Mohawk Valley Living #72 September 2019

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See over 60 vintage and modern tractors and other machinery. Enjoy games and activities for children. Watch a tractor parade on Sunday. Ride the Empire State Carousel.

Order up some great food and drink in the Crossroads Café. Find a $2 off coupon and more about the event on our website.

Tractor Fest is free with your paid museum admission.

Adults (13-64) $12, Seniors (65+) $10.50, Children (7-12) $6, Children (6 and under) and museum members are free.

Cost: $12 Adults (13-64), $10.50 seniors (65+), $6 children (7-12), children (6 and younger) and museum members are free.

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What’s your passion? The thing you enjoy doing most? Where does it fall on your list of priorities?

I recently came to realize that many of my life’s passions and goals were at the bottom of my to-do list, to be done after the work and chores were finished. The truth is I rarely got to the bottom of my list.

Recently, a friend and I took ourselves on a weekend retreat to Blueberry Brooke B&B in Deansboro, NY. I explained to the gifted and intuitive owner/hostess, Ginny, that our lives were “inverted,” that the things most important to us were at the bottom of our list of priorities. She was confident that we could be “fixed” by the magic of Blueberry Brooke.

Over the next 48-hours, we were given the gift of being able to focus on our art. The enchanted setting of Blueberry Brooke was inspiring, and we received encouragement to paint from Ginny and her husband, Bob, both artists themselves.

Here are a couple tips that made a significant impact on my life in the weeks that followed: 1. Do the thing most important to you first thing in the morning, before the day takes over.

If it truly is most important, do it first.

2. Spend time doing the thing most important to you every day. Even if it’s only 20 minutes.

That counts.

It’s been nearly a month since our “inversion.” Both my friend and I are happy to report that it seems to have stuck. My laundry is somewhat behind, and some spiderwebs in my living room have become cobwebs.

That’s okay. Laundry was never my passion, and I like spiders.* • * I understand cobwebs are abandoned webs and serve no purpose. I’ll get to them eventually.

MOHAWK VALLEY LIVING MAGAZINE September 2019 PUBLISHERS Lance and Sharry Whitney EDITOR Sharry L. Whitney DESIGN & LAYOUT Lance David Whitney ASSISTANT EDITOR Shelley Malenowski ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE Susan Collea CONTRIBUTORS Peggy Spencer Behrendt, Tim Flihan Carol Higgins, Brian Howard, Suzie Jones, John Keller, Melinda Karastury, Susan Perkins, Matt Perry, Cynthia Quackenbush, Denise Szarek, Gary VanRiper CONTACT US (315) 853-7133 30 Kellogg Street Clinton, NY 13323 www.MohawkValleyLiving.com mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com Mohawk Valley Living is a monthly magazine and television show that explore the area’s arts, culture, and heritage.

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The Town of Remsen celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Barn Festival of the Arts this year.

By brian howard

Every fourth full weekend of September, the Town of Remsen hosts an event that has come to define the community. Even more so than Labor Day, the Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts marks the end of the summer season and welcomes the fall.

For two days, Remsen’s Main Street is shut to traffic and filled with over 250 exhibitors from around the Northeast. Artists and craftspeople, local nonprofits, musicians, and food vendors peddle their wares in an environment intended to have an “old home days” feel. It is also a juried arts and crafts show and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to this little town twelve miles north of Utica.

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ery turn. The community’s strong Welsh tradition weaves its way through every aspect of the festival. The town is home to Revolutionary War General Baron von Steuben’s final resting place, and this fact is often celebrated over the weekend.

The boulder used for General Nicholas Herkimer’s monument in Myers Park in Herkimer came from there. And of course, in more recent times local Olympic medalist Erin Hamlin has brought much credit to the community.

The Beginning In 1978, Town of Remsen Supervisor Mitch Williams created a committee whose stated focus was “Community Pride Through Arts and Education.” From this initiative sprung the idea of a community-wide event celebrating Remsen’s Welsh heritage and its agricultural roots—the Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts (FOTA).

Thanks to a $1000 grant from the New York State Council of the Arts, planning got underway.

The first FOTA took place in September 1980 and was promoted favorably in the local media. The Utica Daily Press described it as an attempt to emphasize “…the rural and Welsh traditions of the area’s early settlers in barn paintings, craft demonstrations, flea market, food, and music.”

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The Observer-Dispatch went further: “The biggest event to hit the village of Remsen since Barnabas Mitchell first discovered it back in 1792 and Henry Remsen named it shortly after…”

The FOTA committee recruited over thirty community groups that first year.

Despite cold conditions—including snow—the inaugural event was deemed a success with an estimated 5,000 attendees.

Contemporary reports indicate that most of Remsen’s 1,500 plus residents at that time participated. Among the inaugural festivities was a parade that went by the wayside as the event grew.

Proceeds were invested back into the Remsen community. The twentieth anniversary event in 1999 had record-breaking attendance and by 2000 over $10,000 was available for various community projects.

The following year, over 50,000 attendees were expected. Since then the Remsen Barn FOTA has become a significant revenue source for community improvement projects, a legacy for which the entire town can be proud.

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For an event that was “…conceived…to enhance cultural awareness of residents and provide cultural enrichment to the general public…” (Observer-Dispatch, 1980), the Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts has succeeded beyond all initial expectations. It is a reminder of the bonds that bring our upstate communities together and has itself become a historically significant part of the greater Mohawk Valley. Our best wishes to the organizers and the community for another successful year! •

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Easily identifiable from the vantage point of many high peak summits, it is one of those mountains in the Adirondacks that is very aptly named. Scanning the landscape there is instant recognition as it appears an entire side of the mountain is severed and removed, exposing a massive wall of gray rock. It is not one of the 46 highest peaks, but, upon seeing it on the horizon so many times during the quest to become a 46er, it became one of those mountains I hoped to climb while I still had my legs underneath me.

At 3700 feet in elevation, Wallface is #71 among the 100 highest peaks in the Adirondacks.

Having completed the 46 in 2007, and now working on those 100 highest, the Tuesday after this Father’s Day I was finally able to check it off the list!

Joined by my long-time hiking buddy, Mark Lowell, it was our first major hike of the season.

After sleeping overnight in our cars near the trailhead, we began the hike at Adirondack Loj at 8:10 a.m. Approaching the mountain from the forested backside, we followed the marked trails as far as we could before beginning the bushwhack.

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Overall, it took seven hours to reach the Wallface summit and were surprised to find the top of the mountain had been clear cut. We had seen red and yellow tape during the bushwhack on our way up through the dense foliage while skirting cliff areas, and it occurred to us that perhaps these were signs that indicated there had been an official rescue attempt at some point. We found out later that was exactly the case.

I had even found a machete still in its sheath and contacted the rangers to see if it was some kind of standard-issue equipment someone among them might have used and lost but was told it must have been dropped by an amateur bushwhacker.

(I hauled it out on the 6-hour return trip, and it was certainly an unwelcome load of weight!)

