Finding Ulysses

On the impeach Bush petitions in Trumansburg, Ulysses and Tompkins County, and a meeting of Back to Democracy showing a documentary on Hurricane Katrina.

Republicans are, on average, the oldest voters in Trumansburg, New York

The 2007 egg hunt organized by the Trumansburg Rotary Club was cold, but a success.

The Democrats have the most members in Trumansburg of any registered political party, at 49.7 percent, but being just under the 50 percent mark, that doesn’t constitute an actual majority.

My embarrassment over Jonathan’s post suggesting that my personal blog “declares” my 24-acre property, which includes a black locust plantation (hence “Robinia”) either a “nation” or a “tribal land” was something that I first thought to just note in the comments section.  However, I decided to post a short piece on the main page, instead.  [...]

The town of Ulysses in the Finger Lakes contains two conceptual nations: Rongovia and Robinia. Is there room for more?

Around 30 volunteers gathered to work on the Black Diamond Trail south of Taughannock State Park on Saturday morning.

In the Village of Trumansburg and in the Town of Ulysses, what we need is not bipartisanship. Self-described bipartisans show their true colors when push comes to shove – they’re just partisans in purple clothing. What we need is above-the-board partisan debate. No more sweeping our disagreements under the rug and pretending that they don’t exist.

While we have been preoccupied with the happenings here locally, the issue of global climate change has not gone away.  Bill McKibben makes a convincing argument about why, unlike most movements for social progress, the movement to adjust our habits to protect the earth’s future has a distinct TIME LIMIT (read this very good article [...]