Once a week, 30 to 50 local citizens get together and meet up on Main Street in the village in Orsini Park across from the Main Street Café and Farmhouse Tap and Tavern.

I read, with some interest, that the idea of allowing folks in our little village to keep chickens has been brought back from the dead [“

I read, with some interest, that the idea of allowing folks in our little village to keep chickens has been brought back from the dead [“

Ever since the pandemic took hold in 2020, I’ve noticed an interesting thing. People are giving things away at a pretty serious pace.

Most people have moved at one point or another in their lives. Some haven’t. And some have made a career out of it.

The science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein suggested that one sure way to know a society was in decline or even near collapse, was to observe the lack of social civility in everyday life.

We’re all pretty familiar with the Big Lie stemming from the 2020 election and we all know how absurd it is.

I recently had a rather eye-opening conversation with a cicada. His name was Terrence. He had more than a bit to say about the world and how we humans are not necessarily doing a great job.

Do you ever play that mental game when you buy a lottery ticket? What would you do if you actually won?

I noticed a short but amusing discussion the other day on the Altamont Facebook page.