Tag: outdoors

(Illustration by Will Lytle) I live near a rather large wetland area and I watch for the wildlife that inhabit ...

(Illustration by Will Lytle) In water fowling literature, you can find many wonderful passages by really good writers that describe ...

(Illustration by Will Lytle) I once belonged to a supper club. It started simply enough, a few neighbors getting together ...

(Illustration by Will Lytle) I was five years old when we moved from New York City to the Hudson Valley. ...

(Brian Lynch) On my way to the Saugerties Fish and Gun Club, I travel five different roads, about 12 miles. ...

Old cement plant near Saugerties.Photo by Rich Parisio. This week’s column is part of a series recording author Rich Parisio’s ...

 I have eight essential supplies when our family goes on an overnight visit to see family and friends. 1. You ...

View from John Burroughs’ grave. Photo by Rich Parisio. I have always found that memories of places are hard to ...

Ebony Jewelwing. (photo by Rich Parisio) I must confess I had to steel myself for this walk in the blazing ...

Peter Dykeman and I are strolling through a sunny field in Rhinebeck looking for food – not garden crops, for ...

Skytop, Mountain House and Mohonk Lake from Eagle Cliff. (photos by Rich Parisio) One of the pleasures of living in ...

Entrance to the Stanford Wildlife Preserve. (photo by Rich Parisio) After a week or more of mostly rainy weather, the ...

The River Pool at Beacon. What fun can you get into today? – Janet Straightarrow Hudson Valley: Connecting with the ...

(L-R) Rock fissures, Sam, rock-splitting oak at Giant’s Ledges. (photos by Rich Parisio) For a sense of wildness in nature, ...

Tidal channels at Tivoli Bays. (photo by Rich Parisio) There are walks we take that are best thought of as ...

A Canadian goose family. (photo by Rich Parisio) A beloved place is like a reliable friend: it demands nothing from ...

Marshy shore with Tussock Sedge. (photo by Rich Parisio) On my recent spring walk at Thompson Pond, at the foot ...

Cascades on Peters Kill. What does one make of a hike that begins at a graveyard? Only that the human ...

Vernooy Kill Falls. (photo by Rich Parisio) The trail to Vernooy Kill Falls leaves the road to enter a moist ...

Catskill view from fire tower. (photo by Rich Parisio) Spring is a kind of kaleidoscope. Its array of delicate colors ...