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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, ...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Barefootin'
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...
Elise Seyfried
Dream Come True

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

t may just be that I have a screwy imagination, but nothing is ever as I dreamed it would be. The...
Barefootin'
HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Juking up Jersey’s coast

Dennis Forney

6 years ago

3 AUGUST 2019, SATURDAY HORSESHOE COVE, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY “Counting the cars on the New...
Elise Seyfried
Feelin’ Not So Groovy

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

August marks the 50 th anniversary of Woodstock, the psychedelic rock festival that pretty much...
Elise Seyfried
Airborne

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

My first flight was from Atlanta to New York in December of 1968. My family had moved south the...
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...
Elise Seyfried
Gap Years

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

I brag about the journals I kept for each of my five kids. My listener logically assumes that I...
Elise Seyfried
I’m Back!

Elise Seyfried

6 years ago

Hello dear Cape Gazette friends! After a two year absence, I am blogging again for the Cape Gazette...
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Disarming Gazpacho

dorothy_greet

6 years ago

This refreshing summer “salad soup” is so easy to make that even a one-armed granny can pull it off...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Delaware Shore Championship Night Summer 2019

meisenhour

6 years ago

Summer League recap for Championship Night, July 17, 2019 Elementary Division A true championship...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Delaware Shore Week Six results - part 1

meisenhour

6 years ago

Summer League recap for the week of July 15, 2019 Elementary Division The #1 seeded Dunes moved...
Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond
TECUMSEH

Harrison_Howeth

6 years ago

HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND TECHUMSEH A DELAWARE BAY, SICONSES, ALGONQUIAN, LENAPE HENLOPEN...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Week Five Delaware Shore Results

meisenhour

6 years ago

Summer League recap for the week of July 8, 2019 Elementary Division Kailey McMahon who score with...
Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond
THE ROAD TO FENWICK ISLAND 1915

Harrison_Howeth

6 years ago

HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND ON THE ROAD TO FENWICK ISLAND FROM REHOBOTH February 9, 1915:...