Going Home to the Place I Never Left
Jenny and I flew to New York on Tuesday 4 September and drove up to Lake Mohonk at New Paltz in Ulster County. From age 5 to 21 New Paltz was my home town. We’re going for a week; for the chance to visit my brother who lives there still and who’ll be 77 this fall. My sister Linda who has lived in Maine for the past thirty years is also joining us. We get together at Mohonk several times a year. Two years ago, when I reached 70, I set aside $150,000 to support various projects near and around New Paltz that my family, newspaper publishers in their prime, supported during their lifetim...
