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Column of the Week
Written by Richard Shade Gardner
Sunday, 09 March 2008
Thank you all for checking in on this weekly blog every week for the last three years. Our goal was to share the many positive aspects of daily life in Upstate New York. I feel we achieved that goal. I have now launched a new blog, Burning Wood, a more personal and reflective blog. I am hoping it will be as popular and well-read as Rochester Blog has been. Please check it out at: http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/ Be first to comment this article \| Add as favourites (27) \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 183
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Column of the Week
Written by Richard Shade Gardner
Tuesday, 05 February 2008
One recent winter day I walked the Lake Ontario beach at Durand. It was smoothed almost to an artificial flatness, as if by a steam roller – instead of the prevailing westerly wind. The mist from the constantly pounding surf was mixed with the surface of the sand making it concrete hard. So I felt like I was walking on a sand-colored parking lot. The jagged-cut soles of my almost new Wolverine boots left barely a trace of a footprint. Be first to comment this article \| Add as favourites (41) \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 328
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Column of the Week
Written by Richard Shade Gardner
Monday, 28 January 2008
The first three men came in together, surveyed the buffet and helped themselves to cake and coffee. Two of them sat at separate tables, pulled electronic gadgets out of their pockets and immediately became lost in their games. The third man sat down at my table, directly opposite me. Be first to comment this article \| Add as favourites (33) \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 348
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Column of the Week
Written by Richard Shade Gardner
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
How would you like to be homeless when the temperature outside is 10 degrees? That’s what it’s been for the past two days here in Rochester. I know, homeless people are homeless year-round, but days like these make me think about their lot in life. Awhile back a friend and I volunteered to be overnight supervisors at Dimitri House, operated by Corpus Christi Church. Be first to comment this article \| Add as favourites (44) \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 301
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