Sam's Upstate Blog – Page 7 – Thoughts and Reflections from Upstate New York

Today’s Bake

I baked a loaf of bread to have with supper. I went with Paul Hollywood’s “Basic Wholemeal Bread,” from his book 100 […]

My next audiobook: Knife by Salman Rushdie I enjoy audiobooks that are narrated by the author. I’ve never read anything by Rushdie […]

Earlier this month, a friend shared something on a social media account about “winter” as a verb (rather than a noun). It […]

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/well-intentioned-advice-no-reason-abandon-19962270.php

This is a really cool thing to see from the Albany Public Library: you can now “check out” concert tickets to Albany […]

Okay, I’m adding another reference to the Lorax on my blog. It’s not mine this time, but the Times Union’s Steve Hughes, […]

Our local food writer Steve Barnes has a column in today’s Times Union about the challenges of calculating the nutritional content of […]

Gas prices rising and electric expected to fall? Good thing I have heatpumps being installed to replace my gas-powered forced air system […]

There’s an article in the Business Journals about how employers are struggling to pay the increased cost of newer pharmaceuticals. At what […]