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Oneida County History Center ADK Journal Children’s Museum Joyfuls Vintage Designs Restaurant Guide Antiques Guide The Knight Spot Alteri’s February in the Forest MVL Crossword Breweries/Wineries Events Vintage Utica Map Local Photography MV Classical Reflections of My Youth On The Farm with Suzie MV Gardens & Recipes Bode MV Astronomy Club Gallery Guide MV Nature Herkimer Co. Historical Society Tales from Shawangunk, Part 53 Genesee Joe Advertiser Directory Sponsor News

PUBLISHERS Lance and Sharry Whitney EDITOR Sharry L. Whitney

It’s February! We made it! Days are longer. Snow. More sunshine. I don’t know about you, but January is the toughest month for me, especially when Clinton has no snow. I love cross-country skiing and this year the snow was late. And when it did come, it was accompanied by not only frigid temperatures but also blustery wind.

(Have I made enough excuses?) I could travel to snow, but that’s like paying for water, sometimes it’s necessary, but I don’t like doing it. I was spoiled as a child being able to ski out my back door.

The challenge in deep winter has always been, for me, to stay busy. Not work busy— that’s a year-round matter-of-fact. Fun busy. I’m in a book club, so that helps keep me reading. There are many great movies I haven’t seen, so there’s that. But the thrill of the lunar eclipse last month (Thank you, Carol Higgins, our resident astronomer, for the reminder!) made me realize how much I miss being outside! During the frigid cold, Continued page 78

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Charles Stewart Mott the Utica Years by brian howard, executive director

Motivated. Industrious. Visionary.

Although his time in Utica was short, Charles Stewart “C.S.” Mott earned a rightful place among the region’s manufacturing giants of the early 20th century.

Born in Newark, N.J., in 1875, he moved to Utica in 1900 and began a career in the automobile industry that would only end at his death on Feb. 18, 1973.

While he grew up in New York City and Hoboken, N.J., C.S. Mott spent several summers with his “sodbuster” grandparents in Bouckville. There, on the banks of the old Chenango Canal, his grandfather ran a cider and vinegar business. This was eventually sold to another firm that kept the family name on their products. Perhaps you have a jar of Mott’s applesauce at home; now you know the “rest of the story.”

C.S. attended the Stevens Institute of Technology and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1897. The following year, he was in the U.S. Navy aboard the auxiliary cruiser U.S.S. Yankee, seeing extensive action off Cuba during the short-

lived Spanish-American War. Returning to New York City, he spent a short time in the carbonated beverage business before being summoned Upstate to join his family’s wire wheel factory in Utica.

The Weston-Mott Company was created when C.S.’s father and uncle bought out the I.A. Weston Company of Jamesville (outside of Syracuse). The firm got its start making wire wheels and rims for bicycles, which were all the rage during the 1890s.

The Motts moved to Utica in 1898, but the following year C.S.’s father, John, suddenly died at the age of 49. C.S. was summoned to Utica to take over as the factory superintendent.

As the demand for bicycle wheels flattened, the firm shifted production toward the fledgling automobile industry. Their biggest customer was R.E. Olds that, in 1902, shocked the Weston-Mott Company by abruptly cancelling all further orders. Olds had decided to shift to wooden-spoked wheels for their new vehicle designs. The Motts’ abortive attempt to get into the wooden wheel business was buttressed

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by another effort that focused on making axles. This was much more successful.

One of Weston-Mott’s first axle buyers was Cadillac.

This upstart firm ordered 1,500 axles to equip their first cars in 1902-03. The Utica factory grew by leaps and bounds, enough to attract the attention of auto makers in the greater Detroit area. Detroit was home to the American auto industry; a representative from that region—one William C. Durant—came to Utica to talk to C.S. about building a factory near him in Michigan.

If Durant’s name sounds familiar, it should. He was the co-founder of General Motors. He and C.S. Mott hit it off; Mott traveled to Flint, Mich., on an inspection tour and moved his entire factory there in 1906. Durant formed GM in 1909 and bought out Weston-Mott in 1913. Following the sale, C.S. joined GM’s Board of Directors. He would remain on the board for 60 years. The old Utica factory, on Lincoln Avenue near the Burrstone Road bridge, stood until it was claimed by fire on April 12, 1971. In a newspaper interview in 1951, Mott confirmed that the sole reason he left Utica was to be closer to the burgeoning auto industry in greater Detroit.

C.S. Mott never forgot his years in Utica. He was a founder of the Automobile Club of Utica in 1901 and served as its first president. He reminisced about his first vehicle--a 1901 Remington—that was built in the city. He later had a hand in creating the Automobile Association of America—the AAA. He was active in many civic organizations and maintained his membership in the Ziyara Temple Shrine of Utica until his death. In 1955, he returned to the city to accept honors from the temple for his service and sup-

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port. While here at the Hotel Hamilton, he enjoyed a window display of items from the Automobile Club of Utica.

The stock that Mott received for his company, and subsequent stock purchases, made him one of America’s wealthiest men. He started a foundation to support philanthropic activities in Flint; by the time he died he had given away almost $130 million to charity. He was the city’s mayor three times. At his passing in 1973, the then-current GM Chairman, Little Falls native Richard Gerstenberg, remembered him as “the dean of the corporation’s board of directors.”

Mott is buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Flint. •

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Having climbed well over 100 mountains in the Adirondack Park, including 81 of the 100 highest, here are my five favorites so far. Once I’m done with all 100 highest, these are among the mountains I look forward to doing again. And again.

All of the highest peaks (over 4,000 feet in elevation) are challenging, but not all have great views. In fact, without a bushwhack to the outer edges of the summit, some offer no views at all.

It is a subjective list for sure; everyone has their favorites for different reasons. Sometimes the views are poor on a particular day being obscured by haze or are socked in by fog.

It was hard to pick the top five and on another day the list might change.

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Ampersand Mountain, between Tupper and Saranac Lake, has a sprawling summit and provides views in every direction, including a superior view of Saranac’s Tri-Lakes area.

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Mark Lowell at Pyramid Peak, enjoying one of the best views of the Adirondacks.

Look to the other side and see Ampersand Lake. It is also one of the mountains included in those aspiring to complete the Saranac 6.

Pyramid Peak, Keene Valley, is on the shoulder of Gothics in the high peaks region and will be found on many lists as having one of the best views in the Adirondacks.

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Other more modest hikes with great views abound, including Coney Mountain, Tupper Lake; Mt. Jo, Lake Placid; Castle Rock, Blue Mountain Lake; and the ever popular fire tower mountain near Old Forge, Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain with its commanding view of the Fulton Chain of Lakes.

The mountains, waterfalls, bogs, rivers, ponds, and lakes of the Adirondacks await you. Make plans this year to set aside your electronic devices to get out and explore our great outdoors! •

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Consignment stores combine a number of my favorite things: unusual merchandise, good prices, shopping local, and reduce/reuse/recycle. I was happy to notice a new one in Herkimer, Renewed and Rescued on North Main Street.

I checked it out on a recent Saturday.

As soon as I walked in, I said, “How beautiful!” The store has a very boutique-y feel and carries some high-end merchandise at quite reasonable prices. The first item that caught my eye was a gorgeous black evening gown with rhinestones. Not even close to my size, and I rarely wear black, but I knew someone it was perfect for.

“My friend Kim would love this,” I said, referring to my friend Kim Darling, who has acted in many plays and murder mysteries with me. “Of course, she already has fifty black dresses.” I exaggerate, but not by much.

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I especially liked the second room. White lights were strung across the ceiling, giving it the look of an outdoor festival. Furniture and housewares were attractively displayed. Back in the first room, I admired jewelry and tote bags by local artisans.

I found a pair of earrings to buy. Yes, I have more earrings than Kim has black dresses, but this was a color and size I do not have.

I was loving the music and found out they play the local radio station. Just another reason for Mohawk Valley Girl to love the place!

When I returned with Kim later, I found out I was right about her loving the dress. She tried it on and purchased it, also finding a pair of shoes to go with it. I speculated on whether she could wear it in the murder mystery we are currently working on for Ilion Little Theatre, or if I should write a character who would wear such a dress into the next one. This led to a brief discussion about writing and murder mysteries, two of my favorite subjects.

