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Becoming the pool man I always wanted to be
LISTEN Ralph Gardner Jr./Frog footbridge Our pool seemed to be doing well, if not great. It finally resigned itself to shaping up in late spring, in recent weeks even turning a characteristic shade of...
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the Climate Carnival is coming!
LISTEN Columbia County is throwing its first ever climate carnival on Saturday, July 16th. It’s happening from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Columbia County fairgrounds in Chatham, N.Y. But as I write this...
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It’s National Dog Bite Awareness Wee
LISTEN Courtesy Of Ralph Gardner Jr./ Wallie by Beth Rundquist You may have gotten one in your mailbox or inbox, too. It’s a flier from the United States Postal Service announcing that June 5th...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2022 — it’s the time of your life
Taconic High School graduates celebrate after the 2021 commencement. There is nothing quite like the feeling of school getting out for the summer — especially if it’s your high school graduation...
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Seeing the Hudson Valley through fresh eyes
May 20,2022 Upon returning to the Hudson Valley following a monthlong trip to the West Coast and Canada, a dip in the 70-degree pond was a refreshing taste of home.PHOTO provided BY RALPH GARDNER...
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What would Ed Koch have thought?
The New York Times ran a long story last week, an expose really, dragging former New York City Mayor Ed Koch out of the closet. Koch, who died in 2013, denied his homosexuality throughout his life....
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The unambitious tourist
LISTEN • 5:22 Ralph Gardner Jr./Big Sur, California As we’ve made our way up the California coastline into Oregon and now Washington State friends and strangers have expressed their admiration for our...
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Meet the redwoods
LISTEN • 5:25 Ralph Gardner Jr. /The Redwood forest above Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn Have you ever experienced this: you’re walking down the street, or some sort of artery, when your eyes rest on a...
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On the road, finally.
April 23, 2022 Ralph and Deborah Gardner with movie director Henry Jaglom, center, in Santa Monica, Calif. PHOTO PROVIDED BY RALPH GARDNER JR. GHENT, N.Y. — My wife is calling our...
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Here’s my top pick
By Ralph Gardner Jr. April 9, 2022 PHOTO PROVIDED BY BRANDON BLINKENBERG Maybe it’s my time of life or the state of geopolitics, but I find myself taking refuge in stories that avoid bad news. As far...
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Who has the most interesting background when it comes to news reporting via...
By Ralph Gardner Jr. March 25, 2022 GHENT, N.Y. — A friend of mine who has many virtues, though I’ve never considered acute observations skills among them, was discussing a subject, one might go...
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Togo
LISTEN Ralph Gardner, Jr. /Cover of “Togo” by Philip Hecksher Between wars and epidemics I’ve lately found myself escaping into literature. Not all the time. My weekly iPhone activity statistics,...
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Forever Prepping
LISTEN I pride myself on being slightly ahead of the curve in matters relating to self-preservation. In the pandemic’s earliest days I bought a freezer for the basement before they sold out. The...
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After A mice ate a priceless family heirloom, I took matters into my own hands
GHENT, N.Y. — There’s an attractive rug in our guest bedroom. I don’t know what kind of rug it is, but it’s been in our family a long time. I found a photo of it sitting in my grandparents’...
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Mr. Currant
LISTEN Ralph Gardner, Jr./Greg Quinn at his currant farm in Staatsburg,NY I can’t remember how the subject of currants came up. I’m not talking about electrical currents or current events. I’m...
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My plastic bag problem
LISTEN I don’t typically read the labels on products, especially those I’m not planning to digest. But the label splashed across a newly purchased spray bottle of Windex was impossible to miss....
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I’d rather be skiing
LISTEN I wasn’t supposed to be sitting here writing this commentary. I was supposed to be skiing in Vermont and doing some male bonding. But a balky back changed my plans without asking me first. I...
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The value of Tiffany money
February 12, 2022 With regard to Tiffany & Co. items that were in his family, the author has wrestled with the price of sentimentality.PHOTO PROVIDED BY RALPH GARDNER JR. I should have known it...
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The argument for chickadees
LISTEN If you were limited to one beverage for the rest of your life what would it be? As much as I enjoy the complexity of single malt scotch and am of the immutable belief that nothing hits the...
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When workers went out to lunch
LISTEN Photo Courtesy Of The Author The writer testing Google Glass at Google’s NYC headquarters in 2013. Fair warning: The following commentary is self-congratulatory and may not be appropriate for...
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