Blue Mountain Lake, New York

I met a lot of people this weekend, shared a lot of stories. Now we wander back home with a few new memories.

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Canastota, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Today was a tough day, a goodbye to my wife’s step-mother who loved her as her on child. The 16 of us took a walk in the woods, together and alone. Husbands and sons and nieces and nephews, each of us touched by her grace and goodwill.

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

We are up here for a family gathering, meetings and partings. My father-in-law and I wandered down to the shore where we met Joe Cookie who was happy to tell us all about life on Blue Mountain Lake, his work at the lodge and the photojournalist’s work he was trying to save and scan.

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Syracuse, New York

We are in Central New York for a spell, stopped in at my old school to wander and reminisce and marvel at how much the facilities have changed. But this glass wall, in the foyer to Newhouse I, is where we found out as first year students if we had passed the grammar, spelling and punctuaiton test. After scoring, they’d tape up long lists of grades and, I’m not making this up, Social Security numbers – find your number, see if yuo needed to take the test again.

Life was different.

After meandering on campus, we meandered across the Adirondacks.

Syracuse, New York

Canastota, New York

Canastota, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Syracuse, New York

I have missed this place.

Athens, Georgia

Someone’s been cleaning up at the grocery store.

Athens, Georgia

On a walk across campus, I found a student sitting quietly. We all need a little of this right now.

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Meanwhile, construction in the newsroom is moving along – carpet going in.

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia