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Guestwords: Keeping the Dream Alive

It seems that everyone wants to write a children’s book, and while lots of people think they can, I beg to differ.

Jul 13, 2023
Guestwords: The Sandwich Generation

Everything that my granddaughter does is new, vibrant, and alive. Everything my mother-in-law does is old, frail, and confused. And I’m caught in the middle.

Jul 6, 2023
Guestwords: Cutting Room

Moving on after the death of my father involved moving, literally towing, his riding lawn mover and all it signified.

Jun 29, 2023
Guestwords: That ’70s Show

That the reduction in nuclear capacity after the Three Mile Island disaster would keep the coal industry alive and exacerbate climate change should have been obvious.

Jun 22, 2023
Guestwords: Fake Mechanic, Real Panic

It was with both happiness and a tinge of disappointment that I saw the go-kart my son and I built years ago drive away.

Jun 15, 2023
Guestwords: Get on With It

On the occasion of the late Robin Duke being honored by Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic for her work as a women’s rights advocate, her granddaughter recalls the most important lesson she imparted.

Jun 8, 2023
Guestwords: The Fight of My Life

While a prostate cancer diagnosis can set off alarm bells, one of the lessons I learned is that research and knowledge will dispel many negative myths.

Jun 1, 2023
Guestwords: Where Magic Happens

A good way to look at tough stretches, rough patches, and travails — as opportunities for positive change.

May 25, 2023
Guestwords: Passing Down Lyme Disease

We need to get the word out to Lyme-infected mothers-to-be and to women of childbearing age who have mysterious, systemic health problems with no clear cause.

May 18, 2023
Guestwords: Gifts From the Attic

A rediscovered letter from 1972 sheds new light on parenting.

May 11, 2023
Guestwords: On the Old Back Lots

Contested Marsden Street in Sag Harbor? As kids we called the area the back lots. Here’s its story.

May 4, 2023
Guestwords: The Wild West of Building

When the construction never lets up, the rules have got to change.

Apr 27, 2023