The title says it all! Indeed, the winter of 2017-18 will be remembered for extraordinary swings in temperature and in snowfall, from...

SHADOWS LENGTHEN, DARKNESS RULES As the arctic winds race down from the ice-cap, having swept across frozen tundra where Caribou hunker...

FADING COLOR As the fall colors of 2017 slowly dissipate, melting into the Catskills landscape, they gradually change into the more...

DOG-DAYS OF - FALL? We are at the end of what was a glorious summer in the Catskills, having happily avoided drought, fires and flood (if...

WHY WAGHKONK? I should explain to the occasional reader why I call these missives Waghkonk Notes. I started writing these as the Comeau...

LIGHT Maybe it is the all-penetrating light. It comes at you from every direction. It surrounds you, reflecting from the dark, rich green...

SUMMER SIMMER Summer came suddenly after the relatively cool, wet Spring, bringing with it hot weather we don't normally see here until...

THE ROADS WE TAKE Many of you will mistakenly believe that you know little of old roads and archaic trails. You may even think that they...

The seasons speed by just like the racing, ice-cold water of a spring freshet. Our days go back and forth, varying from the placid,...