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Digging Deeper Into Who You Are
Welcome 2021! There is so much about 2020 that we all want to kick to the curb forever. Turning the calendar to a new year feels like a way to make a new start; this is true of all years, but this […]
Spiritual Healing
In 2006, after over two decades in the business world, I did something previously unimaginable to me. I began to study the spiritual healing practices of the Apache people. Equally if not more remarkable, in 2019, my wife and I founded a […]
Going Nuclear
Caution: This article contains a trigger warning and a spoiler alert.
Trigger warning: Your unconscious emotional triggers and emotional reactivity can harm your psychological and physical health.
Spoiler alert: The happy ending is that addressing your reactivity is within your control, and with practice […]
Come On, Get Happy!
With 2020 unfolding as it did, 2021 couldn’t arrive quickly enough. Over the past year, the pandemic has dominated our lives, lifestyles, media, social media, and conversations. All the uncertainty and fear of this novel coronavirus has certainly compromised our happiness and […]
Dutchess County Supreme Court Sides with Town of Fishkill, Dismissing Developer Lawsuit
The Honorable Judge Christi J. Acker of the The Dutchess County Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Town of Fishkill on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the Hudson View Park Company (Hudson View) against the Town in July of last year concerning the proposed Rolling Hills Development. Hudson [...]
Local Families Receive Vehicles from Community Program
On Friday Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro joined the County Department of Community & Family Services (DCFS) and the Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board (DCWIB) to present three local families with vehicles as part of the Community Solutions to Transportation (CST) Way to Work program, formerly known as Wheels to [...]
Local Author Unearths the Follies of the Legal World in Bombshell new Satire
What’s left to do — but laugh? In a year filled with overbearing consternation, uncertainty and yes, tragedy, we could all benefit from literary escape as we inch closer toward a new year. Luckily for readers in the Tri-Corner, a new author has burst onto the scene with a scathingly funny satire that taps into a part of modern society rife with humorous potential. For over four decades, former attorney Thomas “T.C.” Morrison litigated cases involving a broad range of commercial cases, [...]
From Solstice to Santa Claus: How Christmas Became Christmas
-by the Hillsdale Historians December 21 is the Winter Solstice, the longest day of the year and a holiday observed since the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. The Winter Solstice was immensely important in agrarian societies. In December, farmers enjoyed a period of leisure. The harvest had been gathered, the deep freeze of midwinter had not yet set it, and most cattle were slaughtered so they would not have to be fed during the winter. It was almost the only time [...]
January 2021 Recipe – Best Ever Blondies
Blondies, for those not in the know, are essentially chocolate chip cookies in the form of a brownie. I adore a chewy chocolate chip cookie, with crispy edges and soft middles and pools of molten chocolate, as much as the next person, but I just might love these particular blondies a tiny bit more. You might think it is the brown butter that makes me love them, as it adds a wonderful nuttiness to the flavor of the blondies. Or you might [...]
Yes, Zoom Juice
Every visit to a wine store is a good one, let's be honest. A recent one for me yielded a special delight - a wine called Zoom Juice! What a great name! The packaging is perfect, too. The label is friendly and refined. The wine dubbed on the front as a Social Cab, described on the back as, "Life can change the way we socialize, but it can never stop us from sharing. And that's what wine begs to be - shared [...]
Cozy Copake Ranch
Deal of the Week Cozy Ranch built in 1965 in excellent condition with a beautiful sun room (currently used as Master bedroom) with own heat and 2 sliding French doors on either end. 1,044 square feet of living space, open floor plan, attached garage, electric heat. A short walk to a gorgeous lake as this home is in a private Robinson Pond lake community. 20 minutes to Hudson, 40 to Albany, 15 to Millerton, 25 to Metro North train [...]
