Finding Ulysses

Impeach Bush? I’m with you, neighbor, and glad that we’re free to place political lawn signs in our yards, regardless of the campaign season.

Democratic politicians make appearances in the parade to the Trumansburg Fair

Be a part of the effort to return America to the right track. Be at the Trumansburg Fair on Saturday to meet Mike Arcuri.

Michael Arcuri, the Democratic nominee for Congress in our district, will be appearing here in Trumansburg tomorrow, at the Fire Hall at 6:00 PM. Information about the Democrats’ Neighborhood Project volunteer program will also be available.

30 Burmese refugees are arriving in Ithaca by the end of August and that there is an effort being made to find furniture and utensils for them.

If the Republican government doesn’t bother you enough to get you to volunteer one hour a week, if the Iraq War and the torture of detainees, government wiretapping, Religious Right agenda, and all that just isn’t enough to get you to volunteer one hour per week until Election Day, well, there you have your answer about how things got to be so bad in America these days.

Just as I’m willing to respect that newspapers, although often slow and shallow in the information they provide, are valuable for what they do, I think that journalists like Steve Ferrari ought to have the bigness of mind to recognize that blogs have filled a very important and useful niche in making information available to people – a niche that newspapers never have and never could fill.

Back to Democracy has been a dynamic group for some time now, and their new web site ought to help them expand their reach even further.

A scientific gorge walk in Taughannock State Park, sponsored by the Paleontological Research Institution

You can’t but a tree like that. You have to plant it and wait, and hope that others will be able to enjoy it even after you’re gone. No sidewalk, no matter how nicely made, is going to make up for its loss.