We’re Going NFL

As the NFL playoffs approach, we are going to bring you a story about a current NFL player who has ties to Huletts and the surrounding area in the days ahead.

Now we know that many of you have strong feelings regarding certain football teams, but we think you’ll enjoy knowing the connection that Huletts has to a certain NFL team.

To demonstrate the growing influence of the “blogosphere”, we have been granted an interview with this player and will bring you the details and our interview with him in the days ahead.

You might even decide to change who you root for in the playoffs this year.

Merry Christmas

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”

From our family to yours: have a Blessed Christmas and best wishes for a Happy New Year.

He Gets a Commission

One of our guests passed along this cute story about her young son. We share it here with you for the holidays.

After returning from their vacation in Huletts, her son started first grade. As one of his first assignments, he had to create a web-page about the things he had done that summer. This may be hard to believe that first graders are creating web pages, but the mother tells us it happened just like this.

Well he worked for a couple of weeks and diligently built his webpage. It was a montage of all the things he had done in Huletts, illustrated by pictures his family took. There were shots of him playing on the beach, him riding his bicycle, going to the soda fountain, etc. I’m sure you get the idea.

Well it comes time to present his website to his class and he pulls it up on his monitor with all his first grade classmates gathered around. On seeing all the things he had done in Huletts and what joy he had, his classmates were completely incredulous that there was a place where a first grader could have so much fun. Two asked simultaneously; “is that a real place?” To which he replied; “Of course, it’s a real place, it’s Huletts Landing and that’s where I go on vacation!” He then proceeded to pull up our website and show them how they could make a reservation. His mother said every child in the class said they were going to tell their parents.

Now how’s that for word of mouth advertising!

The Huletts Cookie

If you’re looking for a good cookie recipe for the holidays, we pass this one along to you. We call it the Huletts Cookie.

(Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped walnut

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour,
oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar,
and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies. Think of all the good
times you’ve had in Huletts when you eat it!

Saturday Quote

“Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.”

– Thomas Moore

Our Dresden > Their Dresden?

Many people are surprised to learn that there are actually two towns named Dresden in the state of New York. The other Dresden is located on the western shore of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes region. Check out the other town of Dresden here. Our former Town Clerk, Mrs. LeClaire, would say that both towns would occasionally receive correspondence which was intended for the other. Just a fun fact to know if you’re ever on a game show and there’s a category: Towns in NY State.