Author Archives: Mary Himlin

A derecho, defined as a widespread, fast moving, straight-line windstorm, devastated the northeast, Labor Day 1998. It lasted only minutes, but in its wake, 115 MPH gusts caused over $130M in damages. Power outages lasted up to ten days, Town of Manlius, .. Read More

• 15 November 2019
• Commentary

Biodegradable pitchforks raised high, saving Planet Earth one bean sprout at a time, and defending the civil rights of farm animals, the vegan scolds are determined to revolutionize your diet.  Force-feeding grain to geese is taboo, but shoving their.. Read More

• 29 November 2019
• Commentary

“It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace.” Eve of Christmas Eve, 2014:  The joy and peace of New York City’s midtown shopping district was shattered.  .. Read More

• 20 December 2019
• Commentary

Protestors burned effigies of a tousle-haired blond man, chanting “Refugees welcome here!”; “No to Tory racism!”; “Not my PM!”.  “Magpie madness”, otherwise known as “swooping season” had begun.  Envision the avian frenzy in .. Read More

• 10 January 2020
• Commentary

I first encountered Scrappy, a puppy of unknown ancestry, on the mean streets of New York City. At the other end of the leash was a little boy, named Antonio, who spoke little English.  He and his family had recently emigrated from Puerto Rico. We co.. Read More

• 31 January 2020
• Commentary

“Nanny State: A government with overprotective/interfering policies” Flanked by sidekick “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of the Socialist Republic of New York City, campaigned, January 11, .. Read More

• 21 February 2020
• Commentary

New Orleans, the time of Mardi Gras, and an elderly man, Jason Foster, has accepted that he will, at the stroke of midnight, depart this earth.  He arranges for his four avaricious heirs to don grotesque masks, with the instructions that they remain .. Read More

• 27 February 2020
• Commentary

The results of the political version of musical chairs that took place on February 3, 2020, otherwise known as the Democratic Iowa Caucus, have yet to be agreed upon .  A faulty app and total lack of pre-testing and volunteer training on this technol.. Read More

• 25 March 2020
• Commentary

Welcome to Le Café Bernard! Allow chef/host, Bernie, nee Bernard Sanders, to escort you to a table. Enjoy the house beverage, Molotov Cocktail, while you peruse the menu. You’ll find the choices quite provocative. First, sample Bernie’s Bolshevik Bor.. Read More

• 17 April 2020
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The filberts looked mighty tempting. The boy plunged his hand into the pitcher and grasped so great an amount he could not withdraw his fist. Unwilling to release a single filbert, yet unable to retrieve the nuts,he became frustrated.  “My son,” sa.. Read More

• 21 April 2020
• Commentary