SNOW
Polar winds plunge over the southeast Catskills, freezing all before them and casting frosty whiteness about as they continue to bring...
SNOWY DESERT
As arctic winds roar south over Manitou Mountain, coursing down through frozen mountainside quarries, bending low Milkweed and Monarda -...
TRIUMPH OF LIGHT
As our Earth spins on its journey around the Sun, this is the time that the northern hemisphere is tilted away from Sol, bringing winter....
WINTER COMES
Northwest winds sweep through the hills, bringing their cold message of winter, transporting snow from Lake Ontario all the way down here...
Like Embers Fading
2020 FADING COLORS As the fall colors of 2020 slowly dissipate, melting into the Catskills landscape, they gradually change into the more...
Prismatic Palette
I love to watch dust-motes floating in the clear, soft, forgiving light of Autumn, shining specks dancing. They drift over quieting...
THE GOLDEN SEASON
SUMMERFALL The summer light wanes, sending an ancient signal to all beings in the northern hemisphere that it is time for each one in...
RUBIES RULE!
It is truly a wonder to be able to watch my Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)all season long, although it is primarily...
SUMMER SIMMER
WHY WAGHKONK? I should explain to the occasional reader why I call these missives Waghkonk Notes. I started writing these as the Comeau...
High Summer
I consider this time - between mid-July and mid-August - to be High Summer in the Southeast Catskills. It usually is the hottest part of...
