Angina
by Phillip Brady The grip of a cold East Wind on the chest, When you and the road are both going West. When you stop for a chat with nothing…
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October 11, 2022
Demented by what we breathe
by Bill Schlesinger Each day we breathe more than 10 cubic meters of air—more if we are exercising—so it stands to reason that stuff in the air can enter our…
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July 20, 2021
Spirited Quartet Salonnières at Millbrook’s Music Barn
Quartet Salonnières by Antonia Shoumatoff This performance at the Music Barn on Deep Hollow Road in Millbrook, owned by Stephen and Belinda Kaye, featured the charming Quartet Salonnières, a group…
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July 12, 2021
Hi-test Pesticides
by Bill Schlesinger In the pursuit of food security and abundance for the world’s rising population, it seems we are fouling our own nest. Pesticides are big business. One recent…
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July 6, 2021
A Walk in Spring
by Bill Keller I skied these woods when snow was deep, learned about its slopes and shadows, the openings between the trees that were sketchpads for my double lines. Threading…
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April 20, 2021
PARTY OF PICTURES
By Thomas McGonigle “and the party will go on for a thousand years,” he was saying Every year in March there is a St. Patrick’s Day Party on West…
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March 16, 2021
A Midwinter Day
by Philip Brady There were snowdrops in the graveyard today, First growth of the season, or maybe last. Nature has its own calculating way With calendar for future times…
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December 28, 2020
In Hot Water with Covid and Climate
An oft-told story in the world of climate change considers the behavior of frogs in hot water. Put a frog in a pan of hot water and it will jump…
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April 1, 2020