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....
a sudden fall (part 1)
Thank goodness for recent rains which have alleviated fire danger for now and it’s great to see the Sawkill with water in it again. A...
WINDING DOWN(part 2)
-I’ve grown to love Summer - nearly all of it, anyway. I love the heat - maybe not when its too oppressive, but I do appreciate it,...
WINDING DOWN PART 1
In my last Note (HIGH SUMMER SIMMER, August 15), I was rightfully worried about drought locally, particularly as it relates to fires....
A CATSKILLS WILDFIRE?
In over 30 years writing about our wonderful corner of the Catskills, I’ve danced around this topic numerous times, sometimes feeling...
HIGH SUMMER SIMMER(part 2)
FLORA & FAUNA While many of the indicators of our glorious summer are still with us - a plethora of avian life, many insects, as well as...
HIGH SUMMER SIMMER(part 1)
SENSUAL SUMMER - I sit here on a perfect, warm, very late July evening, windows and doors wide open, trying to encourage any possible...
Firefly moon (part 2)
WHAT MAKES HIGH SUMMER? LIGHT - Maybe it is the all-penetrating light which comes at you from every direction. It surrounds you,...
