MARCH TO SPRING
Even though winter is still upon us, occasionally pummeling the southeast Catskills with icy nor’easters, or fierce arctic winds blowing...
WINTER GREEN (part 2),
A WILD RIDE INTO A FEBRUARY THAW - I've written recently about what a "rollercoaster" of a winter it has been - up and down, warm and...
WINTER GREEN(part 1)
As the polar winds plunge south, driving summer into a faint memory, all of us - animal and plant - hunker down, waiting for warmth. We...
ROLLERCOASTER SKY(part 2)
The cycle of the seasons moves inexorably onward as real, deep winter finally comes to the Southeast Catskills. Now that we’re a few...
ROLLERCOASTER SKY(part 1)
Cold arctic winds blow across the mountains, bringing their fierce reminder of Winter’s power, scattering brown leaves and making the...
DARKNESS RULES (part 2)
SHADOWS LENGTHEN - As our Earth spins on its journey around the Sun, this is the time that the northern hemisphere is tilted away from...
darkness rules
Northwest winds sweep through the hills, bringing their cold message of winter, transporting snow from Lake Ontario all the way down here...
FALLEN RAINBOW (part 2)
AUTUMN WINDS - Winds of seasonal change blow across these ancient hills, lifting dry leaves from their now sapless branches, momentarily...
Fallen rainbow
KALEIDOSCOPE FALL - As the kaleidoscope of our Fall season inexorably turns, the once- bright autumnal hues, which only recently seemed...
a sudden fall (part 2)
It is such a season of hyperbole. How can we consider autumn without expressing its beauty in extremes? Well, I guess it's my turn....
