Tag: outdoors

There were originally over 300 covered bridges in New York State. Only 23 still exist.

(Larry Lamsa - flickr) He launched out of the hedgerow into a small clearing, not 50 yards from my house. ...

I come from a rather musically vocal family. My grandmother, mother, aunt, uncle and sister all sang in church choirs.  Somewhere ...

I have what might be called a surfeit of birdfeeders on my back deck. It started simply enough with just one, ...

I was ten in 1966. My Uncle Ian took me skiing, which was about as close to religion as we ...

Christmas has always been a big deal in my house. My children know the rules: you can live or work ...

I was raised in a hunting family, and I am grateful for the experience. When we lived in New York ...

When I was 10, I read a book called “Bush Holiday” by Stephen Fennimore, a story of a young boy ...

This the season of the yard sale, also known as garage, lawn, moving, patio, tag, basement, rummage and house sale. ...

Dandelions, dandelions, dandelions everywhere, but not a drop to drink! With that in mind, I decided to take a step ...

(Wikicommons) Beware of ticks and teens, poison ivy, rabies and snakes   Summertime, and the living is ... well, actually, ...

(Photo by Josh Holz) Jen Holz captures the rare beauty of 4H youth   A boy rests against a snoozing ...

Corinne Mol discloses open secrets and secret secrets   A great way to survive sweating hot days and to get ...

(Staats Fasoldt) We live in a very beautiful area, says Staats Fasoldt, maybe the most beautiful in the country   ...

(Photo by Annie Nocenti) Annie Nocenti writes of her river home to many   I live on a bend in ...

(Photo by Josh Holz) Paul Smart writes a heartfelt piece about the evolution of his summers in the region   ...

This is the year of the dandelion, in case you hadn’t noticed. These tenacious bright yellow blossoms, which in almost ...

“Red Squirrel,” Hans Hoffmann, 1578 The next time you sit down to a breakfast of pancakes with maple syrup you ...

The first Christmas after we moved from New York City to the country, our search for a Christmas tree was ...

Some years ago, I started what might be called a cottage industry. I made pinecone wreaths and sold them by ...