For the second half of our Catskills sojourn we stayed a mere stone's throw away from Woodstock, outside the village of Hurley, to the south of where we had been. A gallery-owner-Harley-rider at the Woodstock Inn looked down his nose at this arrangement, when my mom explained it to him (he was touri ...
hey stranger, I haven't seen you in a while. Nope I haven't blogged in like forever. I am hoping, thinking, I'd like this to change. I haven't always know what the goal of this blog is. Most recently I thought of it as a way to keep in touch with friend when I moved upstate. Prior to that I think it ...
For my November Catskills trip, I have a rough plan to hike Hunter Mountain over a three day weekend. Leave Friday, 5-6 AM from my house, arrive in 3.5 - 4 hours. Lien-To is a steep 2.2 miles/~1,600 ft in. I'm bringing my tent, the guidebook says the lien-to is both popular and in bad shape. Also, I ...
Little People by Ron Quinn An interesting book chock full of true encounters between the people of the Catskills region and nature folks. Font type is good comprehension is average has many sketch illustrations I really liked this book. It’s written in down-home manner with thoughts to ponder at the ...
One of those rare Hitt hardcovers published under his own name (unlike the Roger Normandie and Charles Verne titles from Key), ol’ Orrie published two books with the short-lived Valentine, Devil in the Flesh (1958) and Hotel Woman (1959). Both were later reprinted by Kozy, the first as Sins of the F ...
dear readers, the city, the metropolis, i’m talking about this here gotham, boy does it get sticky. its hard to leave this web, but you have to reload sometimes. im working on my certification to be a yoga teacher with yoga to the people, and this weekend we headed out to nature in [...]
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire William Shakespeare, “King Lear” Sólo me interesan los personajes secundarios y un objeto. Sólo me interesan un perro y dos habitaciones. Sólo me interesa la utopía, la tontería trascendente. Sólo me interesan tres muertes. Una o dos nunc ...
thanks to erjkprunczyk for this image To continue where I left off in USA report… We were last spotted in killington Vt. From there we headed south into Massachusetts and to the quaint little town of Lee. Not typically on a tourists map (unless you are game for Tanglewood Music festival which takes ...
Help, please. I know I should know...but what is this shrub? It was growing beside the stream in Woodstock, beside the covered bridge. Uncharacteristically, I did not taste its berries.