Chris Brewster

It’s a difference in philosophy, I suppose – do you learn better by doing or by watching? Until recently, my work experience has been much more on the doing side. My jobs have been primarily a case of learning on the fly while in the middle of…

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September always brings changes, especially when you’re a kid. New school, new teacher, new kids … you’re thrown into the pool without a life jacket and forced to paddle. Our house has that happening now, but three-fold: Our daughter’s started…

We take so many things for granted when it comes to first-world problems. Case in point – we’ve never been so thrilled to do laundry as we are this week, since we finally replaced our broken washer with a new one. It’s been nearly four months of…

It’s hard to manage expectations. Those we place on others, and those we place on ourselves. We’re dealing with that now, as our daughter preps for college and our son … well, we honestly don’t know. His diagnosis of Angelman Syndrome brings its own…

As a kid, I loved the Beatles classic “When I’m Sixty-Four” from the Sgt. Pepper album. It’s such a bop, as the kids call it these days - a fun, catchy simple little song that still brings me joy but in a completely different way as I approach that…

My plan - actually my public vow - was to post something at least once a week, and I missed last week. Normally that would cause a bit of angst, but I feel like the reason is legit: I published my first book! Thanks for reading Bellows from the…

If you’re a human, you know all about procrastination. It’s the nagging voice telling you to watch just one more episode of “Wednesday” instead of emptying the dishwasher or mowing the yard. If you’re a creative, it’s the unseen roommate sitting on…

Just a quick post to talk about something I saw today among the millions of bits online. This was an eye-opener. I was watching a short clip from an interview with author Jonah Berger, who among many things is a marketing professor at the Wharton…

On eve of Hall induction, Binghamton honors baseball legend Bud Fowler After more than a century of having his accomplishments on and off the baseball field relegated to the back pages of history, Southern Tier native Bud Fowler will finally be…

From as early as I can remember, I wanted to play center field for the Mets. Any time anyone asked the typical, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” - whether it was a teacher, or my grandma, or one of my friends - that was always the answer.…

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Name of Business: My Girlfriend’s Jewelry Box Address: 222 Broad St., Waverly, NY 14892 # Years in Business: 7 Owner/Owners: Diana Talcott Why did you start your business? When I got introduced to beads and jewelry-making I fell in love with it.…

When you say someone wears their heart on their sleeve, it means they show how they feel rather than keeping them hidden. It’s fair to say that Watkins Glen International President Michael Printup fits that description when talking about both the…

At age 5, Rikki Marcin wrote and illustrated her first book. Her first stab at publishing, at age 10, was unsuccessful. Her second try met with better results – the Watkins Glen native’s book “Murder & Mayhem in the Finger Lakes” was published last…

Every community has its hidden gems – those cool places very few people outside of those who live there actually know about. With the pandemic forcing us to find different activities closer to home, many of these are being discovered and appreciated…