Highlights of the hike included a stop at a large bog. Mark grabbed some shots of the bog’s flowers while I focused more on the grand landscape. Our head nets also got a good workout as nearly all of the blackflies in the Adirondacks must have been attending a conference of some kind

Mark Lowell negotiating the trail at the perimeter of a bog..

Black flies photo bombing us on the summit of Wallface.

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on the mountain that day. But with the summit clear cut, we also enjoyed a 360-degree view of the ranges all around us.

It was dark by the time we reached our cars in the evening – muddy, bitten and sore. I’m not sure how many more of the 100 highest I’ll get. I’m 65 now, and that was #82 – but the mystique is finally gone from a mountain I’ve had my eye on for more than a decade of participating in this sometimes crazy activity.

Although you may never be a hiker a mountain climber, consider walking one of the many modest marked trails that meander through the Adirondack woods. Autumn color will soon be upon us – an excellent incentive to make it a date! • Gary VanRiper is an author, photographer, and pastor at the Camden Wesleyan Church. He has written 15 children’s books with his son, Justin.

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World-renowned Indian classical musician Ustad Shafaat Khan Friday, September 20, 7:30pm

A concert of Indian classical and folk music featuring tabla and sitar.

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THE RAINBOW SEEKER MYSTERY

Rainbow Seeker,

by Paul M. Laskey

by carol higgins

Well, it happened again. A few weeks ago, I was stopped at the intersection of Mohawk and Broad streets in Utica, waiting for the traffic light so I could make my turn. I looked to my left, and there it was… the golden-colored metal structure pointing toward the sky that I’ve seen many times and asked myself, “What is that?” before driving away. This time, I decided I had to investigate. And what did I find?

Utica’s Rainbow Seeker!

The long, metal sculpture is on a large concrete pedestal. On the base is a plaque that says the following: “RAINBOW SEEKER, Paul M. Laskey, 8-12-94. Commissioned by Edward A. Hanna”. Yay, some clues! So off I went to visit our helpful friends at the Oneida County Historical Society, and I also did several Internet searches and made some phone calls. Here is what I’ve found so far.

The Rainbow Seeker was originally located in the Ellen E. Hanna Mini Park, on the corner of Genesee and Columbia streets in downtown Utica. The park opened in 1993. The Rainbow Seeker pointed to an image of a rainbow on a wall of a building at the northern end of the park. There the sculpture stayed until it was moved to its current location.

I was very curious about the sculpture’s angle and the direction it is pointing.

I wondered if the Rainbow Seeker’s angle

is set to Utica’s latitude (distance in degrees from the equator) which is approximately 43.1 degrees North. The setting is what you use to “polar align” a telescope with an equatorial mount so it will point iron and nickel metals, surrounded by a at Polaris (the North Star) and accurately thick “liquid ocean” of iron and nickel that track objects in the night sky as the Earth is continuously in ESA, motion.

This Zoo motion Hanny’s Voorwerp.

Image Credit: NASA, W. Keel, Galaxy Team rotates. But that is not the case with Raingenerates the magnetic field. To find True bow Seeker. It is inclined at a 45-degree North, adjust your compass with Utica’s angle, so it’s close but not exactly set to our magnetic declination. latitude.

I’ll continue my Rainbow Seeker re Next, it was time to check the direcsearch and hopefully provide new details tion it is pointing. With trusty compass in in next month’s article. I want to find out hand, oriented to the same direction as the when it was moved, its original design insculpture, we find the Rainbow Seeker is tention, and learn about Mr. Laskey. Since currently pointed to “True” North. What a sundial is typically positioned to point to is that? If you could observe the Earth True North, and the angle of the sculpture from space as it travels around the Sun, is close to Utica’s latitude, perhaps it really you would see that the planet is tilted on was intended to be a giant sundial? If you its axis at an angle of 23.5 degrees. If you have any historical information about the draw an imaginary line through the planet sculpture, please send me a message on at that angle, its northern-most geographic the MVAS Facebook page. Thank you! location is True North. Interestingly, if you Wishing you clear skies! • extend that imaginary line into the night sky, it leads to the star Polaris – so Rainbow Seeker is pointed toward Polaris!

Join MVAS from 8-11pm on If you visit the sculpture and check Saturday, September 28 its direction with a compass, remember that the needle will point to Magnetic for an evening of stargazing at North, not True North. A compass neeBarton-Brown Observatory, 206 White dle is sensitive to Earth’s magnetic field, St., Waterville. The event is free. which is created far below the surface of our planet. The core is a hot, solid ball of

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

Borunda Asian Buffet in herkimer

by Cynthia Quackenbush

Sometimes I just like to try everything. This makes buffets delightful yet dangerous places for me. I mean, what better place to try everything than at a buffet? However, when it comes to delicious food, I have very little self-control, hence my difficulty in meeting my weight-loss goals.

I was therefore intrigued yet trepidatious when my husband Steven suggested we try the Borunda Asian Buffet in Herkimer.. I had heard good things about it, and I love Asian food. When it comes to ethnic food, my “Want To Try Everything” nature kicks into high gear. That was the reason for my trepidation: trying EVERYTHING is a good way to get a stomachache and a bad way to meet weight loss goals.

Of course, I gave in to my desire to eat yummy food and check out another local business. It was late lunch/early dinner time when we arrived. We asked for a booth, ordered drinks (just water for me) and set out to explore the buffet.

Oh boy! One of these, one of these, two of those–they’re small–that’s kind of a big piece of salmon, oh well, fish is brain food… It did not take me long to fill up my plate. I even had a few things piled on top. YUM! The flavors! The textures! This was awesome!

It’s hard not to want to try everything at the bountiful Borunda Asian Buffet in Herkimer

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One plate would have been enough to satisfy my hunger, but I hadn’t tried everything yet! Second trips to a buffet are problematic for me, because, in addition to trying the things I missed, I often want more of my favorite things from the first trip. I refrained from taking seconds, however, and I assure you I did not try one of EVERYTHING. Not surprisingly, I ended up stuffing myself.

I did not even look at the desserts. Steven had contented himself with one plate for dinner, so he treated himself to a small dish of chocolate pudding. He said he was stuffed after that. Full disclosure: Steven is svelte while I am Rubenesque (you see how I describe us in the most flattering terms), so it takes less to stuff him than it takes to stuff me.

It was much later that I realized the solution to my problem is really quite simple: I must eat dinner at the Borunda Buffet more often filling only one plate at a time. This strategy will prevent stomachaches and allow me to try everything. •

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story and photos by Matt Perry According to the calendar, much of September is considered to be summer, but for a significant proportion of our wild birds, the month falls squarely in the autumn column. For most birds, September is the time they abandon breeding territories in the north and head for southern climes. Over the last quarter-century, I’ve monitored the comings and goings of migrant songbirds in different areas around the Mohawk Valley.

Formerly, one of my favorite spots to visit in September was the nature trail at Verona Beach State Park. There, warblers, vireos, and other neotropical songbirds would sometimes be found in good numbers. After a night of migrating (neotropical songbird migration occurs in the overnight hours), the birds would settle in the park’s trees.

After dawn, they formed mixed-species foraging flocks and set out to find breakfast.

