chapman set a major-league record in 2015 for fastest to reach 500 career strikeouts (292 innings). Who had held the mark? The ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – A Rose by Ichiro’s Name

By Mark Vasto Pete Rose follows me on Twitter now, or at least he retweeted something I wrote about him, and that’s good enough for me. I’m also friends on Facebook with ... Continue Reading →