As I write this, record rainfalls continue in our corner of the Catskills, streams almost instantaneously re-flooding because the earth...

We are at the end of what was a glorious summer,having happily avoided drought and fires. Because we had no extended dry-spell the...

Once again the Earth has cycled back to where its northern half (which happens to include us is tilted towards the Sun, giving us our...

INCREDIBLE RICHNESS OF SUMMER LIFE - As I've described in other high-summers, the richness of this time is so visceral, so intensely,...

The title of this piece describes this last week perfectly - it seems like we went from spring to SUMMER! in just a few days, with...

As the bright green tide of the new season slowly advances up the sides of Overlook, Spring returns to Waghkonk in all its glory. This is...

As the days get longer and the sun moves higher in the sky the arctic jet-stream that brought forth our record cold temperatures retreats...

WINTERSPRING - Even though winter is still upon us, occasionally pummeling the southeast Catskills with icy nor’easters, or fierce arctic...

Polar winds plunge over the southeast Catskills, freezing all before them and casting  frosty whiteness about as they continue to bring...

As arctic winds roar south over Manitou Mountain, coursing down through frozen mountainside quarries, bending low Milkweed and Monarda -...