Throughout the morning, they would flit from branch to branch and from tree crown to tree crown, inspecting each leaf they come upon for insect prey.

Verona Beach State Park’s proximity

to the north shore of Oneida Lake made it an ideal place to observe migrant birds.

Since migrant songbirds avoid open water, they tend to concentrate in nearshore forestland.

I found that the relatively low height of many of the park’s trailside trees made the birds easily viewable from trails and access roads. In most other places where neotropicals congregate, the great height of the forest trees makes observing birds problematic. Often, when you do see them in that type of situation, you view them only from below, thereby missing out on most plumage details. That’s one of the reasons serious birders strive to become proficient

at identifying birds from the undersides of their tails alone. Don’t laugh; it can be done!

Usually, I would concentrate my search efforts on one-quarter mile of trail where a thin line of trees grew between water impoundments. There, the birds had little choice but to travel along the narrow row of trees. My job was to move up and down that section until I detected the presence of a

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mobile flock. Often, it’s the call notes of Blackcapped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, Tufted Titmice, and Downy Woodpeckers that alert me to an active flock. Those non-migratory species (as well as a few others) often travel with neotropicals and form the core of the foraging flocks. At a distance, their relatively loud call notes are more easily detectable than the warblers’ comparatively quiet contact calls. Essentially, if you find the chickadees, you may just find the warblers.

Mixed flocks can vary in size as much as they vary in composition. Some may be comprised of over 70 individuals and yet contain only two or three species. Another flock of a similar size may include many more species. Often a common species like the Yellow-rumped Warbler (AKA “Myrtle Warbler”) may dominate and represent over 60% of a mixed flock. Another relatively common species like the Black-throated Green Warbler may make up 20%. The remainder of a flock like that may hold non-migratory birds like chickadees and perhaps a sprinkling of less common migrants. Of course, there’s always the chance of a rarity being present but finding it is the challenge. As flock members loosely

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follow each other up a tree line, there is often only a short window to clinch identifications. A birder must respond rapidly to the movement of a bird and get his/her binoculars on the target before it bolts out of view. Fortunately, in most cases, an experienced birder requires only a second-long view to identify a bird’s species and determine its gender and general age.

I recall one amazing day in mid-September when I was presented with several decent-sized mixed flocks. It may have been my best day ever at Verona Beach Park. As I recall, there were at least 14 species of warbler represented in a single flock which was at least 100 birds strong. I was close to being in warbler-heaven. I remember being tantalized by one warbler I couldn’t quite identify in my allotted split-second glimpse. I thought it was either an immature Blackpoll Warbler or a Bay-breasted Warbler, but I couldn’t rule out a Pine Warbler. Not one of those species would be especially rare or unexpected. Still, I tried hard to put my binoculars on the mystery bird one more time. Frustratingly,

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every warbler I saw after that was a Myrtle. It was a maddening moment in paradise, for sure.

As September comes to an end and “real” autumn gets underway, the spigot of neotropicals begins to shut down. There are always a few species including the Myrtle Warbler that will continue to be seen well into October, but most warblers and vireos are gone.

They won’t make their way back to the Mohawk Valley until May. •

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There is a beautiful Victorian house in Mohawk, N.Y., with an unusual purple paint job. It used to house a diner known as Family Fun House but is now Mona’s Diner. I thought I would check it out recently when I was in the area and feeling peckish.

I ordered a cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun. Can I just say, YUM! As I sat, I enjoyed the hometown diner feeling of the place. A family with an adorable toddler was sitting right in front of me. They were obviously regulars, as the little girl ran to embrace Mona.

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There are games, including air hockey, a pool table, and coin-operated horse and buggy ride at Mona’s Diner.

Vintage toys and decorations fill the shelves at Mona’s Diner.

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I wandered around a little, taking pictures with my tablet. Nobody seemed to mind. I guess we’re used to people documenting everything with our devices. While getting a shot of a shelf full of toys, I noticed an older photograph of the building. It used to be the Odd Fellows Temple. Fancy that! •

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5. How many years Peggy and Tim have lived at Shawangunk.

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Suzie and Harper, 2004 Well, we did it. We sent our oldest daughter Harper off to college, five and a half hours away.

Every parent I’ve talked to about this momentous occasion has given me the “look”—a facial expression that says it all: that this is probably the hardest thing you’ll ever do. Sure, it’s a little scary and new for the teenager excited to go out into the big, wide world. But everyone seems to acknowledge that it’s hardest for Mom. They couldn’t be more right!

I’ve been crying off and on about this big change since December when Harper was filling out her college applications in earnest. I got all misty while ordering her high school graduation party invitations. I cried through the first half of her graduation ceremony and on the sheets and towels we picked out for her dorm room. I now tear up when any mother/daughter duo shows up on a TV commercial. I’m officially a mess!

When the opportunity to adopt a puppy came up in the spring, I didn’t hesitate. (I’m finding this is a pattern for other parents as well. I’m glad to learn I’m not alone!) I’m also throwing myself into my work. Keeping busy is always a good distraction.

I’m excited for my daughter, of course. Both my husband and I went to college and, knowing our daughter’s love of learning; we know she is going to flourish.

Many folks have asked if Harper was going to study agriculture or food science. As a farm kid, I’m sure it’s quite normal for folks to think she may want to follow in her parents’ footsteps and take over the business someday.

But there’s the rub. Fewer and fewer farm kids want to stay on the family farm. The effects of this trend are quite evident: the average age of a farmer in the US is 58. Of “beginning” farmers (those that have been farming ten years or less), the average age is 46. And fewer than a third of family farms in this nation have a designated successor.

There are lots of reasons for all this, of course. For one, farming is hard. Long hours plus often monotonous manual labor at poverty wages is a pretty accurate job description. And for many, farming is not economically viable and therefore, unsustainable. Low prices for farm goods compounded by high prices for in-

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puts means less money in the farmer’s pocket. On average, farmers and ranchers receive about 15₵ of every dollar spent on food, compared to 31₵ in 1980. In other words, of the $100 you spent on groceries this week, $15 went to the farmers that grew it.

A farm kid’s decision to stay may also be affected by the size of the family operation. Earlier this year, the USDA released a shocking statistic. The median income for the 2 million farms in the US was the lowest reported in nearly ten years, coming in at -$1553 (yes, this is a negative number!). While this sounds shocking, it helps to unpack what that statistic means. Of the 2 million farms in the US, fully half are considered residential, where the proprietors are “hobby farms,” retired, or otherwise earn a primary income off of the farm. On average, this group reports losing as much as $100,000 per annum.

The next group, or 38% of the total, is considered intermediate farm operations. Our farm fits squarely in this group, where on-farm sales total less than $350,000 a year. This group fairs slightly better than the overall median at $8,000/year net income. How many families can sustain themselves on $8,000 a year, you ask? The answer is: they can’t. Most families in this size bracket work an off-farm job to supplement their operations.

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For the kids that want to take over despite the challenges, few of those families actually have a plan in place. Talking about farm succession is a difficult subject, fraught with all the familial pitfalls and drama that you might expect in any family. Many will seek outside legal counsel to wade through it all, while still keeping the family intact.

