Tag: Susan Barnett Village Voices

To the millennials and younger who rightfully resent a generation which crafted a society that has robbed its children of ...

There was a confrontation in Deposit last Friday night which ended up with one employee in the hospital and another ...

I am uncomfortable. I am uncomfortable with the comfort of my life. I am uncomfortable with the obvious white privilege ...

New York's governor is no saint. He's maybe not even someone I would like if I met him. But on ...

A New York state senator's picture made the news this week. The picture was taken by a Reuters photographer. He's ...

I'm seeing my family tomorrow. It was their idea. I'm delighted.  I'm also concerned.

When I was young, I spent three years dating a guy who wasn't very nice. But his father was a ...

Edward towers just behind the house, far too close for practicality. His size, and his proximity, seemed like a dangerous ...

Over the weekend, the crabapple tree was in full bloom. And it was covered with bees. Each blossom seemed to ...

My cousin, who is perfectly likeable in person, is an Internet troll. He isn't content to express his views on ...

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 ...