Kristin Lee & John Novacek at Millbrook Music Salon

by Kevin T McEneaney At Grace Church in Millbrook this past Sunday, the dynamic duo of Kristin Lee on violin and John Novacek on piano thrilled the audience with a…

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Lost Radio Rounders at The Millbrook Library

by Kevin T McEneaney Kudos to The Millbrook Library for hosting Lost Radio Rounders in a free concert in the library last Saturday. Based in Albany, they are a folk…

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The Ancient Kiss

by Kevin T McEneaney Can you recollect the first kiss you had? Apes have been kissing for millennia. Sometimes a kiss carries an electric charge… * Have there been more…

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February fever

Valiant Valentine discovered the door to mythological reputation that has endured for many centuries with folksy embellishment, and why not? * A holiday for romantic lovers offers a welcome toast…

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Notes on Valentine’s Day

by Kevin T McEneaney Emperor Claudius II ruled from 268 to 270 AD. During his reign he adopted the policy of forbidding Roman soldiers to marry, a rule that lasted…

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Chinese New Year Extravaganza at Bard College

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday, Sosnoff Hall at Bard College featured The Annual Lunar Chinese Festival, where The Orchestre Now exploded with marvelous panache under the energetic baton of…

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Let it snow…

by Kevin T McEneaney When seventeen inches of snowflakes fall while birds cluster around the birdfeeder, shoveling out the walkway and the car may become a formidable project…. *** Children,…

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Going Down to Check the Mail in Winter

Photo & Poem by Bill Keller All day, I stayed inside, gulping bad news from my phone, waiting for the snow to end--the plow. Past sunset, I went down, thinking…

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Super Species!

by Kevin T McEneaney At a time when reason appears to fail, we are told that a smile will define your life. Since there is AI, we no longer need…

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