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Written By Sarah Duggan on July 11, 2025
Race photo from 2024 Speedy PD Race for Parkinson's Disease

The 17th annual Speedy PD Race for Parkinson’s Disease is Saturday, Aug. 23, at Tuttle Creek State Park. The race features a Half-Mile Walk/Run, Don Rasmussen 5K, and a 10K race. This year, we are excited to announce a partnership with Manhattan Running Company, providing race directing, logistics, and timing services. A full list of sponsors can be found on the Speedy PD webpage at www.runspeedypd.org.

Written By Nancy Kopp on July 4, 2025

Come back with me to the1940s era in Chicago. During the first few days of July, my younger brothers and I walked to the neighborhood Woolworth’s store to buy a very important item for our Fourth of July celebration. We had to make our purchase no later than July 3, for all businesses closed on Independence Day.

on July 3, 2025
An O&OV trolley in Cooperstown around 1910.

by Noel Stanton

My grandfather Fred Sheldon drove things for a living. At age 17, he was already driving a horse trolley through the streets of Oneonta, a small city in upstate New York. When the U.S. armored cruiser Maine mysteriously sank in Havana harbor in February 1898, he was 23 years old and working for an Oneonta livery stable, driving every wheeled vehicle they had, including a hearse.

Written By Nathan Bolls on July 3, 2025
Stock photo of 1940s Victory Garden.
Always honors Mother Earth.
Bend, sow, and receive
- NJB

 

Webster’s definition for the word “garden” just about covers everything: a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, vegetables, or herbs are cultivated. Or, “a piece of ground or other space commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park or other recreational area, e.g., as an arboretum.” Or, “any beautiful, pleasing, restful piece of land.”

Written By John Walters on June 19, 2025
John & Janet Walters Hiking Across England

Janet called me out of hiking retirement before we were actually married. She arranged for us to go on a Sierra Club organized hike in North England, from St. Bee’s Head on the Irish Sea, to Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea. This was not a backpacking trip, but a series of day hikes with day packs. Our luggage was carried each day to our place of lodging for that night by our “sag wagon.” We went in late June 2008, married only a half year at that time.  The tour also included a driving tour to Hadrian’s wall, just to the North and a day following the hike in York.

on June 13, 2025
Falls happen indoors and outdoors.

by G. Kent Stewart

on June 12, 2025
The Vanderlip greenhouse on Oregon Lane. The orchids were grown in the greenhouse.

by Richard Vanderlip

on June 12, 2025

by Noel Stanton

1956. My generous parents gave me a 12-foot rowboat for high school graduation. It was a Penn Yann Cartop, a beautiful, somewhat fragile-looking craft with delicate ribs and thin planking of varnished cedar covered by sea-green watertight canvas. Three seats, two sets of oarlocks; weight without oars only 60 pounds.

Written By Nathan Bolls on June 5, 2025
Generations caring for the planet together.
Each child inherits
A lifetime of rich learning.
Life goes as do we.
— NJB
 
on May 16, 2025
 Tips for Communicating with Adults Facing Speech Challenges

Speech and language disorders are common in adults. Some people have difficulties understanding language, whereas other people have trouble expressing themselves. Some people have difficulties with both. Be a good communication partner!

To help someone understand you better, do the following:

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