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RIP Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
I had just been re-elected City Court Judge in 1989 and was looking for a way to unwind after a tough campaign. Originally I had planned on disappearing into the woods for a few days, but Mary had other plans and talked my high school principal into inviting me for a day hike somewhere in the wilderness of the eastern Adirondacks ( Read more... ) -
Father Rutler Returns . . .
FROM THE PASTOR
September 14, 2014
by Fr. George W. Rutler
I do not like most jargon, as it diminishes the creative power of the noble English language rightly used. For instance, I do not like to be told by bureaucratic sorts to “prioritize.” (Apparently, the first recorded instance of its use was in the 1972 presidential campaign.) As with all ( Read more... ) -
My Adventure With Laura
What a splendid holiday we spent with Anna and the Barker clan today! The food outstanding, with special mention of Jenny's marinated pork loin and Gramma Joanie's honey mustard/curry sauce for the corn which we brought (mouthwatering picked-this-morning from Madej's stand at Manny's Corners). Anna, always the perfect host, allowed me to take Laura ( Read more... ) -
Harriet Foltman Thackrah, RIP
A few weeks ago on a Tuesday evening we took Mary's mother, Harriet Thackrah, to Shuttleworth Park for a ball game. The Mohawks were offering one of their many crowd-pleasing promotions, with veterans getting in free. Not only that, but they got to use the brand-new Veterans Deck with a great view of the game midway down the right field line. And ( Read more... ) -
Clara Clizbe's Observations
In October of 1956 my grandfather Des Nichols, a life-long resident of Rockton himself, attended an auction at the homestead of a Rockton pioneer family, the old Clizbe place at the corner of Clizbe Avenue on Upper Church Street. While bachelor George Clizbe and his spinster sister Clara were still alive, both were of advanced age and no longer ( Read more... ) -
Have You Heard the News?
A chapter from my book, Where Do We Find Such Men? in remembrance of those who served on June 6, 1944.
Brig. Gen. Allen Kimball is given the most important assignment of his life, and arguably the most important assignment of World War II, beginning on March 1, 1944 when he becomes Deputy Chief Quartermaster for the European Theater of ( Read more... ) -
RIP F. Reid Buckley
Every once in a while I meet someone to whom I take an instant liking, and it really doesn't matter what they are or where they came from. So it came to pass in the early autumn of 1970 when, in my capacity as President of the Young Conservatives at the State University of New York at Albany, I received a phone call asking if I could, on very short ( Read more... )