The Unchanging Center of Myself
What is certain is the world will continue to change. Accepting and not resisting this, is the first and most important inner skill in this…
Editorial
The Old Coot wants the truth
The big lie, “I’ll be right with you.” You get this when you’ve been in line for a while and finally it’s your turn. You…
Guest Editorial: Gone with the blink of an eye
Sixteenth birthdays, driver’s licenses and graduations; a student’s biggest accomplishments, the biggest milestones, all gone in the blink of an eye. Sitting at home for…
From the Town of Owego Supervisor – Donald Castellucci Jr.
With 2020 finally behind us, hopefully 2021 will bring some normalcy back to our lives. The year certainly wouldn’t go away quietly! Forty inches of…
Collector Car Corner – Plymouth: Gone but never forgotten
Q: Greg, to this day I’m still a MOPAR and Plymouth lover. Why did Chrysler let Plymouth go? I know Dodge is still their everyday…
The High School Heartbreak
It was expected that the experience was to last for the whole duration, but unfortunately it was cut short. Not only did we lose the…
The Old Coot is a ‘fake’ 80
I want to say, “I’m 80!” Do I wish I were 80? Not exactly, but at 78, I’m at that awkward age – two years…
The tragic sacrifice of Owego’s High School Band
The seniors in the exemplary Owego Free Academy band have lost their chance to shine; the musical careers of these wonderful musicians have been reduced…
The Garden of the Mind
“The mind is everything; what you think is what you become. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” “A man is literally what…
The Way Out is to Go Within
Do I recharge myself as much as I recharge my phone? To recharge and renew myself deep inside I must stop, for a second, and say to…