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Will Doolittle's avatar

Greg has a special, understated, precise and authentic voice that grabs me, gently, and pulls me along. I'm so glad he's doing these travel/exploration columns and at least some of them can appear here, as well as on his own site.

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Richard's avatar

...thank you for the introduction to Cortland; your description reminds me of two small towns with colleges, both of which I attended: Kirksville, Missouri [Northeast Missouri State College, now Truman State University] and Brockport, New York [State University College at Brockport, now SUNY Brockport]. I have not been to Kirksville since my junior year spent there, and I have not been to the Village of Brockport in decades, either [though you don't have to go anywhere to be haunted by somewhere/something/someone in your past]. / Thanks, again...

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James Tynan's avatar

Great column about the old hometown!!!

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Ray Agnew's avatar

Thanks Ken and Greg! Ken for sharing the space and Greg for the great piece. Everyone should subscribe to Greg's substack blog!

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Charlie Bucket's avatar

Random.

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Jane Carusone's avatar

Could have been Glens Falls or any one of the hundreds of small towns across the US way back when.

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Greg Luckenbaugh's avatar

Perfect, Greg… Brought back to me of one of my mom’s favorite lines, perhaps from Chaucer? “Time and tide wait for no man…”

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Don Shuler's avatar

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing it! As I have noted previously, “We all have a story to tell in a world full of people who have stories to tell.” Greg’s story is wonderful. Again, thanks!

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Barbara Bubar's avatar

What fun to see pictures of Cortland, where I had my very first job as the Cornell Cooperative Extension agent, probably about the time when you were throwing those snowballs! Yes, fascinating memories.

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Bob's avatar

"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

They've all come to look for America

All come to look for America"

-- Paul Simon "America"

America is in all our hometowns. In our family, friends, and neighbors. In those we love and who love us.

But lately, I think we've all gone to look for America. An America, I fear, that's slowly slipping away now. I hope we're not lost.

Greg, I wish you all the best in your own search.

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Diane Tuman's avatar

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane about Cortland! I went to college there, but don't remember much about the town, except for a wide, grand road with magnificent homes lining it. Maybe a frat house or two. Any idea what road might fit that profile?

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Greg Brownell's avatar

Tompkins Street, perhaps?

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Barbara Green's avatar

Thanks for the tour of Cartland, then and now.

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