These people were honored at college: Named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology:Kristin Warner of Truxton, in the mechanical engineering program; Logan Carolan of …
The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or actual events is coincidental. Rena is scooping an order of butterscotch into a cone on a beautiful mid-summer …
The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or actual events is coincidental. On a hot, muggy, sticky summer day, Sally and her daughter, Anna, were busy with customers at …
It’s not that easy being me Never has been I’m an anxious personality Always have been Mom used to say “You’re such a worry wart” Try as I may No amount of effort …
As a kid, I thought that one day I’d be a wise, well-adjusted adult. Then, as an adult, I hoped all I needed was a bit more time.Now, more of an adult than I’ve ever been, I’ve …
Mike Joyner said he’s never been a fearful person. But when he was in a coma, battling COVID-19, he experienced the most intense emotions ever, particularly fear and regret, while delirious …
These people were honored at college: Cody Caulfield of Cortland made the president’s list at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Ala.Alexander Myers of Cortland was named to the …
In the pause,you hold your breathwaitingto seeif your heartwill decidewhether to go on,whether it will take the next beator if it feelsmuch as you dothat in thiscrazychaoticinscrutableworldchecking …
Softly illuminated by dim morning lightTwo crosses stand along the highway.Two thin, trembling markers,One tall, one small, an unstable shrine,Identifying a sad, tragic split-second -But also, a …
Chestnut, white oak and poplar frame a southwestern sky,their summer leaves mingle with ten knot westerly winds.thus begins - a slow shaking of leaves, dancers waving. imperceptibly leaves change …
There were maybe a dozen stone walkway squares Between an oil and stone road And the steps to the porch of my childhood home A dozen or so average sized strides That I almost never …
Time to make a sore That kept me from the shore I am ready I have stood my ground We can accomplish anything like lions do But how can we make due? If only one of us commits Then …
I was born into a poor familyMy Dad taught me to be honest and free.He raised me gently and taught me to loveSomehow instilling I would be blessed from above. My childhood was dark and the scars …
Moving up the mountaincan cause you pain and stress,but move on up the mountainto find your happiness. Inching up the mountainbut first get through the weeds.While you search for mountaintopsyou …
They’ll serve us coffee when the air raids end. I’ll look down into the hot hole… Resting on my lap, hands cupped I could find a way to live in there forever. This is …
Catastrophe! Calamityas their nests came crashing down;very late, heavy snowfall descendedon ground, trees, and everything beneath;a branch as thick as a manwith many limbs fell to earth;half a dozen …
SometimesIn my mind there is a prairieAnd I stand in tawny grassTo lift my arms to the endless skyIn thanksFor all the crazy thingsThat are going to happenThis day and the next -- Lynn Olcott, …
Down at the Keyshear the ocean breezeIt’s the place to beby the sea — Harvey Neumeister, age 8, of Duluth, Ga.Sent to his grandparents, the Rev. Butch and Connie Neumeister of …
I might just send a candy boxA bouquet made of pretty phloxOr several shares of Apple stocksTo tell her of my love I might just take her out to dineI think it would be very fineAnd she would think …
Cortland Standard readers tackled it all in the latest poetry page. The ideal relationship, Ukraine, a grandparent’s delight, love and struggle — it’s all here. It’s …
