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Name Game

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

There’s a nice guy at church that I have said hello to for years. It is far too late in the game to...
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In the Bag

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I usually carry about $20. I have gotten out of the habit of using cash, because nearly everything...
Elise Seyfried
Labeled

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Thanks to my job, and my membership in various organizations, I regularly sport name tags or other...
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Adobo Tacos–Meat-free, Dairy-free, Oil-free

dorothy_greet

6 years ago

What a treat to have visiting chefs, Michele and Robb, make one of their favorite dinners for us...
Elise Seyfried
Good Investments

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

We don’t play the stock market. Our family “portfolio” is a tattered manila folder containing a...
Elise Seyfried
Office Space

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

When it comes to room makeovers, I am very very slow to act. While I adore the idea of a...
Elise Seyfried
Kazoos in Jericho

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Question: “Who is somebody who lives in your house with you?” Four Year Old’s Answer: “Jesus!!”...
Elise Seyfried
Normal? Or Not?

Eiise Seyfried

6 years ago

My goodness, someone is a happy busy bee lately! The last few weeks I have been buzzing around my...
Elise Seyfried
Elton and Me

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

So what was up with you a year ago next week? Me? Oh, thanks for asking. Nothing much, I was just...
Elise Seyfried
Balletomania

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I am in awe of ballet dancers. Such beauty! Such grace! And on feet that have been brutalized by...
Elise Seyfried
Home Improvement

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

For the longest time in our humble abode, what you saw was what you got. We clung to the originals...
Elise Seyfried
A Pressing Issue

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Does ANYONE iron anymore? I ask this because I honestly want to know why so many self-professed non...
Elise Seyfried
Land(line) Ho!

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

As all couples do, Steve and I have our occasional differences of opinion. Over predictable things...
Elise Seyfried
Funlandia

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I’d been feeling there was something missing from the summers of 2006-16. It finally dawned on me...
Elise Seyfried
Unshakeable

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I hate coughing. I realize that NO one enjoys that nagging holder-on at the tail end of a cold...
Elise Seyfried
Our Brooklyn Thanksgiving

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”--Leo Tolstoy, ...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Wednesday night races

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

VALCOUR ISLAND, LAKE CHAMPLAIN - Sunday afternoon and we’re anchored in a cove just south of Bluff...
Elise Seyfried
Wishing it was Fiction

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

My book club has been reading Educated , the bestseller by Tara Westover. Westover tells...
Elise Seyfried
Coming Up Rose’s

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

The following is an excerpt from The Bible: A Review, a really funny post from my...
Elise Seyfried
Wedding Bell Blues

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I didn’t wear my mom’s wedding gown when I married Steve, because Mom had no idea what had happened...
Elise Seyfried
Depth Perception

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

My eyesight has been deteriorating since I turned 50. At first I just wore glasses for driving; it’...
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What Would Greta Do?

dorothy_greet

6 years ago

Greta Thunberg is on her way to the United States. She has been invited to participate at the UN...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Architecture and art

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

“Art succeeds as art to the extent to which it enhances the sense of brotherhood among people...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Ticonderoga sunset elegy

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

MOUTH OF EAST CREEK - We anchored near the southern end of Lake Champlain, within eyesight of Mt...
Elise Seyfried
Scooped

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I am scooped more often than a quart of Ben and Jerry’s. And I hate it. Every now and again, I come...
Elise Seyfried
People Pleasing Christian

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Reason #1001 why I am not Saint Paul: “Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I...
Elise Seyfried
Visiting the Band (and Our Daughters)

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

A bright Springtime sun shone that day, and the weather was only part of the warmth I felt. It was...
Elise Seyfried
Coffee (and Tea) with C

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

“I was so mad at him,” sighed Margaret. “I found out he’d gotten my engagement ring as a prize from...
Elise Seyfried
Imperssionist Impressions

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I made a new friend recently, and I’m so excited. Her name is Berthe Morisot, and she’s a GREAT...
Elise Seyfried
Seyf’s Table

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

We are hooked on the Netflix documentary series “Chef’s Table,” extraordinary videos that profile...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Partying with the locals at...

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

WHITEHALL, NEW YORK - This town where the Hudson River and its Champlain Canal meet up with Lake...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Connecting the dots between...

dennis_forney

6 years ago

FORT ANN - We started the day where we ended yesterday, at a free dock in this little canalside...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Through Albany and then 13 locks

dennis_forney

6 years ago

CHAMPLAIN CANAL - We left Albany yesterday morning. Two days at Albany Yacht Club. $25 bucks per...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Interesting sights along the...

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

CATSKILL, HEADING NORTH - It’s a big river folks and we’re still heading north. The high hills of...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - United States Military Academy

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

WEST POINT - The Hudson River dives deep here at this bend in the river. Almost 200 feet. After...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Making our way up the river

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

POUGHKEEPSIE YACHT CLUB - A natural, wood-sided clubhouse perches on a bluff. It overlooks a...
Elise Seyfried
Unbalanced

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I was sitting on the beach this morning, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a...
Elise Seyfried
Beloved Communities

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Last March, there were two significant Seyfried events the same day: my book launch party in the...
Elise Seyfried
Of Clowns and Newborns

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Question: What do a Chatter the Clown performance and the delivery room in Chestnut Hill Hospital...
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MEAT & GREET

dorothy_greet

6 years ago

My name is Dorothy GREET and I eat no MEAT. That was not so the first 70 years of my life for I am...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Fireman’s Parade; Rockefeller...

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

TARRYTOWN -This village above the Tappan Zee Bridge lies between Irvington and Sleepy Hollow...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Gender, Dutch influence, Nyack

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

I don’t hear people refer to the Hudson River as he or she. They often refer to vessels as she. We’...
Elise Seyfried
SO Selective

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

You’d think his teacher would have pulled the plug on this scam. But no, we received an impressive...
Elise Seyfried
The Lost Children

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

How many children do you have? Two, we answer, thinking three, or three, thinking...
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Slice & Spice, Roast & Relax

dorothy_greet

6 years ago

If you’re looking for quick and easy, delicious and nutritious Plant-Based eating, here’s a winner...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - New York City connections

Dennis Forney s

6 years ago

NYACK - Tide rising again. Wind out of the south. Morning dawning on the Hudson. Calling for rain...
Elise Seyfried
Serendipitous Synchronicity

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Synchronicity: meaningful coincidence Serendipity: finding something valuable and...
Elise Seyfried
ER

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

As the mother of five children, three of them boys, I feel very lucky that my trips to the...
Barefootin'
HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - New York City morning

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

The Hudson flows by constantly, dirty and brown this early August morning. Old wooden floating...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Remarkable Sandy Hook clammers

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019 The Highlands and Sandy Hook mark the northern end of the Jersey shore. A...