After writing a weekly column for the better part of five decades, I fear I repeat my stories all too frequently, and with the continuing pandemic and an attempt to avoid exposure to the COVID-19 virus, I’m not acquiring new stories.

Last week a caller from the Courtland area said his favorite topic was the stories I told about living and working on Blauvelt’s Hill.

Well, folks those stories might be liked but I have lived elsewhere a lot longer than I lived there and I’m sure I told all of the stories more than once. It is a struggle to put a new spin on an often told story.

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