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Hands & Feet

by Kevin T McEneaney Skin on our hands and feet are different, unusual—they are double-layered. We don’t know why we have whorls on fingers (that resemble whorls inside of trees…

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May 3, 2023
Environment / Sections

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

climate change map by Bill Schlesinger As warm-blooded organisms, humans and other mammals have a normal body temperature that is slightly above the average temperature of their evolutionary environment.  The…

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May 1, 2023
Music / Sections

Triumph of the Duo at The Stissing Center

Stella Chen and Giles Vonsattel by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, the classical chamber series curated by Sophia Zhou, presented Art of…

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May 1, 2023
Music / Sections

Freedom & Fate at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Over this weekend Dr. Leon Botstein with The Orchestra Now conducted a concert titled Before & After Soviet Communism. The Before was Karol Szymanski’s late Songs…

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April 30, 2023
Music / Sections

Crescendo Chorale: Beyond Fabulous

From left: Jermaine Otis Woodard, Jr. and Igor Ferreira by Kevin T McEneaney Under superb direction of Christine Gevert, Crescendo Chorale at Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT. delivered choral astonishment! The…

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April 29, 2023
Poetry / Sections

Reunion

Photo by Bill Keller by Bill Keller At the end of a long winter I watch snow slip from a tree, sluggish at first as if stiff  from inactivity but then  plummeting, eager to  reconnect,…

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April 25, 2023
Music / Sections

Fabio Witkowski & The Hotchkiss Orchestra

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening amid the superior acoustics of Elfers Hall, Fabio Witkowski conducted The Hotchkiss Orchestra with an imaginative musical program of Bedřich Smetana, Aram Khachaturian,…

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April 23, 2023
Features Section / Sections

Neil Gaiman at Bard College

Photo from Wikipedia/commons by Tonia Shoumatoff The Fisher Performing Arts Center at Bard was filled with a panoply of young people, some with Tolkien elf ears, who came to hear…

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April 18, 2023
Poetry / Sections

Traveler

by Kevin T McEneaney While packing for my final vacation, it occurred to me that I need not pack anything at all except humor to deal with everlasting darkness where…

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April 18, 2023
Environment

What’s in a Road Name?

Close up image of a young skunk walking toward the camera. Summer in Wisconsin by Bill Schlesinger When I see a road sign for Quail Run Lane in a new…

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April 17, 2023