Kids Almanac: Mother’s Day, birds, blossoms, boxing & baklava
In his work Birds and Poets, John Burroughs describes the contrast between the course of change that we experience through
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Locking up our children
It’s the droning boring recitation of testimony in court cases that is the perfect accompaniment for me to oil paint
When it’s 73 degrees, Woodstock moves at speed of sound – literally
I don’t know why I never realized this before: Woodstock happens to move exactly at the speed of sound. Given
The cruel arithmetic of hydraulic fracturing
This morning, in New Paltz, I hear again the sweet pure song of the white-throated sparrow. “Old Sam Peabody, Peabody”
Enjoying the apocalypse
Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed when, on a day like today (Monday, April 16), when
Kids Almanac: Free comics, Cinco de Mayo, Hudson Valley Fair, swap bikes & learn to fish
Hudson hosts largest children’s book festival in New York State The fourth annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival takes place on
The first wave of spring wildflowers
It’s not too late to find the flowers of April in our woods and fields, but the mild winter and
Kids Almanac: Celebrate trees, Beltane, UFOs, autism support & New Paltz Regatta
Cover detail of Vincent Polise’s book, The Pine Bush Phenomenon. The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for
Spy in the sky: ‘Tis the season for satellite-spotting
Satellites have now returned to our skies. These brilliant drifting lights cross the sky every few minutes – even if
Kids Almanac: Celebrate George Clinton and change a diaper for the world record
“A Father of New York and Founder of Our Nation” If governor George Clinton were on an 18th-to-19th-century version