Thanks to the “Swap Shop” at the dump in Skaneateles, N.Y., I was able to procure a tattered but serviceable copy of Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage by Emily Post. It’s the 1940 edition of the classic first published in 1922. I share some excerpts in the assurance that should you ever be [...]
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Emily Post
Posted in Libraries, Literature, Skaneateles, Tea, Whiskey on October 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Air Mail
Posted in Art, Aviation, Mail, Rubber Stamps, Skaneateles on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When my daughter went to Ecuador for ten months, I wanted something unique for the letters I sent to her from Skaneateles. The idea was mine, but the execution was by Jon Cammarata, to whom I am very grateful.
Litter in Skaneateles, Labor Day
Posted in Litter, Skaneateles on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have great respect for firemen, and the volunteer firemen of Skaneateles in particular, and I hope that next year their fund-raiser is a bridge tournament, rather than a carnival directly across the street from my house. More specifically, I hope their carnival is not followed by a holiday, during which the workers of the [...]
Awning
Posted in Environment, Photography, Skaneateles on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seen on my walk home, a tree fungus serving as an awning over the entrance to a squirrel’s nest.
Culinary Art
Posted in Food, Skaneateles on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I sing the praises of the Klondike Choco Taco, Fudge Grandé (for which the fine print reads, “Fudge Rippled Artificially Flavored Reduced Fat Vanilla Ice Cream in a Sugar Taco Cone with Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating & Peanuts, Artificial Flavor Added, This Is Not a Reduced Fat Snack”) which topped my last meal [...]
Morning Sky
Posted in Skaneateles on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Moon and clouds over St. Mary’s of the Lake at dawn on Sunday.
