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

June 1 is considered the start of meteorological summer.

The truth is that spring in the northeast is a time of great (albeit painstakingly slow) transition and impatient humans...

The days are noticeably longer, more and more migrating birds have returned; moths have hatched and are mobbing street-lights; the...

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

Wintergreen was the original natural source for oil of wintergreen used in early beverages and candy (and, yes, chewing gum)....

As the days become noticeably longer and the light (oh, so) gradually returns, it might seem like winter is waning,...

Don't miss the subtle yet striking details of this seasonal transition...

It is such a season of hyperbole. How can we consider autumn without expressing its beauty in extremes? Well, I...

In over 30 years writing about our wonderful corner of the Catskills, I’ve danced around this topic numerous times, sometimes...

As High Summer progresses, every day brings us new, additional, life-forms. With the increase in the dew point (and therefore,...

Step right up, folks, to Father Sky and Mother Earth’s Magical, Mystical, Midsummer Madness! See the night-sky shimmer with light and...

While indeed the calendar says late spring, the vernal season is racing past. These rapid changes have accelerated the pace...

Trying not to show my panic, knowing full well what else must be close by, I pointed out that it...

Now that winter winds are no longer whipping down our mountain slopes, and the icy snows are melting fast, the...

Snow-devils spin their spritely dervish-dance, winds rage across the suddenly-winter landscape, snow and sleet pelt the window-panes, brown leaves skitter...

Overlook, our holy mountain, is looking over us, a mostly silent witness to our wintry travail.

Cold arctic winds blow across the mountains, bringing their fierce reminder of winter’s power, scattering brown leaves and making the...

As the cold penetrates our bones and makes its hoary way into bark and under ground, the eternal natural cycle...