Harper does not plan to study agriculture in school. In fact, she currently has no interest in taking over the family farm, and I fully support her choice.

Between the physical, emotional, and economic challenges, farming is only for those whose heart is truly in it.

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As September starts, and the last summer holiday is on the horizon and back to school is on everyone’s agenda, the veggies coming from the garden start to change. Eggplant and cauliflower are starting to show up at all the farmers markets and in a lot of CSA shares boxes. These seem to be the veggies that intimidate most of our CSA members.

I have to admit, I’m not a big fan of either, and it had never crossed my mind to combine the two in a single recipe.

But in doing some research for this month’s article, I found a lot of recipes that do just that: combine the two in several delicious ways. To me, cauliflower was always like broccoli’s wimpy little brother, white and a pretty unexciting vegetable.

Eggplant always takes on the flavors of what you’re cooking it with. So for the most part – pretty unexciting veggies, to say the least. But after this month’s research, I now have a new appreciation for both these fall veggies.

September is always the month that we see the fall veggies hitting the Farmers markets. In addition to eggplant and cauliflower, you will find delicious, peppers, onions, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, beets and the start of winter squash. Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the chill in the air and all the winter soups, stews, and roasts that can come with all the bounty fall veggies provide. I have been experimenting all year with roasting all sorts of different fruits like strawberries and seedless grapes, both delicious over ice cream. I also

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have experimented with a lot of 15-minute sheet pan roasted veggie dinners. It just seemed natural to me to see what happens when you roast and combine both of these first of fall season veggies.

Cauliflower comes in many colors also. Here on the farm, we grow several varieties: Amazing which is a self-blanching white cauliflower; Graffiti, a beautiful, small-headed purple variety; and Cheddar, which is a golden yellow-orange variety. And for the most part, when you roast colored cauliflower it retains its color. So for a colorful variation of the recipe, I’m sharing this week, check out the many colors of cauliflower at the farmers market this month.

Eggplant also takes on many different shapes, sizes, and colors in the garden. Here on the farm, we grow the large Italian globe varieties, triviata and galine; two types of the long, Japanese varieties: orient express and orient charm and a beautiful white and pink striped variety: Listada de Gandia.

This winter, check out the many seed catalogs that come to your mailbox for these and many other colors shapes and sizes of eggplant and cauliflower. Both are very easy to grow in your garden or even in containers if you are short on space.

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Dice the eggplant and chop the cauliflower so that all are about the same size pieces. Toss both veggies with olive oil, salt & pepper in a large roasting pan, so they are all in one layer. Roast for 20 minutes until tender. In a mason jar, add all the dressing ingredients and shake vigorously to combine. If serving hot or at room temp and dressing and toss veggies in dressing and serve.

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On the morning of Friday, July 26th, I received a pet carrier containing a lively cargo. Essentially, it was a bucket of American Kestrels. Deb Saltis, of Falcon Heart Rescue, had initially taken them in as orphans. Although they all looked and acted like siblings, they haled from four different families.

Deb successfully raised them to fledgling stage, and my job (the easy part) was to reintroduce them into the wild. I decided to release them at Spring Farm’s Nature Sanctuary – a place with appropriate habitat and adequate resources for the species to perfect their skills. In anticipation of the release, I had the trails and access roads mowed. The gardens near the release site had their aisles cleared as well. This would provide the young birds with open ground to seek out their quarry – mainly insects and small rodents. Kestrels are pigeon-sized falcons, and unlike their larger cousins, Peregrine Falcons, they can happily survive on a diet of crickets and grasshoppers. This gives the juvenile kestrels an advantage over the immature young of most birds of prey species, which must learn to hunt by tackling prey that is larger and less readily available.

I’ve done other raptor releases in the past, and I thought I knew what to expect. Generally, when I set free rehabilitated raptors, they don’t stick around the release site for long. In fact, they often fly out of their cage and into the unknown as fast as possible, as if escaping the clutches of a demon. Regardless, despite my site preparation efforts, I knew I would be lucky if I saw any of the six falcons post-release. The previous summer I was fortunate that one of the “releasees” remained on site for an entire week. Last year, I wrote about that bird which I referred to as the “Garden Kestrel.” During that time, he became

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a colorful guardian of our largest wildflower garden. He would perch on the fence posts, occasionally swooping down to pounce on unsuspecting grasshoppers and katydids. I considered myself fortunate to see his hunting skills develop.

I put the carrier with the six Kestrels on top of the roof of our garden shed. I left the cage closed while I went off to do some other chores. Time on the roof would enable the young raptors to acclimate to the sights and sounds of the meadow. They would be safe enough up there since nothing on four legs would be able to scale the shed walls. When I got back an hour later, I could hear songbirds issuing alarm calls from around the meadow. Even though not one of the kestrels had left the carrier, the local robins, catbirds, and goldfinches somehow knew there were vipers in their midst, and their agitation took the form of alarm calls.

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The downy-crowned female was the last one to fly. She flew in a circle over the garden and landed back on the roof of the shed. Her first flight was agile, and her landing, not too jarring. She flew back up onto the top of the carrier where she was beset upon by a pair of irate robins. The female of the pair had a beak-full of earthworms, which I took as a sure indication she was feeding nestlings. She perched in a buckthorn tree near the shed and every two or three minutes she made a dive at the downy falcon.

While the downy female remained at the release site and parried the bombardment from the robins, the other five “releasees” were popping in and out of view. The male that was first to leave the carrier, made a strong flight back from the reforestation field and landed like a pro on top of a border tree. Flanked by robins and jays, the downy female took off again and headed towards her adopted brother’s perch. Soon after, for whatever reason,

the songbirds abruptly broke off their attack.

It was as if someone sounded the “all clear” siren. As soon as the songbirds were gone, another male Kestrel flew in and perched next to his brother. For a short time, I had three of the six “releasees” in view.

One of the males in the crown of the dead tree darted out on a quick foray over the meadow. He soon returned, landing next to his brother again. Soon after, something caught his eye, and he was up again. That time he sailed out of view. A lone Blue Jay, sensing that the score had evened up, took the opportunity to haze the remaining Kestrel. After the attack, he circled the meadow and disappeared into the north. No sooner did that male leave then his brother returned to the same dead tree.

He came in with his own band of irate songbirds on his heals – a robin, a waxwing, and two goldfinches. They all took turns diving at the diminutive falcon who weathered their fury as if it were a bout of heavy rain. He lowered his head and flinched his shoulders each time one grazed him. I was about to give up on finding the downy-crowned female when she suddenly emerged from foliage at the top of an ash tree. She had evaded her tormentors in the dense crown of that border tree.

In the early afternoon, I set out to locate as

many of the Kestrels as I could. I found one male perched high above our birdfeeder and being checked out by an Eastern Kingbird.

Kingbirds can be fierce protectors of their families and territories. They can be a force to contend with, but this individual had little to protect and only made a few half-hearted runs at the raptor before breaking off and going on its way. As I crossed the meadow and went by the pond, I could hear the downy-crowned female. She was giving incessant begging calls - “killy killy killy …”. I was pretty sure she was doing this in response to seeing me.

