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At the Public Radio News Gathering
I’m at the 2010 Public Radio News Directors, Inc conference in Louisville KY, where NPR Senior VP for News Ellen Weiss (and I’m paraphrasing) is giving a pep talk on public radio’s responsibilty and...
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Great news in the Champlain Valley
I’m just back from an annual gathering of public radio news directors — people who do what I do at local stations all over the country. We talk about issues facing the “industry” and out particular...
View ArticleNotes on parenting
Bird parenting, that is. We are used to osprey, mallard and merganzer families at Lake Ozonia. One year, a single merganzer parent ended up with a real freight train of little ones — 17 ducklings...
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Sign of the season, and the times
There are so many things I like about this sign, spotted yesterday morning, between Colton and Parishville: I’m guessing that it isn’t a stretch to assume this firewood is also local. That elevates it...
View ArticleJim Reagan leaving Ogdensburg Journal
Is this “news” for the Inbox? Or “community” for All In? I can’t say. I’m that close to speechless. The Watertown Daily Times reported this morning that long-long-time Ogdensburg Journal chief Jim...
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Yes, I’m back
It’s good to be back. Two weeks ago, week six of my eight weeks away from NCPR, I wouldn’t have thought I would write that today… without lying through my keyboard. But it’s the truth. Somehow I’m...
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Fair skies for ferry opening
That’s deckhand Ralph Guiduli greeting regular customer Marcy Weathers (plus Argus, Ajax and Barton) after a long winter as she waits for the ferry back to Essex, NY. It was opening day for the...
View ArticleA worm question
Canton, and much of the North Country I think, got its first really nice warm spring rain last night. We heard our first peepers Friday night, signaling (loudly) that the reproductive cycle has begun...
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One more from the Tour
Maybe it’s because his long tenure in the news department has given our morning host Todd Moe a nose for newsmakers, but Todd sent this shot of the Pope Benedict’s windows at the Vatican, lit up at top...
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Watch for turtles!
Curt Stager and I talk about snapping turtles in today’s Natural Selections…notably about how cranky they are, and dangerous to approach in case you want to help them across the road to safety. (Tip:...
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24/7 news…in the powder room
I spent a few days in Crystal City, Virginia last week at the annual conference of a group called Public Radio News Directors Inc (PRNDI) – my people, from individual stations all around the country....
View ArticleVideo: big and beautiful
As promised, my video (Iphone) of the cecropia moth spreading and pumping up its wings on the side of a boathouse at Lake Ozonia. I first saw it in early afternoon. It was still there getting all set...
View ArticleChanneling Dr. Suess: the medical arms race
Our friend and former colleague Gregory Warner popped into my e-mailbox today. Since leaving his job hosting All Before 5, he’s been all around: Afghanistan, Africa, New York City, back in Canton,...
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The Best of Winter
I am a committed out-the-backdoor cross country skier. I discovered “cross country skiing” at college during the early 70s. Having grown up on alpine slopes, I was pretty disappointed to learn that my...
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The upsides of a hot day
OK, so it was officially too hot for a middle-aged woman to take a walk outdoors this morning (Monday), even if she stuck to the shade and grabbed an iced tea along the way. When I left the station at...
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That’s why
I’ve written, and talked, about Christmas trees plenty of times. I have decades of memories, starting with exciting ones, as the littlest in my family, when we hiked into the woods, searched out the...
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A snow story
It’s frustrating and fascinating to encounter a story, have an idea of the plot and characters, but not enough vocabulary to really pin down the details. Such is this story…written in fresh snow a week...
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Watching the inauguration
We may be a multi-media operation, but our TV tech is not our strongest suit. Just now, we’re watching the second Obama inauguration: Watching the swearing-in, from left: Ellen Rocco, Jackie Sauter,...
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Garry Trudeau 33-button set on auction for Winter Carnival
Here’s a chance to own a rare record of Saranac Lake’s last 33 winter carnivals – a complete set of the coveted carnival buttons designed by Garry Trudeau. Trudeau, native son, best known for the...
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My 100-foot diet
Pesto, roasted vegetables, cucumbers with dill. Here’s what’s going on with us these days. Work, weeding, some swimming, and lots of great eating. I don’t have a mega-garden. Really, the only things I...
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