10.25.2010 Uncategorized Column: The silly season in sunny California Autumn has finally come to Merced. Last week the temperature was in the high 90s, but today it’s in the 70s. It’s a nice change, and we’ve even had...
10.25.2010 Uncategorized North Fork Chef: Variations on the theme of meatloaf What ‘meat’ this is, I cannot say, Upon my plate, a slab of gray. The texture doesn’t give a clue, But makes it not much fun to chew. I...
10.25.2010 Uncategorized Health Column: Oh, my aching back For many years, therapists, trainers and other fitness experts expounded the benefit of stretching, especially when it came to low back ailments. As a young therapist, 25 years ago,...
10.20.2010 Uncategorized Wine column: Research could use a shot in the arm Grape growers on Long Island have an extraordinary resource in Alice Wise, the senior resource educator in viticulture at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead....
10.06.2010 Community Laughter: It’s still the best medicine Frank and I recently visited with Mom, who lives in New Jersey. I was looking forward to seeing her, but not to the long, torturous ride. Frank and I...