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Poetry / Sections

When stars arrive

by Kevin T McEneaney When it’s too darn hot to do anything, even think about what could, should, be done, then one might doze off in the brutal heat, only…

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July 18, 2023
Environment / Sections

Too Darn Hot

by Bill Schlesinger "Too Darn Hot," Cole Porter, 1948 In 1992, then Senator Al Gore hosted an informational hearing on climate change, where I was honored to participate.  One of…

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July 18, 2023
Poetry / Sections

The ancient-storied kiss

by Kevin T McEneaney Like us, many animals give a kiss. Clown-fish pucker kiss to attract a mate. Foxes rub noses or mock-bite on neck. Elephants touch trunks, plunge them…

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July 12, 2023
Poetry / Sections

Dandelions on the brain

by Kevin T McEneaney Dead-heading dandelions on the lawn, squeezing the yellow juice of the flower, will do nothing at all for the landscape— for the dandelion exceeds our thought…

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July 5, 2023
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Court-defined Wetlands

image description by Bill Schlesinger It’s time for the Supreme Court to stop issuing broad rulings that affect scientific questions.  In its recent decision on Sackett v the Environmental Protection Agency, the…

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July 5, 2023
Music / Sections

Arriana Quartet Triumphs at Music Mountain

John McGrosso,Julia Sakharova, Judith Gordon, Joanna Mendoza, Kurt Baldwin by Kevin T McEneaney With a program that featured both old and recent compositions the Arianna Quartet delivered a powerful performance…

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July 3, 2023
Music / Sections

Daniel Stepner and Robert Levin deliver period Mozart

by Kevin T McEneaney Aston Magna was at the forefront of reviving period instrument performances of older music in the U.S. The concert at St. James Place in Great Barrington,…

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July 2, 2023
Poetry / Sections

On Retirement

His Badhrán drum by Doctor Phillip Brady I will always say Hello to you he said, You looked after me when I had nothing. Now I have this place, if…

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June 26, 2023
Music / Sections

Improvised Trio at The Stissing Center Delivers the Wow!

Nathan Meltzer, Sophia Zhou, Sterling Elliot by Kevin T McEneaney Sterling Elliot has the press nomenclature (as a 2021 Avery Fisher Grant winner) of being a rising star, however, that…

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June 26, 2023