Kids’ Almanac: Hudson Valley adventures 6/6-6/13
The prototypes of strong sensation: blazing lights, red earth, blue sea, mauve twilight, the flake of gold buried in the
Nature
Spotlight on cicadas in New Paltz
The cicadas are coming! If you haven’t seen or heard them by now, you soon will. June 3 through 6
Moon and Earth clobbered at the same time
This past March 17, an unusual number of deep-penetrating meteor fireballs tore through our atmosphere. Brilliant and eye-catching, their paths
Cornell Cooperative Extension celebrates its centennial in Kingston this Saturday
The 1862 Morrill Act gave states grants in the form of federal land parcels to build universities specifically intended to
Wallkill Valley Land Trust house tour allows for rare stop at Riverby
John Burroughs’ famous roughhewn cabin Slabsides is on the must-see list of many mid-Hudsonites, so we make a point of
Kids’ Almanac (May 30-June 6)
“You can discover more about a person from an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
The Sun can save your life
We’ve entered the year’s three-month period of highest-intensity sunlight. Will you embrace it, or hide from it? My book The
What Einstein really thought
A new Einstein biography has just been released. Despite the great man’s justified celebrity, many misconceptions are repeated. Take his
The state of farming in the Hudson Valley
I was back in Texas for a funeral. The cemetery is out on what I call “the old home place,”
A splash in the face
The Nora Ephron film Julie & Julia, which starred Meryl Streep as famed TV chef Julia Child, was partially based