Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:20 AM

Have you ever known a woodcrafter? I have and more than one. When I was a kid growing up there was always one or two around every community. I always knew them as wildcrafters but my spell checker say ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:19 AM

Boats are considered shes by chauvinistic pig nauticisans because you can’t live with or without them. If Rachael Ray can make up the word EVOO for extra virgin olive oil, I can make up the word ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:18 AM

So I am currently a gestating pod. You read correctly. I am housing a human being inside of my own body for approximately forty weeks or until I explode. There’s no telling at this point which w ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:17 AM

Snobbery rears its ugly head in places one might otherwise think impervious to the skirmishes of class warfare. One of these unlikely battlegrounds is on, and near the water; where fishermen of every ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:14 AM

Just because the snow flies in the winter does not mean that the work dies for those of us fighting invasive species. Here is a round-up of notable news that you may have missed in the last six months ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Updated: 7:13 AM

This is the story of a priest’s journey after death. His name was the Reverend Hilary Hemmer, and he was a relative of Old Forge’s Hemmer Family. Father Hilary, as he was known, was pastor ...

Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - Updated: 7:02 AM

Paraprosdokians is a word according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It’s a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in ...

Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - Updated: 6:59 AM

Due to the fact that my life was not crazy enough, the powers that be, God, Mother Nature, the Universe, et all decided to throw me a whammy.
I am, much to my surprise and at the will of Murphy&rsquo ...

Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - Updated: 3:42 AM

Spring has sprung the grass has risen and I wonder where the flowers are? Yes, the grass has risen and with it my ire. I have finally had it with lawns. I have struggled for twenty-six years to mainta ...

Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - Updated: 3:41 AM

The Masked Pundit unapologetically contributes to the dumbing-down of America.

Deer Masked Pundit, does you or doesn’t you agree that America as a hole is dumbing-down? Signed, Marcus Absent, W ...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - Updated: 5:49 AM

Even though I have often said fall is my favorite time of year I now realize that I misspoke. It has to be spring. We had the mildest winter I can ever remember in 84 years but I was still pleased to ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Updated: 9:08 AM

The beaver is one of the most enigmatic animals in the annals of American history. It, perhaps like no other animal, spurred expansion across a continent. The first white men to penetrate the West wen ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Updated: 9:08 AM

You shouldn’t believe this but a national survey company called during supper and asked me who the United States should bomb next.
I replied, “Say again all after should.”
The guy ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Updated: 9:08 AM

By Shannon Hoffman
Travel Club Edviser

Hola.  The Town of Webb Travel Club recently returned from ten days of travel in Costa Rica. During this adventure our activities included seeing a dormant ...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Updated: 10:48 AM

I noted with interest the recent ban on open fires in New York State. In my time as a ranger we had many bans. For all intents and purposes open fires always required a permit from the local ranger. M ...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Updated: 10:48 AM

Spring Break. This is a break for teachers and school employees, who very much deserve a break. They manage children all the live long day, along with their own personal lives and households, so indee ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:48 AM

The month of March, 2012, has been a very good month for individual rights for private property owners and all citizens in general. It’s evident that the platform of one of the major parties in ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:48 AM

Owning Adirondack waterfront property was once a dream of mine. Alas I’ve never had the wherewithal to pull it off. The cost to purchase and maintain desirable waterfront property remains beyond ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:48 AM

Everywhere I look these days there are people doing things to extremes. The people that have clutter are no longer good enough, there has to be a television show about people hoarding. Now, I am the f ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:48 AM

In this week’s column, we are introducing a new word to the English language. A freshly minted, and elegant word that will replace the generic and clumsy phrasing that has been used for centurie ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:48 AM

Recently, with gas soaring to over $4 a gallon, and maybe even $5 a gallon, my wife and I have become Hypermilers. Yes, it’s a real word and was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2008. Hypermili ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 - Updated: 11:28 AM

By Marc Butler
For the Express

In my opinion, New York’s many open spaces, trails, wooded areas, streams and lakes make our state a sportsman’s dream. The state is perfectly designed to ...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Updated: 7:29 AM

There is an old German proverb; everyone has seen it, “Too soon oldt, und too late schmardt.” Well, I have been old for longer than I care to think about and ashamed to admit that I didn&r ...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Updated: 7:29 AM

The long months of little sun have left me with a grey pallor that serves only to accentuate my wrinkles and flaws. Along with mud season comes “looking blah” season. Indeed, don’t w ...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Updated: 7:08 AM

I have had the distinct pleasure and good fortune to have personally known some prominent local, state and national figures. One was a New York State Senator with the love for all things Adirondack. H ...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Updated: 7:08 AM

Please ponder Waylon Jennings’s 1978 lyrical reflection: “I’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insane, nobody knows if it’s something to bless or to blame, ...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Updated: 7:08 AM

My wife and daughter watched with wide eyes, as I pulled back the lid of the plastic pail that was sitting near the wood stove, and were not disappointed by my surprise when I saw the animal that was ...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Updated: 6:48 AM

I often wish I had a bevy of professionals at my beck and call to answer my questions. A squadron of folks on hand and at the ready with any information I desire would be delightful. There are search ...

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Updated: 7:28 AM

The New York Outdoor News is a weekly newspaper reporting on all facets of hunting, fishing and trapping in the Empire State. I use the term Empire freely when referring to government on all levels.&n ...

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Updated: 7:28 AM

I have an issue. Well, okayyyy, I have a vast collection of issues, but only one that I currently care to discuss. I have an inappropriate sense of humor. There, I said it. This is no shock to most pe ...