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  • A Special Place

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    July will mark the 50th anniversary of my arrival in Canton and while I have been retired for eight years, I still marvel at the attraction St. Lawrence has for its athletic staff. My original plan was to stay two or three years at St. Lawrence and then move onto something bigger. While I did…

  • The Saga of a Job Transition

    The Saga of a Job Transition

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    I really enjoyed my time as a newspaper journalist, both at the Messenger and Sunday News and then seven years at the Burlington Free Press. I learned a lot, grew a lot as a writer and met tons and tons of great people…coaches, student-athletes and parents. My first year at the Free Press did not…

  • MyWay                                           

    MyWay                                           

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    I’ve lived a life that’s fullI travelled each and every highwayAnd more, much more than thisI did it my way Regrets I’ve had a fewBut then again, too few to mentionI did what I had to doAnd saw it through without exemption From Frank Sinatra’s ”My Way” written by Paul Anka and Claude Francois. If…

  • The Assistants

    The Assistants

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    When I started at SLU we had 13 sports…when I left there were 35 varsity sports. I started with just me in the office and got tons of help typing play by play and other things at games from secretary Beth Cheney. The other secretaries at the PR office, Rita Hewlitt and Mary Hought helped…

  • Escaping the Cold

    Escaping the Cold

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    Since retiring, I have taken the opportunity to flee the cold of winter in the North Country. When I was younger and my knees and the rest of my body more willing, I enjoyed the winter months. When I wasn’t working and trekking to hockey rinks all over the country, I would take a day…

  • Zeebs du Jour

    Zeebs du Jour

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    A regular fixture in my hockey notes and line charts for St. Lawrence games was a line titled “Zeebs du Jour” listing the referees and linesmen for that particular contest. I have no idea where or when I picked it up, but I used it for a long time. “Zeebs” is an affectionate term for…

  • Back to Photography and other Hobbies

    Back to Photography and other Hobbies

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    Since I haven’t quite figured out how to get captions to show under my pictures, I will place one here for the shot on today’s post. Two Nikon D200s, one significantly younger than the other, and a 600 lens are my Florida arsenal. The picture was taken with my Pixel 7 Pro phone which has…

  • My Life as a Solo Person

    My Life as a Solo Person

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    I define as a solo person, and I am that way by my own choice. To elaborate, I am a non-practicing heterosexual adult male, white and if you really need to pin me down a non-practicing Episcopalian as well. I also identify as a non-profit professional golfer, but that is a story of its own.…

  • Reflections

    Reflections

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    A collection of items that don’t warrant a post by themselves, but are worth sharing. It will pop up at odd times on the site. It is what I called similar columns in the Free Press “Notes on a Cocktail Napkin” On the College Football Playoffs: With seven seed Notre Dame playing eight seed Ohio…

  • Fine Dining and Adventurous Cooking

    Fine Dining and Adventurous Cooking

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    There are two things that I find a little annoying about my current battle with leukemia. One is the shortness of breath and the other is the loss of appetite. I am in one of the best restaurant towns I have ever seen, but I have almost no appetite and feel full very quickly. I…