His magic was his voice. And his sense of humor.

Way too many people are fussed-up about wearing a mask, but who still insist they have a right to go...

I've been given an opportunity to get to know my daughter in a new way. She's got a podcast. The...

I knew when we reopened that we and other upstate regions were the canaries in the coal mine. We're the...

The roads have been emptier since the state lockdown began, But I’ve noticed something worrisome. The few cars that are...

An on-line vigil, from 2 p.m. today to 2 p.m. tomorrow is an attempt to humanize a number: 92,000 people...

The results started to show up on my scale and in my mental state. I was slow. I felt doped....

Last fall I laid down cardboard on a section of lawn next to our existing garden, basically tripling the size...

My cat is a jerk. Though I call him Boris the Bad Cat, he's not really bad. He's just a...

I have met new people while isolating at home in my farmhouse in the hills of the Catskills. Well, not...

I've heard that strange, anxiety-tinged dreaming is something that many people are reporting as we hide from a virus. Last...

Friends and distant relatives touch base periodically. We check in, find out how everyone is, what we can do to...

Just a handful of food vendors, someone singing folk songs, and the same people, week after week, sitting at tables...

Delaware County is one of the areas that's been given the green light to begin reopening businesses again on Friday....

Integrating technology into everything we do, in an even deeper way than we already do, not only compromises our privacy,...

It's Mother’s Day, emotionally loaded as all holidays can be. If your family is not a scene from a Fifties...

Every day, the governor repeats the same song and dance. If we reopen the state too soon, he can promise...

We live in an America that idolizes wealth and fame, mistrusts education, and elevates an Internet troll to the highest...

Two nice ladies in masks asked me questions about how I was feeling, took my temperature, and asked if I'd...

Our town's mayor, who is a bit of a philosopher, posted a picture of a bird at his feeder. He...