Life After 55

By Michele Bazan Reed Email: bazanreed@hotmail.com The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, I settled in to enjoy one of my

By Michele Reed Email: bazanreed@hotmail.com In the hallway of the old family home, where my son, Mike, now lives, there’s

By Michele Reed Email: bazanreed@hotmail.com Photos by Bill Reed  There’s a thing going around on Facebook. It’s a list of

By Michele Reed bazanreed@hotmail.com Photos by Bill Reed In April I lost my best friend of nearly 50 years and

By Michele Reed bazanreed@hotmail.com Photos by Bill Reed I was talking with a loyal reader, who had studied at The

By Michele Reed bazanreed@hotmail.com Photos by Bill Reed It’s my favorite season in Central New York. No, not late winter.

By Michele Reed bazanreed@hotmail.com Photos by Bill Reed This October marked a full year since we’ve been back to our

By Michele Reed michele@cny55.com Photos by Bill Reed Le chien — the dog. There’s nothing the French like better —

By Michele Reed michele@cny55.com Photos by Bill Reed With travel disrupted this spring and summer due to the pandemic, we’ve

By Michele Reed michele@cny55.com Photos by Bill Reed Like people all over the world, our travel plans were curtailed this