She associated people with food, which was not a particularly good thing. I continued to the main beaver pond where I saw two of the male Kestrels perched close together in a dead tree over the pond’s inlet. They seemed as natural as could be. When they weren’t casually preening, they were nodding their heads rapidly while taking in the sights and sounds of their new dynamic world. One of them uttered a volley of sharp calls as a Great Blue Heron flew beneath their branch.

I headed back up to the meadow to see how the downy-crowned female was coping. As soon as I entered her field of view, she began vocalizing again. Her insistent calls served to bring in one of the males from the beaver

One of the male Kestrels perches in a border tree

First flights look very good

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pond. I think he believed his sister was ringing the dinner bell.

He shot in and made an excellent landing on a bare limb in the Black Willow tree over the man-made pond. The pair were about ten feet away from each other in the same tree. Both kept their eyes on me as if they expected me to pull a mouse out of my pocket. That wasn’t about to happen. Soon the second male from the beaver pond glided in and landed not far from the other two. Instead of standing there and disappointing three hungry kestrels, I crossed the creek and headed up towards the wildflower garden. Before I could make it ten feet up the garden path, the downy female buzzed by me and landed on top of the carrier on the roof of the shed. She was looking at me expectantly and calling. I started to wonder if that one was truly ready for prime time. She did nothing to dispel my concerns when she flew in low circles around me while giving her “killy, killy” calls. She made another low pass over me before landing on a branch very close to one of her adopted brothers.

I left to do some chores, and when I returned a few hours later, the downy female had taken possession of a fence post on one of our small gardens above the wildflower meadow.

The two males I had been watching earlier were back together in the willow tree over the pond. I was encouraged that the female appeared to be in hunting mode. She intently studied the ground below her for the movement of insects. That all ended when she saw me. This time there was no delay, she took off, making a beeline for me. I thought she might try to land on my hat, but instead, she circled around and returned to the garden fence post. She did this twice more. The second time I was convinced she would have landed on me if I hadn’t ducked. At least she was getting some exercise. Indeed, her flights looked

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A yellow-shafted Flickers checks out one of the Kestrels good, and her landings were improving. Breaking her from her dependence on people would be the main hurdle to overcome. If my experience was any guide, that shouldn’t be too hard with a Kestrel. Still, it made me wonder what her history was and why she was so much more people-friendly than the others. Deb and I speculated that the folks who found her may have kept her too long before bringing her to the rehabilitation facility. Perhaps they tried feeding her while she was in hand, which is not a recommended method.

Two days after the release of the Kestrels, I was still encountering four of the original six. That Sunday morning, I came upon two females perched on fence posts at the small garden. It was the first time since the release day that I saw more than one female. The downy-crowned female was there, and she began begging when she caught sight of me. She then proceeded to make five low passes at me. Once she landed on a flimsy branch on a young willow tree on the bank of the man-made-pond. Her weight bent the branch over so far; I thought she might end up in the water. Fortunately, I didn’t need to dive in to rescue her. She flew back over the meadow and landed on the roof of a bluebird nest box. I vowed to stay out of her sight for the rest of the day to let her get on with Kestrel practice. She needed to become independent of people.

The next morning, I heard the downy Kestrel before I saw her. She was somewhere in the big Black Willow tree over the man-made-pond. After a few minutes, she flew out of her concealment, buzzed by me and landed on a broken-off tree trunk over the stream. As I watched from a distance, she poked around in a cavity in the side of the snag. At one point she got right inside it. Was she searching for insects in the wood? In the early afternoon, I saw her on one of the garden fence posts. One of the other females was with her. They took turns diving down into the garden – presumably after insects.

The downy Kestrel started begging when she saw me but didn’t come over right away. I think she was having too much fun with her adopted sister. I left them to it. Later, while I was walking through the meadow, I saw the sister Kestrel again.

She had prey in her talons, and she was winging her way to the west. That was the last time I saw that female.

On Tuesday morning, I couldn’t find the downy Kestrel – or rather, she wasn’t finding me. She wasn’t at the big garden, the wildflower meadow/pond area, nor near the birdfeeders.

I thought she had decided to move on as the other members of the clutch had done in the days previous. However, when I was at the beaver ponds, I began hearing her distinctive begging calls from the other side of the pond. She was on a broken-off branch near the top of a dead ash tree. She had

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seen me but resisted the urge to fly over. I sat behind the blind and watched her for a little while as she eagerly bobbed her head and took in her new surroundings. She was looking down a lot, perhaps at prey. Without warning, she dove down towards the muddy bank, swooped up at the last minute and landed firmly on a snag above the beaver lodge. Since I was unable to confirm that she had been eating and since she continued begging, Deb provided me with some food to leave out for her.

I would leave one mouse up on the roof of the shed each morning as long as she remained in the area. If she needed it, it was there, but it would be up to her to find it. As I entered her field of view, I heard her begging calls, but I didn’t see her. My eyes finally went towards the ground, where most birds of prey only rarely venture, and there she was, standing at the side of the pond having a drink. From there she hopped up to a log that was only a foot above the ground – a decidedly low perch for a raptor. Just when I thought I might need to recapture her and bring her back to rehab, she took off again and made a strong flight to an appropriately high snag. I decided to leave her be for a while, but as I turned to walk away, she flew directly at me and landed on my arm!

That was not a good sign at all. That was more proof that someone tried to raise this bird im-

properly, allowing it to bond with people. That is not recommended for a bird intended for wild release. She flew again; landing on a high branch of an ash tree above the pond. I left her for the time being. I still hadn’t seen her successfully catch something on her own, but the fact she was flying around so much, indicated that she must have obtained some sustenance.

Later that morning, I placed a dead mouse at the release site on the shed roof and then went about my business. Only minutes later, I heard the downy female giving her “killy killy killy” begging calls. She had come back from the beaver pond and was perched in a willow near the creek crossing. As I made my way back from the garden area, she flew over to the shed roof and found her food. She ate some of it there and took the rest back to her perch in the willow tree. I knew that by feeding her, we were running the risk of prolonging her dependency on people, but the alternative was not very bright either and would likely result in her living in a cage for the rest of her life or, at best, becoming an educational bird. At least this way, she could maintain her strength and continue to hone her hunting skills and thereby remain a wild bird.

I didn’t see her much for the balance of that day. The next morning, I again placed a mouse next to the release cage on the shed

roof and, just like before, the downy Kestrel came over and took it. In the afternoon, she was seen hunting for grasshoppers from the garden fence. I saw her catch one and eat it on a fence post. After that, she retired to her favorite willow and got lost in its branches. That was the last time I saw her. The food I put out for her on the following day remained un-eaten. I believe that she, like the five others in the clutch, had moved on. I was at least sure that she had acquired the proper skillset to survive on her own. Of course, her fate and the fate of the others would remain a mystery. That is the case with virtually all released rehab wildlife.

However, if someday a female Kestrel flies out of nowhere, lands on your arm and says, “killy killy killy..”, that may be our bird! •

Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident naturalist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manages a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt’s short nature videos can be viewed on the web. Look for Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary on Facebook.

