I decided to make beef stew the other day. I don’t make a lot of meals based on recipes and I am only a fair cook. So I went looking online for a recipe. I came across many, but …
How to Know a Person By David Brooks Random House 2023 We thought a bit about the importance of working on our social fitness last month. How do we do that? Where do we begin? …
How much longer till February ends? Its been two years But each month is an experience of February again Clocks tick, tick, tick But each morning is a frozen version Of the …
Patty Thon and Corey Bliss of Marathon have been scrapbooking together for nearly 20 years. It makes the memories in the photos feel more real, Bliss said. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 23, they …
_____ Part one: Where did the first settlers land? Part two: Conflicting histories of first settlers include hearsay Part three: Deed records reveal first pioneers settled west of Homer Part four: …
A safe space for family caregivers to share their experiences, challenges and successes meets from 3 to 4 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month. The meeting is available in person at Access to …
During a time where art created by artificial intelligence is gaining popularity, gallery curator Crystal Lyon hopes to completely immerse attendees in both work created by humans, and the active creation of it.
SEASONAL EVENTS March 16: Shamrock Run 5K, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cortland YMCA March 23: Easter Bunny at the 1890 House, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 37 Tompkins St. March 23: Easter Egg hunt, 10 …
The Center for the Arts of Homer will offer a seasonal movie screening and discussion for adults with a breakout activity session for kids, with the first film playing tonight. The free series …
When one is just this side of 60, “adventure” takes on a new meaning. No longer is adventure an impulsive climb above the tree line, or that dip in a lake that was covered by ice …
After a bout with blood clots in my calf and lungs during a trip to North Carolina and a five-day hospital stay in October, my doctor in Cortland reviewed all the test results and concluded I had …
Tim Lockwood, the executive director of Catholic Charities of Cortland County, will speak March 21 at Focus Cortland. The topic of his discussion from noon to 1 p.m. at the United Presbyterian …
Nancy Dafoe said the roosters on the island of St. Thomas don’t sound like the cock-a-doodle roosters around here. They screech. “I was woken up at 4 a.m. ‘My God. Someone …
Andy Warhol has his soup cans. Monet had his bodies of water. When Cortland artist Michelle LoGerfo starts painting, it often ends up as a bunny – or hot dog. Michelle LoGerfo, a …
Recently, I interviewed best-selling author Andy Weir. Weir has written phenomenal science fiction novels, the most notable being The Martian, Artemis, and his latest, Project Hail …
Learn how to make your own eclipse viewer at a workshop March 27 at the Center for the Arts of Homer. The workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. will show participants how to use a box, some aluminum foil …
The Cortland County Office for Aging is accepting nominations for the 2024 Senior Citizen of the Year Award. Director Pearl Reed-Klein said the sky’s the limit when it comes to the …
AmeriCorps Seniors seeks volunteers over 55 to help provide breaks for family caregivers, the non-profit announced in a release. The program recruits, trains and places volunteers in …
SEASONAL EVENTS Feb. 18: Labfest 2024, 11 a.m., Labrador Mountain Ski Area. March 16: Shamrock Run 5K, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cortland YMCA March 23: Easter Bunny at the 1890 House, 11 …
SUNY Cortland musical theater students are rehearsing their way through a new acting challenge: being in a musical with a cast of two. Jason Robert Brown’s musical “The Last 5 …
My wife, The Brain, likes to point out to me that the most environmental thing a person can do isn’t to recycle, or to buy a hybrid car, or turn the lights out. It’s to eat a plant-based …
What started as a project to document family recipes turned into a year of photographing, editing and designing a cookbook. Christine and Margaret Gutchess of Cortland have published their original cookbook “Homebody,” which they describe as “simple, delicious recipes for the homebodies like us.”