Maroons Online Vol. 1… No. 97 Tuesday, December 14, 2021
“Bringing us all to a place we don't want to lose."
Observer: The Road Less Traveled
Macky’s New York: First Gift In The Bag
William Peay: Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame: Accepting Nominations
Siobhan Winograd: Schedler Project
M + A NYC: Carved and Polished Horn Pod Bowls - Large
James Stroker: Hope Coach
Jim Schoneman: Rock Hound
RHS Class Of 1972: Reunion Planning Web Site
Observer
The Road Less Traveled
Librarians are great people to know. The smaller the library the better they can know you.
At Willard School in the 1960s we had two gems, Mrs. Blumquist and Mrs. Joyce H. Schnappauf. In 1982, Joyce H. Schnappauf, was honored with the Ashby Award, the highest honor for an educator in the Ridgewood Public School System.
Our elementary school libraries were generally small and students signed their names on cards in the back of the books they borrowed. This manual process allowed a librarian working the checkout desk a chance to do a quick appraisal of the borrower, and more importantly learn their name.
I think because the Willard librarians, assisted by Ridgewood stay-at-home Moms who volunteered to shelve & checkout books, got to see our names & natures on our weekly class visits, they were able to put more thought into the literature and current events they would present to us. I recall they had us listening to recordings of Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost reading their own poems. Carl Sandburg read us his ode to Chicago: Hog Butcher for the World. Robert Frost read us his poem, The Road Not Taken.
I couldn’t comprehend the enormity of Sandburg’s Chicago stockyards, but I intuitively understood the sentiments in the choice presented to Frost by the two roads which diverged into a yellow wood. I kept Frost with me through out my twenties and thirties when many of life’s choice are presented to us.
I still refer to Frost even now as my choices have become fewer in number as I age. I travel my current path knowing full well it is less traveled and that this will make the all the difference the rest of my life.
Macky’s New York
Matthew Cortellesi Photography
December 9, 2021 - Union Square
First Gift In The Bag
A woman walks swiftly and with her head held high after spending the better part of the morning trying to decide which color socks her nephew would like best but the decision was made and her first Christmas gift is officially "in the bag".
Union Square west looking west at16th street with leaves and rock salt in reflection.
Time 10am.
#mackysnewyork
William Peay
Tales From The Wood…
Highland Avenue
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Accepting Nominations
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame Nomination Form
Visit The RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Siobhan Winograd
Ridgewood Town Council News: Schedler Project
Last year during the Ridgewood budget process, serious RED flags were raised regarding the 13 year old 7 Million Dollar Schedler Project. Over the course of this year, it was established that in 2020 two plans that were never presented to the public, the full council or any subcommittee such as Parks and Recreation were submitted to SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) on behalf of the Village. Both were rejected for reasons such as over-development and the historically inaccurate Pergola to cite just a few. Since then Ridgewood has failed to submit a comprehensive park plan and has opted to focus just on the berm. While I personally agree with executing the project in stages, the planning needs to be done upfront to insure the project is approved, published and protected. My inner engineer firmly believes you can not manage what you can not measure. No comprehensive plan and no timeline makes this a disaster of a project to manage both logistically as well as financially. To think we don't have a secured plan in place after all this time is just terrible given the deficit of open green space in the Village and the 7 Million dollar price tag for this parcel.
On Wednesday, I addressed the council again as this is the last meeting of the year. What resulted after my public comment (fyi I was also the only citizen attending thanks to suspension of hybrid access..yes only one there for the whole meeting, sigh access) was inappropriate and inaccurate as two council members continued to insisted there is a plan in place (there isn't as per the Village Manager and the state office) and then moved to discredit Village Staff and members of our community. It was a low for our dais. Thankful that the press was there and has confirmed there is no comprehensive plan in place just the berm. Grateful that ultimately the facts remain the facts even when officials resist them.
As I stated Wednesday, we are so close and the Village should lean into the truth and secure this project asap with a comprehensive plan.
—-Siobhan Winograd, RHS 1991
M + A NYC
Carved and Polished Horn Pod Bowls - Large
Sustainably harvested horn from water buffalo are gathered and parsed through for their natural variations, then carved and molded by hand into our unique tear-drop shape. Hand selected for each striation inherent in the material, these are a work of art in how it's individually selected as well as it's crafted.
Each one is significantly different from the next and we have grouped them for you by variation:
Milk Caramel is the most opaque of the variations but can also have hints of dark striping or sheer translucency.
Zebra only comes in small. It is the darkest variation but can also have tawny hints as well as milky stripes.
Fawn is the most traditional horn also known as 'tortoise shell', it has warm tawny variations that are often translucent, mixed with darker stripes and spots and an occasional creamy striation.
Designed by M+A NYC in Brooklyn.
Made in Kolkata, India by master artisans.
Care:
These bowls are very light and delicate but practical. They should be hand washed using a mild, non abrasive detergent. They should not be soaked in water for long periods or kept to an open flame or constant heating source. We have used them as candle holders but they should have a small well of water at the bottom or a metal protected tea-light when in use. Do not leave an open flame unattended.
James Stroker
Jim Schoneman
Rock Hound
Ice and all of its variations is interesting, Barbara. The river today was a parade of floating chunks of slush and ice because it was so cold last night and only got into the lower teens during the afternoon. This is what happens when it gets really cold, but the river is still a long way from freezing over. In fact, this stretch here never freezes over because the water is moving too fast. This spot is about a mile downstream from the Grandfather dam, at New Wood County Park.
Peace