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(315) 893-4044 • Open Mon-Sat 6-2, Sun 6-Noon

(315) 896-2871 Open early every day!

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Family owned & family friendly!

Casual dining - Lunch & Dinner

Featuring NY State craft breweries & full bar (Utica Comets games live streamed!)

Live entertainment every Friday! • Wed. Trivia Nights!

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8170 Seneca Tpke., Clinton (315) 732-3631 Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat & Sun 6am-1pm

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The Most Unique Upside Down Pizza You Ever Tasted!

Celebratinign Weekday Specials 10 Years ! Tues- 20” X-Large Cheese Pizza . . . . $9.95 Clinton Wed- Small Cheese Pizza & 20 Wings . . . $16.95 (Toppings 2.25 ea, X-Cheese 2.95)

Thurs- 2 Large Cheese Pizzas . . . . . $17.95 (plus tax /toppings extra)

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Sausage............$10.95 Spinach..............$10.95 Antipasto............$11.95 Sausage & Greens. . . .$12.95 Eggplant..........$11.95

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127 North St., Old Forge

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Tues-Thurs: 11:30am-9pm, Fri & Sat: 11:30am-10pm, Sun: 11:30am-8:30pm, Closed Mon • (315) 369-3141

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236 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 337-0437 M-F 9:30-6, Sat 10-3

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Prime Rib Every Sat. Night!

Gluten Free Menu!

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615 Erie Blvd. W., Rome Open M-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 11-10, Sun 12-8

Romantic Dinner for Two February Special: Thurs 14th, Fri 15th, & Sat 16th: 5-9 Prime Rib Dinner Buffet: Thurs 14th, Fri 15th, & Sat 16th: 5-9 Champagne Brunch: Sun 17th: 11am-2pm

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The Country Store with More!

Snacks, Beer, Pizza, Wings, Subs, Gas, Diesel, Non-Ethanol Gas, Gifts and much, much more!

2114 Rte 29, Salisbury 315-429-3224 Open 7 Days a Week 22

1st Floor Breakfast, Lunch, “Grab-and-Go!” Deliveries, 8am-2pm Take Out & Catering!

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Utica

Sheri’s

EASTSIDE DINER Trays Of Our Handmade, Always Fresh, Never Frozen, Cookies Can Be Ordered For Any Special Event!! Parties, Weddings And More!!

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Breakfast • Lunch Homemade & Fresh Daily!

Friday Fish Fry • Breakfast Served All Day Monday-Saturday 6-2, Sunday 7-2

Catering Available!

SIMMER Contemporary American • Private Functions • Reservations Recommended

Breakfast & Lunch Catering Available

2199 Bleecker St., Utica (315) 790-5250

Jamaican Restaurant

Breakfast Sandwiches Deli-Style Wraps/Sandwiches Salads, Soups & more!

Homemade Baked Goods & Multi-Color Bagels - a kid’s favorite!

Island herbs and spice with a delightful bite!

900 Culver Ave., Utica • 315-765-0271 • Open Tues-Sat 4:30-9pm www.willowsofutica.com

• Serving lunch and dinner • Traditional Jamaican cuisine!

• Take out & delivery

606 South St., Utica • (315) 507-4015

219 N. Genesee St., Utica

(315) 790-5353 • M-F: 6-4; Sat: 7-3; Sun: 7-2

Mon-Thurs 11am-9:30pm, Fri & Sat 11am-10:30pm, Closed Sun.

Vernon

Nothin’ Fancy Cafe

American & Italian Cuisine Serving Lunch & Dinner

Great Food • Great Service • Great people

THE

BLACK STALLION

Free Delivery(min. $20) • Family Owned & Operated!

Gluten Free Options!

Family owned- The Vullo family has been catering to your menu needs since 1972!

Serving breakfast, lunch, & Friday dinners Eat in or take out • Catering available too!

Book your wedding, banquet, or party at our Event Center on-site (seats up to 200) Affordable 7,000 sq.ft., Wooden Dance Floor, We Cater or Bring your own!

10 Ruth St., Vernon • (315) 829-4500

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5656 Route 5, Vernon • (315) 829-2203

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Serving Lunch & Dinner Lunches Served Fri, Sat & Sun Happy Hour Daily 4-7, $2.50 Drafts & $2.75 Well Mixers Tues: $9.99 Prime Rib & $2.99 All-U-Can-Eat Spaghetti Wed: $7.99 Pasta Specials, 10 Boneless Wings $6.00

Call to make your Valentine’s Day reservations!

Featuring Prime Rib and many other specials!

Catering & Banquet Facilities Available

409 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro • (315) 736-7869 www.69steakhouse.com

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KARAM’S Middle Eastern Bakery & Restaurant

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

Middle Eastern Specials and Groceries Pita and Flat Bread • Spinach & Meat Pies • Baklawa

Tues - Fri: 9am -5pm, Sat: 9am - 3pm

(315) 736-1728 137 Campbell Ave, Yorkville www.karamsbakery.com

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Find cool deals! When the temperature drops, so do prices!

Always call ahead for winter hours.

Between Us Sisters

Canal House Antiques

Cider House Antiques

Valandrea’s Madison

Victorian

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Earlville

Sherburne

Jewett’s Cheese

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See The Man

ANTIQUES

Celebrating our 20th year in business!

Attic Addicts The Queen’s Closet

Pristine, Practical, and Priced Right!

Specializing in estate sales, large and small.

Conducted with respect and dignity.

We take the pressure out of estate liquidation, moving, or downsizing.

Call for a consultation:

(315) 736-9160

Consignment at its Finest!

Clothing Jewelry Household Items Furniture

BlackCat

ANTIQUES

A little bit country, a little bit primitive!

Your destination for furniture, hand stenciled signs, vintage clothing, warm glow candles, silk arrangements & more!

Tues-Fri: 10am-5pm Sat: 10:30am-3pm New consignment by appointment only

22 Oriskany Blvd., Yorkville (315) 736-9160 www.thequeenclosetatticaddicts.com

14 East Main St. Earlville (315) 691-5721

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A Purveyor of Primitive Antiques Early & Timeworn Wares, Simple Goods Old & Purposeful Stuff & Needfuls Reflecting Simpler Times

Multi Dealer Antique Shop

Primitives • Furniture • Artwork Smalls • Antique Accessories Wed-Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-3 • (315) 264-1755

Winter: Open by Request

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Vintage, Gift & Gourmet 18 W. Park Row, Clinton 796-9099 • Hours: Tues-Sat 11-5

Roses are red, violets are blue, You will love our new merchandise, especially for you!

Shop our Gourmet Chocolate Candy & Hot Fudge lines, Yum! You’ll love our Beeswax Taper Candle lines ~ Simply gorgeous!

Fabulous gifts for Valentine’s Day and so much more!

You’ll love the Valentine’s Day deals!

Cross my heart!

Antiques,Vintage, Gifts & Furniture!

“Third Thursday” February 21st for 10% OFF on items over $20!

Antiques • Art • Crafts Thruway Exit 29A 25 West Mill St., Little Falls Open Every Day 10-5 315-823-4309 Handicapped-accessible

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Foothills

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More than 50 vendors on 2 floors!

Tasting Room!

3300 Rt. 46, Bouckville

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Antique Center

Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars

Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun Noon-5, Closed Mon & Tues (315) 412-1296

We’re Changing & Growing all the time. Stop in for your treasure today!

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QualityAntiques

Spices, Salts, Maple Syrup, Honey, Jams & Jellies, Soaps, Lotions, CDB Oil & Other Specialty Goods

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Over 30 Vendors!

Open 7 Days: 10-5:30 • 8124 Route 12, Barneveld (315) 896-2681

Low temps mean low prices during February’s Third Thursday!

ESTATE & HOUSE SALES APPRAISALS ALWAYS BUYING

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Fri & Sat • February 22 & 23 • 10-5 Sunday 24 • Noon-4

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Over 160 Vendor booths and display cases!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Find a Unique Treasure For Your Sweetheart!

