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Hawthorn Hill
There is a lot of talk about change these days. We hear it from presidential candidates and we read about it in the papers and hear about it on radio.
Letters for May 8, 2008
Precautionary Principle
Hats off to Michael Whaling and Andy Mason for once again challenging the use of herbicides and pesticides at the Leatherstocking Golf Course, which borders Otsego Lake, the drinking water reservoir of the Village of Cooperstown.
Longfellow, across the years
Thanks, friends, for your
reactions to my recent column
on learning language.
Weather watch
During the first week of May, temperatures averaged near normal. Temperatures averaged slightly below normal during the first four days, then above normal the next three days.
In these otsego hills
Someone once said to us that we must spend a great deal of time each week writing this column. We took that as a compliment as it seemed to indicate, at least to that reader, that we spent a great deal of time each week on the column. If the truth be told, we tend to think that is not the case. Granted, some columns fairly seem to write themselves.
Weather watch
April was an unusually sunny month in our area, with 13 brilliantly sunny days, and 26 out of 30 days were sunny or partly sunny. Precipitation was about two-thirds of normal, and with temperatures around six degrees above normal, it was one of the warmest Aprils on record.
South Valley
Our spring birds are continuing to arrive, as I was surprised to see the early arrival of our brown thrasher on April 22. We don’t usually see him until toward the end of May. I was even further surprised to spot two of them as I usually only see one each year.
Hawthorn Hill
Two days ago, my granddaughter Isadora and I spent a lovely hour planting her garden — her first. It is just down the hill from her birth tree, planted on the occasion of her birth almost four Septembers ago. We were out “perusing” the gardens together this morning and, of course, had to check her garden first to see if anything had popped up out of the ground.
Letters for May 1, 2008
Roses and Rasberries
Roses to former Cooperstown resident Sarah Groff for earning at least an alternate spot on the women’s United States Olympic Triathlon team this summer in Beijing.
A Gift of Tongues ...
Jim Atwell is taking a week off from writing his column for the Crier. Therefore, we are running one of his personal favorites.
In These Otsego Hills
Our recent trip to the Midwest has, once again, confirmed our thought that spending time away from home just makes it that much more difficult for us to keep track of time.
Annual water testing a must
Bernie Banas, the Leatherstocking Golf Course Greens Superintendent, said concerns about chemical pesticide use on the course come up on an almost annual basis, as they did again Monday night in the village board meeting.
Letters for April 24, 2008
Hawthorn Hill
The other day while waiting for new tires to be installed on my car, I had a quite interesting conversation with an acquaintance about a wide range of topics, from bluebirds to politics to the ways in which “locals” view those of us who take up residence in places where, for generations, the landscape was inhabited only by those whose families had been there for quite some time.
We have the way, but the will?
You already know that, in what now seems another lifetime, I was once academic dean at a big community college. Besides the standard English courses in composition and literature there, we also taught non-credit remedial courses for enrollees who, though high-school graduates, weren’t ready for basic freshman English.
Weather watch
It looks like the extremely dry weather pattern will continue with a slight cooling trend In last week’s weather column, I predicted that the extremely dry weather pattern would go on and on with no end in sight. I explained how an upside-down temperature pattern is one of the very best key indicators for sunny, exceptionally dry weather in Otsego County.
In These Otsego Hills
It was with sadness that we learned of the death of Catharine Sanford. Although we did not know her well, her son and daughter-in-law, David and Katie Sanford, both graduated from high school with the he-we.

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