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After the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor and Midway on number of points based on scholastic and athletic work, most likely for December 7, 1941, hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans rose his participation on the 1935 Ilion bombers football team that finished up to fight the Axis Powers. Hundreds from our area volunteered to risk 9-0. He was also the first to have his name inscribed on the diving event their lives in some of World War II’s bloodiest battles, in many different trophy for the Ilion Water Carnival. After graduating from Ilion, Bleau theatres of the war. The First Infantry Division is the oldest continu- went to The University of Alabama and studied physical education and was even a swimming and diving champion. ously serving combined arms division in the United It is stated he only went to Alabama for two States Army, fighting in almost every major battle years on his Enlistment records. Past records in US History for the past 102 years. Nicknamed have shown that he has worked for the Rem“The Bloody First” and “The Big Red One” for the ington Rand for a while before the war. On division’s prideful shoulder sleeve insignia, many February 7, 1941, Bleau enlisted in the Army of the men from Herkimer County served with this Air Corps and was commissioned as an ofdivision throughout the Second World War. Out of ficer in October 1942. A few months later, all of the men who served and laid down their lives, while back in the states, on April 17, 1943, he though we all honor them for their sacrifice, a small married his wife, Mary Jane Space of Clinton. group of men from Herkimer County went above Soon after in May 1943, he was back in the and beyond the call of duty. The most notable of front lines of combat, but this time in one of these men are 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth B. Bleau the bloodiest battles of the United States, the and 1st Lieutenant Walter J. Will. Both of these Allied Invasion of Normandy. It was during brave men served in the First Infantry Division this battle that that 2nd Lieutent Kenneth during World War II and have earned very prestiBleau ultimately served his country in the gious medals for their valor on the front lines.

1st Infantry Division and earned himself one 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth B. Bleau of the nation’s highest honors. This was one Kenneth Bleau (third from left) being congrat Many of the sources state differing records of the first groups to land on the beaches of ulated by Major General Clarence Huebner about Kenneth Bleau for an unknown reason, reNormandy; Bleau was set to land on Omaha sulting in confusing research, but everything listed Beach. On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord will be from the most reliable source. started when over 13,000 paratroopers para Kenneth B. Bleau was born on August 27, 1916, in the village of Ilion in Herkimer County. He was the son of Louis B. chuted behind enemy lines in the earlier hours of the day. Then in the and Bessie Suters Bleau and was the sixth of eight siblings. He was early morning, soldiers from many different allied countries landed on known for his great athleticism in the sports of football, tennis, track, the beaches. When Kenneth landed, his platoon was under heavy fire and basketball, but most importantly, was an extraordinary swimmer from the German bunkers. During this confrontation, the famous US and diver. He was a graduate of Ilion High School in 1936 and was an Army General George A. Taylor stated: “There are two kinds of people officer for the Ilion Tennis Club. In 1935, Bleau was the recipient of who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are the Lever Cup, a trophy given to the boy who has earned the greatest going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here.” After this, Bleau and two

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others would follow this General’s quote and become a trio who killed 100 Germans. Many sources state different records of this event. Some indicate his heroic act was after, reaching the top of the beach defenses.

Others suggest that it was later on after the landings. In either account, Bleau was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second-highest honor. His citation reads : “The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant Kenneth Bleau, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on June 6 1944, in France. Second Lieutenant Bleau, with complete disregard for his own safety, personally reconnoitered a path through an intricate and dense minefield under heavy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire. He then led his men through the gap to a German dominated ridge. When his unit was completely surrounded on the ridge by enemy riflemen, and two hostile machine guns fired at point blank range threatening to annihilate his company, Second Lieutenant Bleau crawled forward to within twenty yards of one of the weapons and destroyed the gun and crew with hand grenades. He then fearlessly charged the second emplacement and knocked it out of action. Later, during two hostile counterattacks, Second Lieutenant Bleau engaged the enemy in violent hand-to-hand combat, personally killing five Germans and wounding many others. By his heroic achievement, exemplary bravery and devotion to duty, Second Lieutenant Bleau acted in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.”

It is unclear if this happened during the beach landings or later on clearing out the towns and houses beyond the beaches. Kenneth Bleau has also earned a presidential unit citation for defending an entire town overnight with thirteen other men and was personally congratulated

by Major General Clarence R. Huebner. In all of the chaos happening around Kenneth, all he suffered was an ear wound, earning him the Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart. He would ultimately serve and lose his life during the Battle of Brest. It is unclear if he died on August 1 or August 6, 1944, as he wrote a letter to his mother on August 1 saying he “would probably be in action soon.” 2nd Lt. Kenneth Bleau is also mentioned in the book “The Dead and Those About To Die” by John C. McManus. Kenneth Bleau is buried in Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial - Saint James, Department de la Manche, Basse - Normandie, France at Plot D, Row 13, Grave 7. He also has a small memorial at Ilion Armory Cemetery.

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He courageously exposed himself to wither- continued to crawl through intense enemy fire to 2nd Lt. Kenneth B. Bleau and 1st Lt. Walter ing hostile fire to rescue 2 wounded men and within 20 feet of the second position where he J. Will have been somewhat unknown in our lothen, although painfully wounded himself, leaped to his feet, made a lone, ferocious charge cal history’s past. Only a few articles have ever (Top left to bottom right, in order.) made a third trip to carry another soldier to safety and captured the gun and its 9-man crew. Observ- mentioned them, and each one explains similar from an open● area. Ignoring the profuse bleeding information. This arcticle acknowledges their ing another platoonat pinned by 2 more Ger- 1936.

Kenneth Bleau’s senior portrait Iliondown High School of his wound, he gallantly led men of his platoon man machine guns, he led a squad on a flanking significance in our local history as well as our Kenneth Bleau (thirdapproach from left) being Major General Clarence R. forward until ● they were pinned down by murdernation’s history.

Kenneth and Walter will forever and, rising to hiscongratulated knees in the face of by ous flanking fire from 2 enemy machine guns. direct fire, coolly and deliberately lobbed 3 gre- be heroes of the Second World War and in the Huebner and the two others that killed 100 Germans and defended the town.

He fearlessly crawled alone to within 30 feet of nades at the Germans, silencing 1 gun and killing 1st Infantry Division. Their heroic actions in the the first enemy killed theBleau’s crew of 4 and ● position, Kenneth headstone. its crew. With tenacious aggressiveness, he ran time of grave danger have directed their path into silenced the gun with accurate grenade fire. He toward the other gun and knocked it out with gre- becoming legends. •

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by Peggy Spencer Behrendt

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It’s been forty-five years since we spent our first night in our little scrap wood cottage in the forest of Shawangunk. Late Saturday afternoon on August 31st, 1974, we left the Parsonage in Barneveld with our old truck laden with our belongings, some of them dangling from the sides, like a scene from the dust bowl. I’d put a couple of eggs safely tucked away in the glove compartment; Skeeziks, the cat, was on my lap; Henny and Penny the chickens were in a loose burlap sack at my feet; and my idealistic, adventurous, best friend/lover/husband, Tim, behind the wheel. I had a sore throat, and he looked rather grim. He’d had a painful farewell with some nice people.