100 E. Main St., Mohawk (Thruway Exit 30)

(315) 219-5044 www.mohawkantiquesmall.com

ONEIDA COMMONS Vendor Mall

Tue-Sun: 10-5

OVER 40 VENDORS Gifts • Home Décor Jewelry • AVON Antiques • Collectibles Local Artisans & Crafters Nelson Farms Local Foods 315-280-0577 157 Cedar Street, Oneida

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MOHAWK ANTIQUES MALL The Online Exchange We Can Help You Buy, Sell, and Trade Globally!

Now an FFL dealer!

6338 St. Rt. 167, Dolgeville

(315) 429-5111

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Mon, Wed-Sat: 10-5, Sun: 11:30-4:30 Closed Tuesdays

A Multi Dealer Shop

Featuring 60 Dealers displaying a diverse array of antiques and collectibles.

315-337-3509

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Minutes from I-90 & TS Casino!

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Buy • Sell • Trade

See The Man 54 N. Main St., Sherburne (607) 316-8463 • Open Wed-Sun

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Victorian

Rose

An eclectic mix of vintage, antiques, & home decor

315-893-1786

Open by chance or appt.

Check our facebook page for updates on hours

3371 Maple Ave., Bouckville www.victorianrosevintage.com

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337 Genesee St., Utica (315) 738-1333 www.vintagefurn.com

Come Spend the Day With Us! Walk down memory lane through over 80 dealer spaces!

• Holiday merchandise • Postcards and advertising collectibles • Milk bottles and glassware • Furniture and other decor • Vintage Treasures • Militaria • Breweriana • Collectables from Utica, local towns and New York State

• Primitives • Vintage Photos (aka recycled relatives) • Repurposed and recycled items • Collectible Toys • Vinyl Records & Albums • Vintage Star Wars Collecibles • Man Cave Decor • Home Decor

Route 233 Westmoreland

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

The Knight Spot

by Cynthia Quackenbush

The Knight Spot was one of the first restaurants Steven and I discovered when we relocated to Herkimer County in the early 2000s. We were living on Route 5 in Schuyler at the time, so it was an easy drive into Frankfort. We soon discovered that it is an excellent place for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a mid-afternoon ice cream treat (guess which one’s my favorite? ... oh, heck, they all are!)

Considering it has been a regular stop for so many years, I was surprised to realize I had never written about it for Mohawk Valley Living. Locally-owned, distinctive, fun, what’s not to like? So I had a great excuse to go there for breakfast on a recent Sunday because I always like to patronize places I write about shortly before I write about them.

The Knight Spot has one of the best breakfast sandwiches in town, and I am a connoisseur of breakfast sandwiches. Lately, however, I have been into waffles with fruit and whipped cream, and this one sure was delicious. The waitress asked me if it hit the spot. I should have asked her if the pun was intended.

As I said earlier, we have hit the Knight Spot for every meal. They make a mean patty melt, and I love their antipasto salad. Of course, ice cream is their main claim to

The Knight Spot is owned and operated by the Palumbo family. (left-right from back): Frank and Alex Palumbo; Theresa Plano; mother, Terri Palumbo; Tami Palumbo

Place Your Orders Early! (315) 737-8181

Your Valentine’s Day Headquarters!

Cash & Carry Roses • Floral Arrangements • Dish Gardens Balloons • Candy • Plush • Gifts & Cards

Special Valentine Hours!

Thursday 14th, 8am-6pm

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Off-Center Records All things music - New & quality used Records, CDs, tapes, books, tees, memorabilia, guitars & accessories, drum accessories and more!

We are YOUR Downtown Music Connection!

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fame. One of our favorite things to do is to stop by in the mid-afternoon for coffee and a sundae.

I have always been interested in the banquet room. According to a sign I’ve seen driving into Frankfort, that is where the Kiwanis meet every Saturday at 8 a.m. It can accommodate parties of up to 40 people. It is also used to handle the overflow from the regular dining room. Steven and I got to sit there once with a large group of friends. It was the day after our 25th anniversary party, and we went to breakfast with some of our visitors from out of town.

I asked the waitress if Mohawk Valley Living had ever done a story about them. Not yet. She brought me a framed article that had appeared in the Utica OD. I was happy to read it and take a few notes. I never knew the place had opened as an ice cream stand way back in 1974. The dining room was added in 1983, over what used to be a parking lot. That put me forcibly in mind of the song lyric “They paved paradise to put up a parking lot” though this was kind of the opposite. I’m not saying The Knight Spot is paradise, but it’s a noble spot to get a good meal. •

Year-round ice cream is The Knight Spot’s claim to fame

The Knight Spot

264 E Main St., Frankfort • (315) 894-4054 Open Monday-Friday: 6am-10pm, Saturday and Sunday: 7am-10pm

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Alteri’s Bar&Restaurant in Clinton story: Jorge L. & Carol F. Hernández, Photos: Caitlin F. Hernandez

Admit it. You’ve driven past Alteri’s Restaurant hundreds of times on your way through Clinton, and maybe never realized the whiteframed building is a slice of local history.

Alteri’s is truly a legend. On Valentine’s Day, 1953 John and Laura Alteri opened the restaurant on College Street, giving it the family name.

Alteri’s was run as a family business until John passed away in 1960. John’s son, Fernando “Feet,” and daughter-in-law, Beverly, carried on with the iconic family recipe, basic Italian cooking.

Tragedy struck on June 27, 1963, when fire destroyed the restaurant. The family was rebuilt and expanded it, and continues to feed and delight Clintonians and others from far and wide.

The three-generation business is now under the leadership of Fernando and Beverly’s son, Francis Alteri, since 1998. He credits his sister, Lisa Alteri Burns, who cooks, with the continued success of the popular landmark.

“Without her, we wouldn’t survive,” Fran says. “She does all the stuff my mom and aunts used to do.” That “stuff” includes preparing the traditional family tomato sauce, meatballs, and certain pastas.

Fran says these—along with the homemade pizza—are so popular and go so fast they can hardly stay on top of things.

If there’s nothing special planned for this Valentine’s Day 66 years later, it’s because all meals are always special at Alteri’s.

Fran remarks about his loyal clientele: “The same people have been coming for years. It’s generational, a tight little community” he says. “We see them and then their kids and grandchildren. Hamilton

Owner Francis Alteri and his sister (and official cook) Lisa Burns

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College helps out a lot, too.”

On Alumni Weekends, Fran says people share stories about visits to Alteri’s. “One man told me he had little money as a student and my mother often fed him eggplant parm for free—something she never told me,” Fran recalls.

My own anecdote is about walking down to the village freshman year in 1969 with a roommate and having a Utica Club (“What’s a Utica Club?” we asked) at the bar, followed by a 50-cent hamburger before trudging back up the Hill.

Carol and I also had our wedding rehearsal dinner there in 1977, and have attended many birthday parties, showers, anniversaries, and First Communions in the private back room.

It’s all about a casual, family-friendly atmosphere at Alteri’s for hearty food and a cold drink, Fran adds.

He’s usually tending bar, and notes that his focus for the future is maintaining the consistency that people expect at Alteri’s.

For this most recent visit, Carol and our daughter, Caitlin, went solo while I was house-bound. Carol adds her notes: A few hours before I was to visit Alteri’s, a friend asked where I was going this month to dine. He was pleased at the choice, commenting that it was one of his favorites.

The dining experience began with taking a picture of the façade of the restaurant. We then moved inside through the rustic bar and continued into the dining room, unchanged through the years, with gleaming

Pride in local hockey is on display at Alteri’s in Hockeyville USA

Alteri’s homemade gnocchi

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copper and complete with a welcoming fireplace and many hockey and ice skating memorabilia adorning the walls. Readers will remember that Clinton was just named the 2018 Kraft “Hockeyville USA” village.

“We continue to support local sports, like my mom and dad,” Fran says.

Our server, Sherri Laribee, appeared at our table to assist us. She told us she had worked at Alteri’s for 36 years—and she was enthusiastic, friendly, and helpful with her suggestions for dining selections.

After perusing the menu, we decided upon antipasto, pizza with roasted peppers and mushrooms, a fish fry, and homemade gnocchi. And a takeout of Jorge’s favorite pasta. We waited patiently for our food—knowing that the gnocchi and sauce were homemade and not to be rushed.

