Finding Ulysses

The flier said that the pottery adds “zing” to a dinner table. I never realized it before, but now that I think of it, my dinner table does seem to be suffering from a zing deficiency.

Just Desserts After Dinner Activist Potluck … 8:00 PM, Monday, July 31st … 21 Cayuga Street, Trumansburg

First year garlic mustard plants, sprouted from last year’s seeds are still around, perky and green.

The Southwest, including much of California, could gain enough extremely hot days so as to make the production of grapes for premium wines extremely difficult.Could Finger Lakes wineries reap an economic windfall from this global disaster?

Ray Meier is not at all the moderate that Sherwood Boehlert was, and doesn’t have the record Boehlert had on issues related to the environment. Valero knows that very well, and rewarded Ray Meier with a big fat check to help pay for his campaign. Valero is interfering with the 24th district’s congressional race this year, siding with the Republican candidate.

Gimme Coffee in Trumansburg is offering a great exchange of Ithaca Hours currency plus three free drinks for a hundred dollars.

It’s a very standard operation, part of a natiowide chain that boasts of 4,700 stores – 94 per state in the union. The Trumansburg store is not yet listed on the web site, so make that 4,701.

Diana Travis and Dave Capista take care of a roost full of white homing doves that are used in ceremonies celebrating peace. At the height of festivities, the doves are released into the sky in a symbolic liberation of peace into the world.

The difference between us and the people of Alpena seems to be that we are still trying to harness our streets instead of giving them free rein.