Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 7-14)
Dec. 7-14: Nutcracker time, Holiday party at FDR’s house, Gingerbread constructions, Make your own Chanukah gelt.
All posts by Erica Chase-Salerno
Kids’ Almanac: Nov. 30- Dec. 7
Seasonal stageworks, Vanderbilt Mansion holiday open house, elf hunt at Locust Grove
Erica’s Cancer Journey: What is your ‘Why?’
In my cancer circles, I frequently hear women lament a challenging treatment or “scanxiety,” which is nervousness or anxiety before a test about cancer progression. And they often end with the thought, “I do it all for my kids.” My “Why” comes from a different place: I do treatment for me.
Kids’ Almanac: Nov. 23-30
Post-Thanksgiving activities to do with the kids.
Kids’ Almanac: 11/16-23
All aboard the Polar Express; Mini Maker Faire in Poughkeepsie; craft your crown for Sinterklaas, and more.
Kids’ Almanac: Nov. 9-16
Teen film fest, Victorian nutting party, pirate story, model trains, soccer youth clinic and more.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: Why I do not want a living funeral
In my dying, socializing asks more of me than I can often give. Like love, death is bigger than us. I am discovering that my end-of-life journey requires different energy and rhythms from my previous life patterns. I also do not desire your reassurance to “feel better” about my health situation, nor am I in a position to shoulder your grief.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: Brain bling
My husband estimates that my innate worth has grown 47 cents due to the three new tiny gold seeds in my head (probably as close as I’ll ever get to wearing a tinfoil hat). This metal trio is smaller than rice and glued onto my skull to help point the radiation beam to the correct spot in my brain. My husband was delighted that the doctor jokingly said he could bring his own drill along.
Kids’ Almanac: Halloween edition
Woodstock & New Paltz vie for Halloween Central honors, trick-or-treat on campus, HalloWoodstock at the animal sanctuary, Spooktacular at the Children’s Museum, Rocky Horror Show Broadway Workshop at SUNY-New Paltz and much more.
Kids’ Almanac (10/19-26)
Candlelight Ghost Tours at Clermont, Beacon hosts pumpkin-carving marathon, Family Day at Vassar’s Lehman Loeb Art Center