The food arrived. The antipasto was beautifully constructed—a virtual mountain of greens topped with hard-boiled eggs, marinated vegetables, salami, artichokes, cheese, and beets.

The traditional fried haddock came with fries and homemade coleslaw. The gnocchi lived up to our expectations. What can I say about the pizza? Always good—that’s why I’m sure it is a best seller.

A fun evening, good food, and pleasant surroundings. We’ll continue to be regulars.

As Carol and Caitlin left, they got to meet the latest Alteri relative—Lisa and David Burns’ beautiful first granddaughter, Vona. This is truly a family affair.

If Vona and her family continue with the food service tradition they will surely be around for generations to come. Just make Jorge’s order the seashells with meatballs—again. •

Longtime server Sherri Laribee has worked at Alteri’s for 36 years.

Look at that antipasto!

Many out-of-towners come to Clinton just for Alteri’s pizza!

Alteri’s Restaurant

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Nature IN February story and photos by Matt Perry By the time February comes around, many folks are already winter-weary and eager to latch onto the smallest hint of spring the weather may offer. I’m sure I appreciate spring as much as the next person, arguably more, but I don’t like to give winter short-shrift. Besides being aesthetically beautiful, winter climate is responsible for forging the very landscapes we look forward to in spring. If it wasn’t for the cold conditioning service that winter provides to plant seeds, we would have very few spring wildflowers blooming in our northern woods and meadows. Most plants that are hardy to the north where winters are “real”, have evolved complex methods of seed germination. Many plant seeds must be subjected to a series of freeze and thaw cycles before they can sprout. Different species often require quite different treatments. As we raise native wildflowers for our habitat restoration projects, we must simulate the freeze and thaw periods that seeds go through. We do this by using a refrigerator and by timing how long each seed is subjected to each

treatment. It can be a Redpolls feed in a lot to keep track of, parGray Birch ticularly when you are dealing with dozens of different species.

If you don’t want to fuss with all of that, you can try to directly sow seeds in the fall. That way they are subjected to cold conditioning the old-fashioned way, via mother nature. We use all methods at the nature preserve including sowing seeds directly onto snow in areas where the soil underneath has been disturbed or at least lightly cultivated. Indeed, winter seed sowing is worthwhile and can bring great dividends.

Many of our native plants naturally sow their seeds throughout the winter months.

Winter winds lift them from their seed heads and deposit them on the snow. Examining the snow on a calm February day (preferably following a day that wasn’t so calm), you are apt to find a variety of flower and tree seeds. Sometimes they will be clustered in a footprint or bounded by a stick or some other barrier. Some

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I recall that after one sub-zero night, there were thousands of tiny winged seeds of Eastern Hemlock trees all over the forest floor. It seemed the scales on their cones had opened and broadcast the seeds to the wind. I thought I found something similar happening under the boughs of a Gray Birch, but in that case, it was caused by the feeding behavior of finches. As they tore apart the catkin-like clusters, birch seeds peppered the snow.

Moving from functional winter to purely aesthetic winter, I’ve written in these pages before about the wonderful and ornate ice structures that form in streams. I’m certainly just as smitten with them as ever. People that walk with me can vouch for the fact that I find it diffi-

cult to go past a stream without exploring all its ephemeral ice galleries. When does water resemble fire and smoke?

When it flows rapidly beneath a sheet of white ice while only intermittently grazing its surface. The resulting effect when viewed from above is a quick procession of dark, shape-shifting globules, flickering and dancing against a frosted white background. In parts of the stream where the flow is sluggish, the same phenomenon occurs, but the dark water shadows move slower and their amoeba-like shapes continually merge, split, and then rejoin. It’s a little like watching a lava-lamp, but the variety of movements is more infinite, and the ice canvas is more varied and interesting. I noticed something new while I perused a new stream gallery the other day. There was a featureless ice sheet stretching over a wide section of the creek, but every so often, a cluster of dark water shadows appeared, traveled part way down the stream, and then vanished as if by magic. After that, the ice sheet would revert to a blank white

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When the flow let up, no shadows would appear. An examination of an open part of the stream informed me that the flow was constant. That meant the only reasonable explanation was that the ice sheet itself was moving.

Like a large membrane, it would imperceptibly bend downward whenever a slight wind hit it. When it did, the ice briefly touched the water, thereby creating the moving shadows.

Solving mysteries (however small and innocuous) in the natural world is the job of a naturalist and that task remains compelling no matter the time of year. February is a great time to be out reveling in winter’s beauty and there is more to explore than you might think. •

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FEBRUARY Crossword (All answers found in the pages of this magazine!

Solution will appear in next month’s issue)

Across 1. Brighten up a room witha splash of new color from Urbanik’s _____, page 41.

4. One Oneida County’s manufacturing giants and founder of the Automobile Club of Utica C.S. ____, page 6.

7. Mohawk Valley Girl went shopping at Renewed and _____ in Herkimer, page 17.

11. This ADK mountain “just keeps giving and giving”, page 9.

12. Writer Tim Flihan provided security for music legend ____ Gabriel in 1982, page 43.

14. Find lost treasure at ____ Addicts in Yorkville, page 25.

Down 2. The current number of active Mars missions, page 54.

3. A sad farewell to Suzie Jones’ faithful Australian Shepherd, _____, page 47.

5. Planning a summer wedding? Why have one pond when you can have _____ Ponds! Page 52.

6. The place to go for Physical and Occupational Therapy. Page 67.

8. An unusual wedding dish at Denise and Bernie Szarek’s wedding, Red _____ Slaw, page 51.

9. The new matriarch at the beaver pond, page 59.

10. Mohawk Valley Girl dined at The _____ Spot in Frankfort.

13. Keep your healthy resolutions with help from _____ Natural Foods, page 43.

February Crossword Puzzle

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In early November 1982, I had the opportunity to provide personal security for Peter Gabriel as he paraded through the stunned and adoring crowd at the Stanley Theater in Utica, N.Y. It was my job to clear the way through the aisle as he made his way from the old dressing rooms to the stage. Before the show, a young man and his girlfriend came up to me while I was waiting for a ride on King Street behind the historic building.

This person had on a jean jacket with the Genesis album cover from “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” embroidered on the back. He saw the lanyard with my pass and he asked me if I could get Peter to sign it. I told him I would try after the show. I had no idea if I could, but if I could I would. He left and I went back inside and hung out, which was something that I was/am very good at.

That afternoon, I had walked through the tunnels beneath the theater, which was how we planned to get from the ratty old dressing rooms to the lobby of the venerable Stanley. The tunnels ultimately came out in the basement

underneath the front lobby and directly into the men’s bathroom. For a geek like me, I loved the behind-the-scenes stuff.

This was going to be memorable!

Just before show time, we quietly but briskly walked through the dimly-lit tunnels. Peter and the band, complete with drums and their faces made-up, followed me blindly through the labyrinth beneath the huge crowd anxiously anticipating their arrival. As we arrived at the outlet that opened directly into the white marble and mirrored restroom currently occupied by at least a dozen people, I waited until everyone was accounted for and ready before opening the door. It’s not every day you see Peter Gabriel and his band, in complete regalia with drums, come out of the wall into the restroom where you were anxiously trying to relieve yourself and

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and roaring crowd toward the stage. The rhythm was haunting and the lighting was hypnotic. The fog was surreal. All eyes were on us as we paraded through the crowd. I was right in front of Peter, who was the focus of their adoration. I was invisible, but for a couple of minutes, I knew what it felt like to be revered by the fans. I knew I was not the focus of their attention and adoration, but I was so close that I felt it. It was a feeling I will never forget or be able to replicate in my simple, uneventful life.

After the show I escorted Peter and his team to a room at the motel next to the Stanley. It’s gone now, torn down years ago to make room for a parking lot. On my way between the motel and the theater, the young man and his girlfriend I’d met prior to the show flagged me down. They had been waiting for the hour or so since the show had ended.

