Catskills
“If it feels like work, you’re working too hard”
…So goes adventure-sports coach Eric Orton’s credo, as quoted in Christopher McDougall’s brilliant best seller, Born To Run. This simple slogan is of almost Zen-like perfection and sound like a...
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July 27, 2009
Shandaken Arts Weekend Review
The second annual Shandaken Artist Open Studio Tour this weekend was a phenomenal success, seizing on a blessedly sunny weekend in the middle of summer to bring tourists and locals...
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July 20, 2009
Summer In the City (and the Country):
You might not know it by the weather, but we are officially now in the middle of summer – and if you need proof, look no further than the amount...
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July 17, 2009
Catskills Corner: Best of the online press
Why run in these? Why not? Jimmy Buff, in the Catskill Mountain Region Guide, on his own epiphany after reading Born To Run: acquiring a pair of Vibram Five Fingers...
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July 13, 2009
Catskills Corner: The Posie-Kviat Gallery
My wife Posie Strenz is happy to announce the opening of the Posie Kviat Gallery, a joint venture between herself and gallery director Cynthia Fetty, that has already been operating...
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July 10, 2009
2009 – 45 = 1964 (baby)
The Catskill 45s made their debut Saturday night, chez nous, for our (belated) joint 45th birthday party, in which all the music was from 1964, and all guests were asked...
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June 22, 2009
One Race Down, One To Go.
I’m perfectly happy that my first run at any kind of public office turned out to be uncontested. It meant that I didn’t have to spend the last month putting...
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May 22, 2009
Tony Fletcher: School board candidate
On April 20, I handed in my petition to run for the position of School Board Trustee in the Onteora Central School District. The election is next Tuesday, May 19....
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May 15, 2009
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