Front Row: Jim, Mike, Stewart. Back Row: Matt, Larry, Jim, George, Rich, Tim
After a few practices trying to become proficient playing a 5-1 Team Jabberwocky had to face the music and play for real against better teams in the Empire State Senior Games (ESSG) in SUNY Cortland Field House. there were 5 teams in our pool play and after being booted out of the first round of the playoffs we ended up receiving a bronze medal for ‘participation’ but qualifying the team to participate in the National Games to be held in Pittsburgh in 2023. Thanks to Mike and Jim for organizing our team.
Barbara Ann (Muller) Waring 77, formerly of the Delanson area passed away Friday, May 13th at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home in Albany where she had resided since 2019. Barbara was born January 16, 1945 in Cobleskill, NY a daughter of William Clifford Muller and Alice (Tryon) Muller. She attended Schoharie School and graduated from the former Cobleskill High School, SUNY Cobleskill, SUCO Oneonta and finally, received her Masters from the University of Maryland. She worked as a Dietician for NYS Department of Health doing inspections at nursing homes until retirement.
Barbara was a volunteer with the Duanesburg Ambulance Corps, was a member of the Florida Dietician Association, the Garden Club of Schoharie and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Gallupville and the First Methodist Church of Schenectady. Barbara enjoyed gardening, her turtles and genealogy. She married C. Joseph Waring on July 28, 1991. He predeceased her in April of 2020. Survivors include her step-children; Cabot Waring (Stacy), Clayton Waring (Linda) and Christian Waring, 5 grandchildren, her siblings; Jeanne M. Hay of Cobleskill, James R. Muller (Kathryn) of Holland Patent and Robert W. Muller (Linda) of Delanson along with several nieces and nephews.
A period of visitation will be held from 9-11 AM on Monday May 23rd at the Langan Funeral Home, 327 Main Street Schoharie followed by a memorial service at 11 AM. Inurnment will follow in the Old Stone Fort Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Barbara to: the Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation, PO Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741, OR the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Gallupville, PO Box 22, Gallupville, NY 12073, OR the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley, PO Box 40, Howes Cave, NY 12092. The Langan Funeral Home of Schoharie and the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home of Cobleskill are assisting the Muller and Waring family.
Our dogs had a couple of encounters with porcupines: both with Trippe being the victim. Once we were able to extract the quills and once a visit to the Vet was required. I didn’t feel like the varmint had left the area so I placed a salt block in the woods and pointed the trail camera at the salt block. 90% of the photos were of deer and an inquisitive red squirrel. The rarest was of a visiting fisher.
Kathryn and Dakota participated in the Daniel Barden Mud Fest. Mud, hills, guts and glory. More than a mud pit, a combine unique obstacles and challenges along with running and walking.
Kathryn organized a seniors volleyball team to compete in the Slippery Rock Tournament. They were unable to practice prior to the games and it reflected in their play. However, they managed to get several games against similar competition.
We are getting a new electric stove after decades of service from our old stove. I took advantage of the remaining operable burners to conduct the somewhat messy job of making firestarters. The firestarters are composed of cardboard egg cartons filled with sawdust and shavings and soaked with melted paraffin. All together I made 96 firestarters which we mainly use in starting fires in the woodstove. I used to use paraffin blocks but the granulated paraffin melts much quicker with no shaving of the blocks needed.
Meanwhile Kathryn was took Dakota on a tour of colleges which included a stop at Hilbert College where Eric and James joined in for dinner at a local sushi restaurant.
Now that we have enough snow and continuing cold temperatures to maintain the snow, Kathryn and I have been breaking trail in an attempt to re-establish our Lollipop Loop Trail. The snow has been deep enough that we have only been able to do sections at a time. Initially, from our house to cookout corner, then to the top of Kirkland’s field, then to the woods and finally 1/3rd of the way around the clockface.