They once again asked me if I could get the jacket signed. I could see that this whole experience was a spiritual one for them. On top of that, it was the nicest jean jacket I had ever seen. So, I took the jacket back to the room and Peter signed

it. I had worried he would be reluctant, but he was gracious. As a matter of fact, after he signed it he passed it around to the other people in the room and commented how nice it was. It seemed like I was gone for hours, but it was only a few minutes until I brought it back to the rightful owner, who was overjoyed when I gave it back to him. He was overwhelmed. He was a true fan. I always wondered what became of that jacket; there was no way that coat would have been neglected or lost to time. I am positive he would have insisted that some sort of reverence be given to it, because he was a fan. I always thought of myself as a Genesis/Peter Gabriel super-fan, but that night, I felt small. This was a true fan. Someone who cherished the moment.

I last saw him and his girlfriend sitting on a retaining wall between the theater and the motel on that cold rainy November night. I thought he was crying, but it may have just been the misty rain.

I have often wondered what had happened to that jacket. Was it dis-

played? Was it worn? Where is it now?

Has it survived the ravages of time and wear? I’d like to think that it is kept in a safe place and viewed as a reminder of simple times when music bound us together and was the soundtrack of our lives.

It has been more than 35 years since that night and I still fondly remember those events like it was yesterday. •

Look for a new book by Tim Flihan coming soon.

Tim Flihan is a life-long Utican who currently resides in Frankfort, NY with his wife, Leslie, and dog Cooper. Tim graduated from Proctor High School in Utica, NY and with a BS from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY with a degree in Behavioral Science.

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We recently said goodbye to not one, but two of our farm dogs. First, Woody, our faithful Australian Shepherd, passed away peacefully of old age. And barely two short weeks later, Lizzy, our 4-year-old Great Pyrenees, had to be euthanized after being diagnosed with bone cancer. Losing just one was hard enough, but one right after the other? It was almost too much to bear.

As a farmer, I’ve said goodbye to many animals over the years. Whether we’ve lost a young goat to listeria (an unplanned, unfortunate event that we try hard to avoid at all costs) or processed 1,000 chickens for the freezer (for our business and for our own consumption), I’ve witnessed death many times. I wouldn’t say I’m numb to it, but death is as familiar to me as a full moon on a cold, clear winter night.

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slept on the floor by my side of the bed, never wanting to be far from me. It all started to change this past fall when Woody couldn’t climb the stairs to the bedrooms, and when he was just too tired to herd goats. We knew his time would come, so we kept him comfortable and every day made sure he knew he was loved.

Lizzy was an affable, happy-go-lucky dog. She, too, was a puppy when we got her, but she had little interest in pleasing her humans. She sought only affection and food, and a sunny spot in the pasture where she could warm her belly in the sun. She barked at coyotes when they howled in the valley, but she didn’t notice when a bald eagle decided to snack on our free-range chickens. (I guess she just didn’t look up?)

She had a slight limp from tearing her ACL the year before, so we didn’t notice when she stopped putting weight on that one leg altogether. It was the morning that my husband spotted the swelling that we called our vet to make a diagnosis. It is hard to hear the word cancer, especially in an animal so young, but large breed dogs like her are particularly prone. Knowing this didn’t make saying goodbye any easier; her life seemed

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On a glorious fall day in October 2003, Bernie and I got married at the Farmers Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Rev. Barton from the Clinton Methodist Church officiated. Our ceremony was held in the Cornwallville Church, which is an 18th-century Methodist church that had been moved to the museum from Green County, N.Y., in 1962. Our wedding dinner was held in the Bump Tavern, an 18th-century tavern moved to the museum from East Durham, also in Green County, in 1952. It was only fitting that our wedding dinner was based on an 1825 meal that would have been served at Bump Tavern in its heyday!

So on that beautiful autumn day, 40 of our closest friends and family boarded a bus in Westmoreland and traveled to The Farmers Museum in Cooperstown. At 4 p.m. in the afternoon, the museum closed to the public and the grounds were ours for the rest of the evening. The church, Bump Tavern, and the museum grounds were decorated with hundreds of potted red, yellow, and white mums and white pumpkins that we’d grown on our farm just for the wedding. After some tense minutes waiting for one of our musicians to get to the venue, our wedding finally got off without another hitch, about a half-hour late. The ceremony was filled with family and wonderful readings, from “The Velveteen Rabbit,” Robert Frost, Victor Hugo, and St. Francis.

After the wedding ceremony, we moved across the green for pictures and to enjoy the autumn sunset. Refreshments of local apples and 1825 crackers were served with craft beers and wine. At 7 p.m. we moved upstairs to the ballroom of the tavern for a candlelit wedding dinner.

Now, if any of you have ever attended the “Bump in the Night” ghost walking tours at the museum you’ve heard the stories of the young ghost who frequents the Bump Tavern. “ Lucy,” as she is affectionately called by the staff, has played her share of mean pranks on the staff. The night guard who was with us for the entire evening was quite “spooked” as the evening dragged toward the 10 p.m. hour. We were somewhat disappointed when we didn’t think she had visited during our dinner. To our surprise, when we were developing our wedding photos – we saw what looked like a little girl peering out the second floor window of the tavern.

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ed heritage turkey and roast beef rolled with bread and bacon stuffing, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes with parsnips and carrots, green bean fricassee, and warm red cabbage slaw! For dessert, we served a spiced groom’s cake, our wedding cake with a champagne crème filling and pineapple cookies handmade

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For me, the highlight of the entire meal, and the one dish that stands out. was the Warm Red Cabbage Slaw! Cabbage is something that is served at a lot of eastern European weddings. It’s also a vegetable that I find I crave in the dead of winter and early spring.

We all enjoy a lot of different varieties of green cabbage, but red cabbage mostly shows up in slaws as a minimal pop of color, never highlighted as the truly wonderful vegetable that it is, all on its own.

Even on our farm, I find we highlight the small round green cabbages, like “Gonzales” and the point-headed varieties like “Murdoc” and “Caroflex” or the Napa varieties “Minuet” and “Rubicon.” We only grow one variety of red cabbage, “Super Red 80.” So, this year I want to try to expand our offering of red cabbage to include “Candy Red” and “Ruby Perfection.”

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In the sci-fi movie The Martian, based on the novel by Andy Weir, astronaut Mark Watney is stranded alone on Mars and finds an innovative way to stay alive while a crew plans a mission to rescue him. In reality, it will be many years before a human actually sets foot on Mars because there is a lot of work to be done. In addition to building powerful rockets and a safe spacecraft stocked with food, water, and air for the astronauts, we also have to learn more about the planet itself. How would you like to help scientists and researchers solve some of the mysteries of the red planet? You can – just join the Planet Four citizen scientist project.

To paraphrase the old Mission: Impossible television show, when you join the Planet Four team your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help planetary scientists in their quest to better understand the surface features and climate on Mars.

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The Planet Mars project you’d like to join. It is free, Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS and you don’t need any special expertise or background. Next, go MRO photos of a region just south of the through an online tutorial that exequator in Sinus Meridiani to search for plains the project in detail, and when you’re features called a “polygonal ridge netready you can start working on real data. work.” They are fractures in the surface that Currently, there are nine active missions wereImage filledCredit: withNASA, dustESA, orW.sand, minerals left at Mars, two rovers, a lander and several Hanny’s Voorwerp.

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Tippy enjoys the first green leaves of the season

In the third week of March last year, I was still speculating on the fate of the beaver colony’s matriarch, Julia. At the time, I had no way of knowing she had died. All I knew was she hadn’t been seen in more than a week. Deep snow persisted through much of March, but it finally began melting at month’s end. From the beaver blind at Morton’s Pond I could make out a line of muddy beaver footprints. Evidently, a beaver had emerged from the water and climbed up the snowy west bank of Morton’s Pond. That meant that the beavers’ winter confinement period had ended, and they had begun foraging on land for fresh trees. It was a sure sign of spring.

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for signs of dispersal, but I could find none.

I checked the stream above and below the beavers’ pond system but found no calling cards of beavers on the move. There were no sets of tracks or peeled branches. Nothing.

In mid-April, the beavers were still not being seen at all by day but work on the dam was happening at night. Hundreds of peeled branches that appeared on the dam were the result of the beavers’ spring cleanup. The branches had been nibbled on inside the

lodge and all around the pond throughout the winter months. Now they were being collected and applied to the dam. Beavers are very efficient in that way. Inedible parts of their meals are recycled as building materials.

