The Franklin Stage Company announced there would be no productions this summer. It wasn't unexpected. Even the Baseball Hall of...

There's a simple metal sculpture that speaks to me these days.

"Exhaustion is our friend."

My younger granddaughter, London, is trying to talk. She'll be one next week. She's standing up, walking a little unsteadily,...

The unsung heroes of this strange time in history don't speak in our language.

I like the wind. I like it a lot. I'm the person at the front of any boat, including the...

I've been called Pollyanna, the girl who sees something good in everything and everyone. But I've learned, as we all...

I might be a bit angry. I am a peace-loving person most of the time. I am, I suspect, what's...

There is one aspect to this long stretch of remote work that worries me a little.

We've been fighting to lose weight since this quarantine began. It seemed like it ought to be easy: we're home,...

Finally, we had a warm day. There's a different climate in the western Catskills. I guess it could be described...

This is Bunnyville. At least for now. When we moved here almost three years ago, we knew this place as...

I started howling last night. I heard that there are folks in my old home town of Woodstock who go...

I didn’t get outside today. I meant to. I wanted to. But between the computer, the phone, and local politics...

Real-estate clients show up from Brooklyn with huge enthusiasm for this area and absolutely no idea why. That's what happens...

Kristen and Kevin Christofora (photo by Dion Ogust) It was a fall night in 2001 when Kevin Christofora and his...

When I was a kid in Zena, most of the dads in the neighborhood put on their mandatory blue dress...

It's not easy being independent. It's been three years since I said goodbye to a steady paycheck and joined the...

A Catskill Animal Sanctuary guest greets Ricky the horse. If you own a business, you probably don’t think there’s much...

If you want your business to succeed, you’ve got to get the word out. Let’s bypass the conversations about electronic...