Feb. 4: Professor Glen Geher and his students will speak about the new book The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World — and Us by Richard Prum (which is on the NY Times top ten books of 2017 list). The book revives interest in Darwin’s other major work The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, also known as Darwin’s “really dangerous idea.”
If I only fished to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.
“We want to make people’s homes and lives more beautiful,” said interior designer Maria R. Mendoza, owner of Marigold Home.
The merger was over 60 years in the making.
Rattlesnakes on the Ridge, Reviving the American Chestnut, Citizen Science in the Hudson Valley and Raptors on the Ridge will be the topics of this year’s series. Lectures are held each Thursday in February at 7 p.m.; three at SUNY New Paltz and one at SUNY Ulster.
Of the ten first-magnitude stars in the heavens, eight of them will surround the Moon. You’ll notice that the star directly below the Moon is also the very brightest. This blue gem is the famous Dog Star: Sirius. It also happens to be the very closest star we can ever see from New York State.
FDR sent in the Civilian Conservation Corps to build a camping area and a restaurant at Norrie Point called the Point Inn, which served diners from 1937 to the 1960s.
As I navigate innumerable decisions along this terminal cancer journey, having the strength and desire to return to beloved interests like viola feels like a precious gift.
Daffodil, hyacinth, tulip, crocus, dogwood and plum stems all enter winter with flowerbuds sleeping within.
Want to go climbing but don’t know any climbers? Check out Eastern Mountain Sports.