Dear Customers, Cooler nights that seem to begin earlier and earlier, spider webs in every nook & cranny, and bees that hover over everything edible on the picnic table can only mean one thing.  .  .  This is the final week of summer! Normally, I would be getting ready to pick apples or pears off…

Dear Customers,   With Fall high-school sports seasons stretching out ahead of us for the next couple of months, it’s often difficult, if not worth the effort, to execute or even plan a family meal most nights.  Practices usually coincide with suppertime as well as games, meets and matches scheduled at various times during the…

Dear Customers, Summer is coming to its normal conclusion, albeit three weeks before the calendar thinks!  This weekend we celebrate Labor Day which is for all intents and purposes the end of summer for most people.  That is “most people with school age children”.  I no longer fall into that category and neither does my…

Dear Customers, This Friday night, at about 7pm, the Orange & Black will be lining up for their season opening kickoff.  The Hubber marching band will be settling into the bleachers as the final notes of the National Anthem fade away.  Down on the track, the cheerleaders are anxiously waiting to start exhorting the crowd,…

Dear Customers, The McKean County Fair comes to town this week for its 117th visit.  I’ve been alive for way more than half of those, but the fair still holds a special amount of magic for me.  I’ll admit that my interest has centered on different aspects over these many years. As a boy, I…

Dear Customers, In a couple more weeks, I’ll be turning 69 years old.  While that’s not an accomplishment I can take any credit for, it seems to be a big deal to those who think I retired several years ago!  I’m just a little flabbergasted when a friend or acquaintance I haven’t seen in a…

Dear Customers, As summer vacation begins its third and final month, I’m struck by just how quickly the first two have sped by.  In my mind it seems like it was just the first of July and now the entire month is gone!  Don’t misunderstand me, I’ve loved the warm weather, the sunshine, and yes,…

Dear Customers, To my way of thinking there are a couple of foods that make the summer, well, Summer!  The first one is fresh strawberries, locally grown and still smelling of the fields they grew in.  Sadly, the company that used to provide us with home-grown strawberries closed when their owner passed away!  And since…

Dear Customers, Back in the early 60’s I had quite a comic book collection as did many boys my age.  I say “had” because my mother pitched them all into the dumpster one fine spring day in an effort to rid my room of “useless clutter”.   One of my favorite places to procure comic books,…

Dear Customers, When I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes more than 25 years ago, I found the news extremely depressing, and I figured that life as I knew it was over.  I wasn’t used to having to read the labels on every can or package I ate – and the realization that there was…