Halfway through May, as the beavers continued their activities out of sight, the bright trilling calls of American Toads filled the air as they all rendezvoused at the manmade-pond. Red-spotted Salamanders were gathering at the same pond but, in contrast to their amphibian brethren (toads and frogs), they have no songs. On May 17th, Tippy and GenLo surprised me by coming out to meet me during my early morning visit to the pond. That was the first time I had seen Tippy in more than a month. She walked out of the water and begged for a treat. I didn’t have anything. I had stopped carrying an “emergency sweet potato” weeks before.

She stood before me and waited for a minute to see if I could make anything materialize.

There was a small Aspen sapling a few yards behind me. I cut a branch from it and presented it to her. She gently clasped it with her giant orange incisors, turned about, and slid back into the dark water. Tippy had swollen mammary glands, which meant she was

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nursing kits inside the lodge. This was the first time she had her own kits to take care of. For years she assisted Julia in caring for Julia’s kits. She had indeed become the colony’s matriarch.

As June began, the beavers were coming out in the afternoons. On some days, Tippy came out before 2:30 p.m., which was behavior reminiscent of Julia. Upon exiting the lodge, the first thing she’d take from me would be a sweet potato. After that, she would go for any available poplar or willow leaves. She would eat a few and then take a

bunch into the lodge where perhaps she offered them to her kits. Of course, I had no way of knowing if the kits were weaned or not. Some years, I’m able to hear kits calling from inside the lodge, but that spring I heard nothing.

Toward the end of June, I thought I could hear the mewing calls of young beaver kits inside the lodge at Morton’s Pond, but I couldn’t be certain. Tippy appeared still to be nursing but, as usual, what happened inside the lodge was a mystery. As I left the pond, I saw some signs that a beaver had been foraging in the meadow. Alongside the footpath there were some freshly snipped willow saplings. Beavers like to collect bundles of willow whips to bring back to the pond to nibble on. The region’s drought continued into the second week of July. The main ponds were unaffected, but all vernal streams and ponds went dry.

It was unusual for us to reach the first week of August without seeing any new beaver kits. I was still not entirely convinced there would be any. During that time, upward of three beavers were coming out of the lodge in the

afternoons, but they weren’t staying out for long. Tippy was sometimes among them.

Conjunctivitis continued to be an issue with the young beavers. Both yearlings (Zizia and Marsh Mallow) showed signs of it, but it was Marsh Mallow who was particularly affected, to the extent that one of his eyes was mostly closed. Experience told me that the condition was seasonal, and I hoped it would clear as we headed into the colder months. Despite their condition, they didn’t seem excessively hampered by vision loss.

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They found their sweet potato pieces as easily as the next beaver.

Our first sighting of one of the season’s new kits occurred on August 20th. The kit was small, but of a size indicating it was born in spring. Its familiarity with the pond and where on the dam to check for treats confirmed this wasn’t the kit’s first swim around the pond. The kit had conjunctivitis in one eye just like Marsh Mallow. Undoubtedly, this was Tippy’s offspring. She was performing the role of matriarch in the colony; a position she was suitably prepared for.

With the advent of September, the rains became even more frequent and the water levels at GenLo’s vernal pond were restored.

This came in time for GenLo to use the pond as a canal for transporting trees through the willow grove. There was plenty of evidence that beavers were using their logging trails at night but still no food cache was being assembled at either major pond. On the afternoon of September 5th, I discovered that we had three new beaver kits in the colony! I watched one leave for the lodge with a treat in its paws when two others abruptly popped out of the water like corks. It seemed Tip-

py’s brood was more sizable than I thought.

In mid-September, Morton’s Pond had become so full that water was pouring over the mid-dam ramp and transforming it into an eight-foot-high waterfall. Excess water was diverting over the eastern edge of the dam as well. For a few days, GenLo was being seen out in the early mornings. No doubt, he was staying out all night, working on his projects.

The beavers began assembling their food cache on September 20th. I could see the top of it protruding from the water just west of the lodge at Morton’s Pond. This was a solid indication the beavers intended on spending the winter at Morton’s Pond.

In mid-October, the beavers were coming out of the lodge in two distinct shifts – one in early morning and one in mid-afternoon. At night, saplings were being hauled out of the pussy willow grove and plunged into the food cache. I didn’t see any of this happening, but the evidence in the form of chewed, “pencil point” stumps and flattened trails littered with willow whips and wood chips told the whole story. Sizable tree trunks had been sectioned by the beavers. They were making them into manageable sizes that could be hauled down to the ponds. It seemed like GenLo was committed to clear-cutting

both the willow grove and the poplar grove.

Did he know something about the upcoming winter that we didn’t know?

The beavers were still busy in early November. Their scramble to increase the size of the food cache seemed prescient when a snowstorm dumped eight inches of wet snow on November 15th. Deep snow ensured there would be no more logging trips for a while.

On the positive side, the new kits got to experience ice for the first time. They needed no instruction on how to handle it. Indeed, ice breaking behavior in beavers seems to be innate. I watched the new kits bust up the ice using all the familiar, time-honored techniques. They’d smash their heads through it from underneath and then scamper on top of it, using their weight to bust it down. At this time, I made the discovery that we had five new kits and not three!

At the end of November, the beavers were faithfully coming out in the afternoons, sometimes emerging as early as 1:30 p.m.

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poplar grove. There, he chomped away at several large trees. He toppled two but left four others only partially cut through. It’s thought that beavers do this by design. Their aim is to destabilize the trees and make them vulnerable to toppling in a wind storm. If they are felled by the wind, beavers save time and energy and they lessen the risk of getting struck by falling trees.

The resident Mink December began with winter already well entrenched. All ponds were at least partially frozen. GenLo abruptly halted his night-time visits to the poplar grove. Snow cover had lessened, but temperatures were hovering around the freezing point or lower. It was at this time I noticed all the overnight work the beavers had been doing around the headwaters area.

The dams on the headwaters ponds had been repaired and many trees, including several mature beech trees, had been stripped of their lower bark.

At Morton’s Pond, Tippy ceased coming out after the first couple of days of December, but most of the colony remained active by day. All five new kits were all coming out for treats in the afternoon. One of them became obsessed with cutting up and storing the poplar branches I brought down.

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It’s always amusing to see such a small beaver tackling a big branch and trying to sink it beneath the mass of the food cache.

In mid-December, the snow had receded again, and the ponds were largely ice free.

GenLo was still engaged in logging operations, initially concentrating his work in the headwaters area, but then going back into the poplar grove. I hadn’t seen Tippy in about two weeks and then, one morning, she was out assisting with the retrieval of trees from the east meadow. When she saw me, she came over, walked up to me and took a treat from my hands. The next morning, as I walked down the trail to the beaver ponds, GenLo was heading up the same path from the opposite direction. Before we met, he diverged onto his logging trail and headed to the poplar grove. He waddled past a half-dozen deer that stood stoically, barely Beaver kit feeds on poplar leaves

casting a glance at the flattailed pond denizen. I was at the blind when GenLo returned, dragging behind him some long poplar boughs. With the payload gripped firmly in his teeth, he launched himself into the water and, one by one, sunk the branches into the food cache.

We ended 2018 with a few rainy days and a period of thawing. As usual, it was difficult for me to gauge the size and depth of the beaver’s food cache. Was it large enough for the family to get through the winter? As far as I knew, the beavers in residence were Tippy, GenLo, Marsh Mallow, Zizia, and five new kits.

We now head into the beavers’ 20th year of continuous occupation of the property.

It’s impossible to get a handle on just how much they’ve contributed to our nature sanctuary during that time. Their ponds and wetlands have been magnets for a tremendous number of organisms, including many that wouldn’t have come without the beavers’ efforts. Their contribution to the quality as well as the quantity of water on the property is hard to overstate. Water impoundments made by beavers are known to be places where some of the toxins from agricultural runoff can break down and become less harmful in the environment.

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Mirror Lake in Herkimer wasn’t really a lake but a reservoir constructed in 1833-35 as part of the Hydraulic Canal System.

Tod Waterbury and Stan Shaut have fond memories of Mirror Lake.

