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Showing posts with label West Shokan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Shokan. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2019

Sunday Snow

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The Bushkill Creek as seen from my yard on Sunday, Jan. 20 My house. The snow was about six inches deep. Went for a walk on Mo...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

Tariffs Make Us Poorer in the Long Run

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I was drinking last night in Snyder's tavern in West Shokan, and two friends were defending Trump's tariff program. After four C...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Mary Margaret McBride in West Shokan

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Ray Faiola of Ellenville has uploaded to Youtube a pilot of a 1951 television program with Mary Margaret McBride, who interviews Ed Dowlin...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Irene Pictures, Bushkill Creek Below Maltby Hollow

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As I blogged earlier today , Hurricane Irene caused the Bushkill Creek to overflow onto our lawn, but before the overflow was sufficient t...
Monday, September 28, 2009

The Evil of Banality: American Morals in Decline

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Perhaps Americans were never really that moral and American exceptionalism was only a hope. Perhaps John Winthrop's "city on a hill...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

Town of Olive Republican Committee

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I got myself appointed to the Town of Olive Republican Committee. Chet Scofield, the Town chairman, leads a group of about 10 or 12 committe...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Supermarkets of the Catskills--How the Little Guys Compete with Wal-Mart

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One of many gripes about Wal-Mart is that it supposedly eliminates competition. Here in the Catskill Mountains in the hamlet of West Shokan ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

West Shokan Icicles

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

My Neighbor and American Ingenuity

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My neighbor had his sister's pressure washer for a few weeks. I hired him to do our front chimney at our house in West Shokan. The chim...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Town of Olive, Ulster County, NY, April 10, 2008

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Hometown Pictures III March 6-8, 2008

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Our Cabin Emerson Hotel Our Cabin (Freda Navigating Slippery Ice) Freda at Emerson Hotel American General Store is closed but not forgo...

Hometown Pictures March 6-8 2008

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Bushkill Creek, West Shokan, Our backyard I Bushkill Creek, West Shokan, Our backyard II Bushkill Creek, West Shokan, Our backyard III B...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

West Shokan's General Store

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The West Shokan Curmudgeon reports that the West Shokan General Store will close. According to the Curmudgeon, the owner of the store, Ruth ...
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Friday, October 19, 2007

Town of Olive Luminaries, William T. Golden; Al Higgly; Bruce Ratner; Mary Margaret McBride

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Al Higgly, a Shandaken fruit stand operator, restaurateur and real estate investor, mentioned to me that his "birthday buddy" Will...
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