We’d worked hard throughout spring and summer collecting scrap wood and building our new home. Tim had only a little carpentry experience. I had none. Sometimes we felt a little like kids building a playhouse in the woods, and at other times like pioneers carving a home in the wilderness.

We were partly running away from civilization because we felt disillusioned by the direction our culture was going in. Consumerism was increasing; war (Vietnam at this time) was an accepted means to solve international disputes; sport hunting was an acceptable way to rationalize the war on wildlife; many natural areas were being poisoned and degraded by chemicals and other human-caused catastrophes such as: “Love Canal” in Niagara Falls, andthe Three Mile Island nuclear power break down in PA, and the burning of the Cuyahoga River in Ohio.

Besides the desire to escape, we also felt that the best way to create a new,

In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures and also her childhood memories growing up in Westmoreland.

more humane reality was to implement it in our own space. We determined that to own land was the best way to protect it. We had a mutual vision. We hoped to practice a wholesome lifestyle minimally impacting the flora, fauna, and elements of the earth, living in peace with each other and our fellow creatures with dignity, flexibility, and high ethical values. Some of our friends and relatives thought we were foolish idealists. But it has been a fun, challenging, and interesting challenge. A great experiment!

Others wanted to go “Back to the Earth” in 1974. Many tried, and it didn’t work for them, but we are still here, and I attribute it mainly to working as a team. I don’t think either of us could have done it alone.

It is a comfort, 45 years later, to feel that we have not wasted our lives. We managed to acquire 330 acres and can practice better stewardship of about 500 acres of precious forest wetlands (our children and friends now own some). One professional source estimates that thirteen million gallons of water is

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We hadn’t had a chance to spend a night in our new home yet. Despite my sore throat, it was exciting, and scary, and wonderful; sleeping in the woods together, in our own house, on our own land for the first time!

That first night was very long and mysterious. I didn’t sleep much, perhaps because it was so supremely and strangely quiet

The first picture of Tim and Peg together, 1972

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Tim, when we were contemplating moving to the woods

and dark compared to a village night!

Numerous stars peeked behind swiftly moving cloud ghosts, almost touching the tree tops. The air wafting through the open window by our bed was cool and crisp, gently scented by balsam trees. An occasional call from some forest creature or a dreaming bird echoed among the trees. Yes, this looked to be a quiet sort of adventure compared to those that came before but would turn out to be our most life-changing one.

Tim’s biggest adventures before this had been playing in collegiate football stadiums packed with people, saving close to 40 people from drowning when he was a lifeguard on Lake Erie, and speaking in front of large groups of people. Mine had been merely going camping with relatives, then leaving home to attend college.

One of Tim’s best-publicized football games was when his college team played against his brother’s college team. “Behrendt Brothers Grapple at the Grid-Iron” one newspaper printed.

Tim was a freshman at Denison University on a football scholarship but not on first-string yet. It was a huge disappointment, and a bit humiliating that his coach didn’t put him in the game, which ended in a tie.

In elementary school, young Timmy and his friends could sneak into a game by crawling under the chain-link fence that circled the field through a tiny depression behind a bush. Later, he was able to watch from the sidelines for free because his father, editor for the “Harbor Mariner,” gave him a Brownie Reflex camera to take pictures. Tim was accepted on the Varsity team while still in junior high, noticeably lots smaller than the other players.

Trips with my Great Aunt Marion were my great adventures.

She was only four years older

Peg’s Great Aunt Marion was a big influence and lots of fun

than my mom but unmarried, so she had extra time and energy to spend on us, and we adored her! She must have heard us shout, “Aunt Marion!” “Aunt Marion!” dozens of times per visit. She and Grandma Ethel (her older sister by 20 years), were deeply religious leaders at their church. They both spent lots of time on the phone counseling and comforting fellow parishioners. Observing and being with them has probably helped make me comfortable living with a minister.

We had many merry trips together, singing songs at the top of our lungs like: “The Happy Wanderer” with the wind from the open windows tossing our

Peg learns carpentry while building the house with Tim

hair. We stopped at a scenic view for our lunch packed in a big, tin picnic box with lemonade from a giant, glass-lined thermos painted a scotch plaid. Some of our meals consisted simply of apple pieces dipped in peanut butter, and Ovaltine made with hot water from a tap or thermos. Sometimes we took old Routes 12 & 28 north to stay at her friend’s cottage among the fragrant pines at White Lake. On one trip, I had to slide under her car to wire up her dangling muffler. Each day, I’d listen impatiently, but politely, while she read the church lesson aloud in her kindly, melodious voice. Then we took off to play among the white pines. We used a make-shift outhouse consisting of a tin bucket hidden in a circle of blankets hung between trees. Grandma Ethel once tipped it over, resulting in an unusual fit of giggling between her and her sister. Whenever I smell citronella, I remember camping with Aunt Marion.

She was a bit more liberal in her supervision than Mom and Dad were. One time, when I

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Tim and his brother Dave played on opposing collegiate teams. w a s alone on the little patch of beach nearby, I foolishly and innocently accepted a ride from a young, handsome, boater. He took me swimming at another beach, and I was shocked to receive an underwater kiss.

When I gazed with yearning across the water at my home beach and commented that I could probably swim that far, he decided it was time to give me a ride back.

Some of my trips with Tim could be just as crazy. One time, we attempted to sleep together in the cab of our 1950 Willies Jeep truck because we couldn’t afford a motel.

But we didn’t get much rest. It was too cold for the open truck bed, the seat was too nar-

row for two, and the stick shift interfered with lying on the floor. Another time, we had to spend the night in a hospital waiting room while a dear one was having a serious operation. We weren’t “allowed” to lie down on the chairs, and I was desperately tired.

A three-sided, tall, wooden magazine rack stood in the room. I decided to climb inside and curled up on cross pieces of 2” x 4” beams. Tim would whistle or sing to cover up any snoring I may have been doing when an attendant came in.

Much of the time, we were managing with exceptionally minimal financial resources, which made for stressful situations like these, but the warmth and caring we shared was boundless.

When our children were little, they would sneak into the parsonage study for reassuring hugs from their dad, or run in for consolation with tears streaming down their little, pink

cheeks. He had an old stuffed rocker with swan neck arms to rock them in until eyes dried and broken hearts were made whole. If he was too busy to pay adequate attention, his son learned as a toddler that he could get it by covertly pushing Tim’s books toward the edge of his desk, inch by inch, until they were in danger of falling off.

That same rocker has had a magical attraction to three generations of our children, now.

If he leaves it for a second, a nearby child will invariably climb into it and sit proudly with a smug smile having captured territory before Tim returns. And if I start tossing

Tim and Peg still harvest wild apples in the fall.

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Tim, 82, and Peg, 70, still homesteading in 2019 clothes or laundry onto it from the loft above, it will be suddenly occupied by a giggling presence thrilled to get buried under a mound of soft fabric.