Tod has many great stories of Mirror Lake and the Hydraulic Canal. Stan stated that “Mirror Lake was a swimming hole and Little (MUD) Lake was an ice skating area.”

Mirror Lake Park was used for recreational purposes: skating in the winter and boating, swimming and fishing in the summer. There was an ice cream parlor and a bath/boat house by the lake. Many church groups and civic organizations had outings there. It was a tourist destination; people would come from Utica by trolley to spend the day at the lake.

The earliest I could find mention of someone owning an ice house on Mirror Lake was in 1887. The company was called Cook & Manion. It was run by Former Sheriff Delavan Cook after he retired in 1887 from running a flour, feed, and grain store on Albany Street.

Another major ice dealer was Phillip Brown, who was born on Jan. 5, 1848. He married Annette Lydia (Nettie) Green on Jan. 5, 1875, at West Winfield, N.Y. They lived in West Winfield until 1895 when they moved to Herkimer. Phillip and Nettie lived at 215 Dewey Ave. in Herkimer. The 1906 map shows the ice house, and P. Brown owned the property next to the ice house. He was listed as an ice dealer in the city directories living at 215 Dewey Ave. and doing ice business at the same address from 1902-1910. In 1913, he was living at 601 Church St. He was engaged in the ice business in Herkimer; the business was called the Mirror Lake Ice Co. from 1898 until he sold the business to John Wood and Guy Little in 1911. The business was named Wood & Little. Phillip Brown died on Nov. 28, 1929, at the home of his son, Harry, in Syracuse, N.Y. John Wood was born in Utica ca. 1886. John married Mary Gunn in 1910 in BurlingMVL Ad_Layout 1 7/8/15 3:05 PM Page 1

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Wood’s partner Guy Little was born in 1885 in North Dakota. He was married to Laura Washburn. Their youngest daughter, Mary Little Champney, lived in her parents’ house until her death in 1994. Mary had the Wood & Little Ice House and ice cutting photographs in her possession. Her niece Marty Smith donated the collection to the Society.

Wood & Little Company were ice dealers at Mirror Lake. They were in business from 1911 until 1941. They also ran a General Electric household appliance store at 154 N. Main Street from 1936-1942 located at 154 N. Main St.

Newspaper article, Dec. 24, 1941 – WOOD & LITTLE TO CLOSE PLANT (no name of the newspaper on the article.)

“The firm of Wood & Little, dealers in ice and electrical equipment, announced today that they will close their ice business at the end of this week. They will continue to operate their electrical store at 154 North Main St. “Their ice plant, house and equipment at Mirror Lake will be closed down, and it was not expected that they will be taken over by any other concern.

“The firm, consisting of John R. Wood and Guy H. Little, both well-known local residents, went into the ice business here in 1911, and have operated it continuously ever since. Their harvest on Mirror Lake winter has been an annual event of considerable interest to the community and has furnished part-time employment to numerous workers.

“In 1936, the firm opened an electrical appliance store in the Liberty Theater building, and recently have spent much of their time operation of this branch, which has grown into a thriving business.

Since the store now requires all their time, and the growth of other types of refrigeration has caused a gradual decline in demand for natural ice, it was decided to close out that part of the enterprise altogether.

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The architect for the hotel was Linne Kinne of Herkimer. (Note the hotel and dance pavilion were never built.)

“Utica Daily Observer” Monday, Dec. 16, 1889 – Cook & Manion of the Mirror Lake Ice Company built another large ice house.

“Utica Weekly Herald and Gazette and Courier” Tuesday, June 30, 1891 – article states Former Sheriff Delevan Cook was running a business called Mirror Lake Ice Company since his term of sheriff was over, which was 1887.

Company will begin to harvest ice this week.

“Richfield Mercury” Thursday, Nov. 1, 1892 -- Mirror Lake Ice Company expects an ice house to be built in Ilion so they can furnish the village with ice.

“Utica Daily Press” 1899 P.J. Klem erected a grocery store. The architect for George Woolever’s hotel is Linn Kinne at Mirror Lake Park. The grounds are to be leveled and graded for a dancing pavilion which will replace the old one. (Note the hotel and dancing pavilion were never built.)

The “Utica Sunday Tribune” March 8, 1904 – On March 7 Charles Brown, brother of Phillip Brown and Arnold Gates, were operating ice plows with teams of horses.

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Peggy and Tim winter in Florida nowadays. This Valentines’ Day, they’ll have been married for 45 years

In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures and also her childhood memories growing up in Westmoreland.

1972 I took my new boyfriend, Tim Behrendt, to meet my mother for lunch at Howard Johnson’s in North Utica. I was nervous, knowing she was not thrilled with my new interest in the “hippy/peace” culture of which Tim was a central figure in the village where we lived. I introduced them, and we sat down in a booth.

“Get your keys out of your mouth,” she commanded.

I automatically whipped them out and set them on the table, deeply chagrined.

She was definitely not in one of her lighter moods. Tim insightfully pointed out to me later, that although I was 23 years old, I was still reacting to her like a dependent child.

That day, she reminded him of his stern and strict elementary school principal, Miss Freer. He and his little buddy, Teddy, were sent to her office one day because of a song they made up.

“Sing it!” she commanded, much as Mom had just commanded me.

They paled, and choked, but softly, hesi-

tatingly obliged, staring at their feet: “Jingle bells, Freer smells. Jingle all the way. Oh, what fun we had that day when Freer was away.”

It must have been hard for her to keep from laughing. Tim does not remember their punishment. Just singing it in her presence was probably punishment enough.

Two years later, when I announced in February that I planned to marry Tim on Valentine’s Day in a private ceremony, my dad simply said: “It’s your life.” I’m not sure exactly what he meant by that. Fortunately, with better acquaintance and time, my parents and Tim gracefully came to respect and enjoy each other.

Mom probably would have been thrilled if I’d married Bill, a handsome airman from Griffiss AFB. He was fun, loved crafts, played games, took me, Mom and my younger sisters on fun outings, and was always respectful, polite, and well-mannered.

But I only appreciated him as a friend. He attributed it to my immaturity.

Not many years later, he visited Tim and me in our forest home. As we had no phone, I was not forewarned, but we had a lovely reunion; him in his three piece suit, me in my peasant skirt, sweater, and kerchief. We looked at old pictures by candlelight and

reminisced of past adventures and paths diverged.

Tim came close to marrying a pretty and affectionate girl named Joni. She had their life together mapped out. Her parents were going to give them a house and car in her home town (which was named after her family), and Tim could have a steady job with her dad in the family undertaking and furniture business.

When I met Tim, I’d just finished college and was trying out my new career as a music teacher in Remsen. It was challenging and interesting, and the extra money was fun for a while, but having stylish new clothes and high-end make-up became boring. I felt like there had to be more to life! Tim was the guidance counselor there, as well as a minister at a local church. He’d been a great athlete; and I found him so introspective and interesting! I loved hearing his insights. And he encouraged and listened to mine. Together we could explore our mysterious inner selves. I had so many questions! Why do I do what I do? What are my motivations?

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An old boyfriend looks at pictures with Peg by candlelight in our forest home e r vegetarian to cook for him. (All I was really good at yet was lasagna.) As our relationship has deepened over the years, we’ve discovered that we are soul mates in many ways: the same empathy for the sensibilities of other life forms (that is big), love of art, music, hand-crafts, interest in minimalism and earthy lifestyle, doing things for ourselves. maintaining good health, offering service to humanity, a passion for guardianship of the earth….

I guess we were meant for each other. Tim remembers a particular moment one autumn day when he was in sixth grade, walking across the Washington Elementary School playground. He thought to himself, “Surely, my future wife must have been born by now.” And serendipitously, I was born that October.

Although we are both athletically inclined, we are not great pursuers of winter sports. Perhaps it’s because dealing with snow, ice, and cold is such an intimate daily activity for us: we shovel our paths, we chop ice to get water from the creek, we carry firewood in from outside. We are constantly taking coats on and off, even to go to the bathroom. And when morning chores are being done, the house gets chilled from the opening and closing door.

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boots; step gingerly in case there’s ice; get snow in your boots if it’s deep; take a flashlight; set bare skin on a cold seat; and wash hands after coming back in. We had an indoor chamber pot for nighttime (and still do), but our cottage is too small for such fragrant, personal pursuit during waking hours.

