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,...
firefly moon (part 1)
STEP RIGHT UP! - Step right up, folks, to Father Sky and Mother Earth’s Magical, Mystical, Midsummer Madness! See the Night-sky shimmer...
SPRINGING TO SUMMER PART 2
SPRINGING TO SUMMER (part 2) Waghkonk Notes June 15, 2022 SUMMER SIMMER - Summer came suddenly after the relatively cool, wet Spring,...
Springing to summer
BRIGHT TO DARK - By the time you read this our forests will have transformed from the bright green, high-nitrogen-infused, light green of...