We did not totally drop out forty-five years ago. Tim worked hard at social reforms: serving churches in the Utica area for 30 years; serving on boards of Planned Parenthood, Mohawk Valley Memorial Society, New School of Utica, United Nations Association; and writing letters to the editor, etc. He once received a Congressional Citation for Community Service, and was listed in Who’s Who in America. I felt that I served as the “wind beneath his wings,” as

I preferred not to be outspoken, but worked hard to be a supportive friend/lover/spouse.

I focused on good nutrition, housekeeping, growing our own food and harvesting wild foods, as well as using my musical skills to complement his church work.

We have grown up, and grown old in our little handmade, scrap wood cottage in this big, beautiful, wetland forest. We’re still healthy and active but are perceptibly slowing down. We’ve fulfilled many dreams and learned to accept those we can’t fulfill. I believe we’ve done well; holding fast to good values, making a positive contribution to our planet and society, minimizing negative impact. We have a close and loving family, many of whom live nearby. I love to stroll down Shawangunk Road and bump into one of our children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren who are also on a walk. We stand there in the middle of our dirt road commenting about the bugs, weather, or where the beavers have built their pond this year.

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Through the years I’ve had guys come up to me with some outthere musical ideas. One of these was my good friend Sean O’Shea who told me “I’ve started a new band. We play pirate music”. I was a bit surprised, but it’s pretty good. You can catch The Paddy Nappers at the Royalty and Rogues Festival...

Paddy Nappers Bring Pirate Songs and Shenanigans to Festival The Central New York music scene boasts a myriad of bands of all different genres. The Paddy Nappers add yet another dimension--sea shanties and Irish party songs with a treasure chest full of humor and improvisation, performed by pirates in a rollicking family-friendly extravaganza. The Paddy Nappers will be bringing their fun-filled musical show to the Royalty and Rogues Festival 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29 on the grounds of the Stittville Fireman’s Field.

The Paddy Nappers are Captain William Morton, vocals; LadyBaileyQ, vocals and guitar; Pirate Queen Quigly, vocals and bodhrán; Sean O’Shea, vocals, harmonica, and tin whistle; Arabella the Celt, vocals; Liam the Reticent, banjo; and Maire Mairead on fiddle.

While members of the group are all experienced musicians and singers, a Paddy Nappers show is more than just music. The stage show consists of onstage improvisational comedy bits with audience participation. “It’s modern-day Vaudeville performed by rowdy pirates,” Captain Morton said. “The music is fun, it’s lively, and everyone can clap along, dance, and even sing-along because many of the songs feature call and response verses. It’s music, it’s comedy, it’s interactive, and,

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because a lot of what we do onstage relies on improvisation, no two shows are ever the same.”

The stage show is only one part of the Paddy Nappers experience.

Throughout the day as the festival commences, members of the group are entertaining the crowds with music, characterizations, and simulated “floggings.” A member of the crowd is selected and brought forth for a taste of “Sea Justice.” Charges are read, and the audience either acquits or convicts the person. “It’s always a conviction,” Morton smiled. The person is then comically “flogged” to the delight of the crowd.

Morton cites the group’s strength in the interplay between the crew and the audience members. “I like to think that everyone, at some point, has fantasized about living a life as a carefree, rowdy pirate,” he said. “We give them a glimmer of what that’s like, and everyone enjoys it.”

In addition to the Paddy Nappers, the Royalty and Rogues Festival will feature more musical acts, a king and queen, puppeteers, storytelling, medieval combat, dancing witches, and Disney Princesses. More than 20 craft artisans will also be on-site as well as a variety of food vendors.

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Stathis Greek Restaurant & Gyro, Utica . . . . .

The Tailor and The Cook, Utica . . . . . . . . . .

Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Willie’s The Original Bagel Cafe, Utica . . .

The Willows, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Voss Bar B-Q, Yorkville, Ilion & Marcy . . .

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Roofing Mohawk Metal, Westmoreland . . . . . . . . 73 Sewing and Mending The Gathering Place, Poland . . . . . . . . . 37 Sharpening Services Ron’s Sharpening, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sheds and Garages Shafer & Sons Storage Sheds, Westmoreland . . 38

Cedar Ridge plays during the 2018 Bluegrass, Bikes & BBQ Festival in Little Falls, September 2018 LITTLE FALLS – Bluegrass, Bikes & BBQ is an annual festival held at Canal Place in Little Falls, and co-sponsored by the City of Little Falls Tourism Committee and the YMCA. The festival offers entertainment for people of all ages, celebrating creative expression and nurturing the art of songwriting. The 2019 festival will be held on September 7th, 2019 from 2 pm to 11 pm in the city’s historic Canal Place, a family-friendly outdoor environment with interactive demonstrations, continuous music, food and fun throughout the day. For more information about the festival, contact David E. Warner, Festival Event Director, at (315) 508-5310 or email dave@littlefallsbluegrassfestival.com.

Tramp and Trail Club of Utica September Schedule

Hike to Oxbow Falls September 2018 Established in 1921, the Tramp and Trail Club of Utica is the oldest hiking club in New York State. Hikes vary in length from an afternoon walk, to an all day cross-country ski trip, to a 15-16 mile climb in the ADK High Peaks. For more information visit: trampntrail.org September 2019 Schedule. Phone number included for more info.

Sun., Sept 1: Beaver River Canoe/Kayak • 315-736-2564 Mon., Sept 2: Valley Rd. to Bouckville Bike • 315-723-0085 Sat., Sept. 7: Mohawk River Trail Hike • 315-723-6332 Sat., Sept. 14: Great Camp Santanoni Bike • 315-794-6770 Sat., Sept. 14: Open Hike Hike • 315-768-7374 Sun., Sept. 15: Blue Ledges on the Hudson Hike • 518-582-5507 Sat., Sept. 21: Fox’s Falls Hike • 315-768-3145 Sun., Sept. 22: Humphrey Mountain Hike • 315-525-0366 Sat., Sept. 28: Robert Woodruff Learning Center Hike • 315-768-3145 Sun., Sept. 29: Good Day Sunrise Hike • 315-525-1858 (text only)

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Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Sneaker Store, New Hartford . . . . . . 61 The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 73 Small Engine Repair J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . 53

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Snowmobiles/ATVs Hobby Hill Farm, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tents (events) Brownie Tent, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Toy Shops Lady & Leap Toy Shop, New Hartford . . . . 49

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Trailers and Truck Caps Boulevard Trailers, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . 9

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Tree Services and Tree Farms Rick Turk Tree Service, Rome . . . . . . . . 60

Last month’s answer to “the summer sound I hear”: Cicada Song

U-Pick Strawberries Juliano’s Farm and Greenhouses, Utica . . . . . 11

The droning sound of the cicada usually coincides with the heat of late summer in the northeast. When cicadas moult, they leave behind an exuvia, or exoskeleton.

Vacuum Sales Rainbow, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Winner drawn: Eugene Lyszczarz of Utica

Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Weddings and Banquets Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 57 Wellness Universal Wellness New Hartford . . . . . . . . 29 Yarn and Knitting Supplies Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 7 Yogurt Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . . 72

Answer to last month’s puzzle: Blueberries Winner: Becky Covey of Barneveld

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