Uncle Grunt retired when we put a five-gallon bucket with a snap-on plastic toilet seat and lid in a connected wood shed. It’s much more convenient, although sitting on cold plastic seems a lot colder than sitting on

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When Tim retired from full time ministry in 2000, we acquired a 1977 twelve-foot Trillium camper and took it to Florida for 10 weeks in winter to a wildlife preserve. I painted it pink to fit in with the tropics, and we In sixth grade, bought folding rocking chairs. Along (fall 1948), Tim the long journey, the brakes and clutch thinks his future on our 1990 Dodge 4-cylinder truck wore out and needed repair. We lost wife must have the key to the padlock we installed been born by now on the back gate and couldn’t get to our clothes or food during rest stops, unless I squeezed through the tiny windows between the cab and the cap to get them, a task for a contortionist.

It was so stressful, it took me two weeks to even begin to like have to my husband again after we artake on icy, snowy walks… rived. But it was and is worth the freedom!!!. trip. Here, we are surrounded by It is crowded and noisy here, though. green mangroves, blue skies, and Unlike our tree-sheltered cottage at Shawawarm sun, with mockingbirds and ngunk, the wind often blasts its way across cardinals singing cheerily, and the Indian River from the Florida mainland, great, pre-historic looking pelicans or whisks across the Atlantic Ocean from and herons soaring above us. We Africa, making the surf roar. Occasionally, a can bike, and walk, with full strides tornado looms near, rocking our tiny campinstead of the careful little steps we er with powerful gusts and we worry that it

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is the little one-mile road over the barrier island between the ocean and our river campsite. It wends through salt-water marshes One year Peg thick with wind-tempainted a sunset on pering mangroves. the Indian River We might see a roseate spoonbill, its luscious shades of delicate pink a surprising and m e delightful contrast to the roots for quite a disRoseate Spoonbills come and dark waters. Raccoons or a tance when I was canoeing alone on the to our campground bobcat sometimes dart across river. I felt flattered and nervous at the same the road, almost too fast to see, time. and we often hear loud splash- One winter’s day, I am sitting alone on es from mysterious creatures the beach by the ocean after a big storm. behind the tangle of mangrove It is roaring with the rhythmic tumult of roots in the swamps, evading our tumbling waters licking the shore. Tim has curious eyes. There are alligators, disappeared through the haze of salt air on but rarely seen, two eyes and a a long walk along the shore. There are no forehead barely peeking above fishermen today. The sun is warm, though, the swamp waters in the distance. and I am making a basket out of palm fronds

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But, yes, there is a young surfer struggling in the turbulent, crashing waves at the edge of the ocean, unable to escape the currents. I can barely drag him out, because he is at least my weight or more. Where is Tim? He is screaming in pain, and I am aggravating it with my clumsy efforts.

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ket, advise him to focus on his breath, and then run as fast as I can, like a frustrated character in a nightmare (against the wind, steps hindered by soft sand), to the bait shop on A1A and call for emergency help.

He is still alone and suffering when I return. I learn that he is an inland boy, and foolishly attempted these rough conditions because it was a rare opportunity to surf, but probably broke his leg hitting an underwater dune. His parents and help finally arrive.

We tried surfing once, but a surfboard just seemed like an added complication to deal with in this vortex of contrasting currents, one pushing you toward shore, another pushing you back out, the wind whipping water sideways on top, and cross currents running below in wherever the underwater dunes dictate. It is enough, and delightfully so, to simply interact in ocean waters with just our bodies, to navigate these powerful forces with our swimming skills, negotiating force with submission, because you cannot fight the ocean and win, you must work within its parameters. This is a practical analogy for living,

and what we must we try to do in love and relationships…give, take, communicate, forgive, and renegotiate. To have your best friend, your lover, with you always, sharing and witnessing your life is worth the trials and tribulations of living together, and the often difficult period of looking for that special person.

When my dear Aunt Marion was a teenager, she had a girlfriend spend the night who was putting lipstick on just before they went to bed. “Why are you doing that?” she asked, mystified. “Oh, I want to look good in case I meet someone special in my dreams.”

I’m so lucky that I found and married my special someone 45 years ago. And, like the ending Tim always made to the stories he told our children: “We’ve lived happily, sadly, meanly, and scaredly ever after.” •

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Let’s catch up with some local music news: Out of the ashes of Radionix and the recently defunct Remedy comes a great new band, Sonic Circus. I recently asked their bassist, Mark Circelli, for some info.

The original concept of the name Sonic Circus and the eventual logo was created by Circelli, and wound up as a shelved project when he suffered a heart attack back in 2015. It was always meant to be the core grouping of Mark, lead vocalist Alexis, and her husband/guitarist, Ricardo, with Ed as an original candidate for the drummer spot.

Timing and opportunity presented itself again, and preparations were underway to revisit the project, and now after building the show set list and song pool, the group is gearing up toward a spring 2019 debut at one of its favorite venues, Caroga Lake’s Nick Stoner Inn. The band has been contributing to the local scene for the last several years in various other projects, including successful runs in Radionix, and most recently Remedy. Visit their Facebook page for info about the band and its members, as well as show dates and events.

Local burgeoning rock chick Cait Devin is busy as usual. Here is the latest from Cait and her new hard rock project: Cait Devin and Devinity Reign.

Bio: Devinity Reign is a new hard rock/metal band fronted by singer/ songwriter Cait. Heavy, lively, and original, the group has a finger on the

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pulse of keeping rock music alive. Alongside Cait, Zachary Korman is on guitar, Seth Panebianco is on bass, and Ryan “The Machinist” is on the drums.

Devinity Reign’s unique style comes from a diverse blend of influences, including Alice Cooper and Metallica. While the band plays well known covers to get the crowds going, Cait brings her acoustic songwriting to the table, creating something fresh and new with the energy of a full electric band.

“I’m going electric because I just love electric guitar so much, and I have had a passion about hard rock for a while now. It just has so much energy in it. As far as my solo stuff goes, I’m still out there doing it alongside the band because I’ll always love acoustic as well,” she says.

News ’n’ Notes Painted Black adds Jay Myers as lead guitarist.

Bassist Kevin Fox and drummer Justin Parker have left Our Common Roots to pursue other interests.

Both bands say to keep up on their progress and updates and check out their Facebook pages.

If you love good time oldies please check out our sister station 1420 AM and 98.3 FM the FOX. Go check out some live local music! •

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MVCC Cultural Series . . . . . . . . . . . .

Performing Arts at Hamilton College . . . .

Rolling Antiquers Old Car Club, Norwich . .

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John Froass & Son, Inc., Sherrill . . . . . . . 67 Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . 61

Liquor Stores and Wine Ilion Wine & Spirits, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . 38

Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 32

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Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . 49 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . 70 Sunflower Naturals, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Hemp and CBD Products Utica Hemp Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Pet Supplies Paws Boutique, Oneida Castle . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Horse Boarding Kast Hill Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Physical Therapy Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . .

Jewett’s Cheese, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . .

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Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . .

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Quilt and Yarn Shops/Services Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Black Cat Cafe, Sharon Springs . . . . . . . .

Black Stallion Restaurant,Vernon . . . . . .

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Raspberries Cafe, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . .

Route 69 Steakhouse, Whitesboro . . . . . . . .

Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . .

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below zero night of the eclipse, I was gleefully running in and out our back door with my binoculars. The snow was so cold that it didn’t melt on my slippers. The sound of the crunching crystalline snow and the crisp ozone smell took my back to my childhood growing up on the Tug Hill Plateau. On particularly cold days, my sister and I would run down the deep snow-covered runway in our backyard (Dad was a pilot) in our socks. The powdery snow would billow around us in a sparkling cloud as we ran as fast as we could and as far as we dared. Then we turned and dashed quickly back and into the house to brush off the shimmering dust before it melted. Tah-dah! Then we dared to go farther.

The super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse last month was as magical as the name sounds. The rust-colored moon in the sparkling clear sky (what luck!) hung like a prop in an enchanted, midwinter night’s dream. It made the dark, cold, long month of January a little less so. •

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