The Paper Tyger

Rinse... Still rinsing... Lather... Repeat. (then clear coat) My car--interior and exterior--was in need of a good cle...

It’s Labor Day weekend once again and another summer will soon retreat into the recesses of memory.  In the coming months as the leaves chan...

Adirondack Reflection I Adirondack Reflection II Adirondack Reflection III

I know I'm not the only one disappointed with Rachel Alexandra's loss earlier today, but as her co-owner Jess Jackson said, ".....

The beautiful old iron work at Saratoga There's a change in not only temper, but in temperature once you pass Albany and head farther...

Before I get to the business at hand, I must say that thus far I owe the much-derided (by me, anyway) month of August a sort of apology. Aug...

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vani...

A quick look at the calendar--not to mention any thermometer--tells us it is, once again, ((((August.)))) Those parentheses, by the way, are...

Every now and then I enjoy doing my own brand of manifesto. Here's last year's version from September of 2009,  To Thine Own Self Be...

Yeah, THAT big. Okay, so it was just another sweltering weekend here in New England. And not to jump on the already large "pig pile,...