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Finding hope and comfort in the lights of the Manhattan skyline

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas- at least from the 16th floor of NYU Langone Medical Center. I am grateful for the view...

Hurricane Joaquin makes fishing rough

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High winds and storm heave have hampered fishing efforts this week. This is unfortunate because blackfish season just started on October 5

Those damned tourists! Getting beyond the annoyances of fall on the North Fork

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Visiting a strange place, becoming tourist yourself for a bit, changes your perspective on the folks who flock to the North Fork in search of the perfect pumpkin. Well, for five minutes, anyway.

Enjoying fall’s bounty: Roasted butternut squash

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The crisp coolness of an autumn evening, the glow of a fire in the wood stove, a glass of cider... the perfect setting for a meal built around the bounty of fall.

Santa’s got nothing on her: taking list-making to the next level

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What lists can and cannot do: confessions of an obsessive list-maker.

Apple season means apple butter

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Apples are overflowing their bushel baskets in the kitchen and that means one thing: the comforting aroma of baked apples will soon fill the house.

Howling winds, pouring rain put damper on super moon good times

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Fall has reared its ugly head, replete with winds out of the east for days on end and now a hurricane. Yuck.

TGIF (thank God it’s fall): The annual beach misery is over

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Really, I tried. I hauled three days worth of supplies. I bathed pasty, uncooperative children in sunblock. I chased flying umbrellas. I sat in pools of my own sweat, acquiring a coating of sand every time I moved. I'd rather be poolside.

Inspired to #lovelikeFrancis

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Eileen Benthal packed up her special-needs daughter, Johanna, her wheelchair and service dog for a trip to Manhattan to visit neurologists and catch a glimpse and be inspired by Pope Francis and his message of love.

Fish this moon — it’s magic

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Get out there and fish the September full moon this weekend. It's a great time for diamond jigging for bass and blues.