Favorite numbers
Why does each cell in our body have 90 trillion atoms, roughly the same as the number of stars in our home galaxy cluster?
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Kingston After Dark: New year, fresh canvas
For my first concert plug of 2019, we are going to take a look at a stirring folk influenced concert in nearby Woodstock.
On the rocks: The Devil’s Tombstone
Make your way to Rte. 214 and head north until you reach Stony Clove Gap. That’s a very sizable boulder at the Devil’s Tombstone Campground in the eastern Catskills.
Play hockey or figure skate at Saugerties’ popular Kiwanis Ice Arena
“We have public recreational skating and drop-in hockey, which is open for anyone who wants to come and play a game, along with sticks and pucks.”
Prime sledding destinations in the Hudson Valley
It wasn’t a White Christmas, but the snow will come. Hang on to your wintry hopes and this list of coasting hot spots.
Kingston After Dark: Tubby’s the new kings of Broadway
Occupying the formerly quite static Broadway Joe’s, Tubby’s offers charm, warmth, a great menu and much friendlier vibes.
Kids’ Almanac (12/27-1/3)
Spider-Man: New Year’s for kids at Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie; New Paltz offers family-friendly New Year’s Eve; Into the Spider-Verse animates comic adventures in high style.
In praise of the present
The local gift economy is really something. I’ve lived in a lot of places, large and small, and nowhere is the tradition of handing off random stuff to your friends and neighbors so strong and vital.
2018 was good for some harvests, disastrous for others
Little damage was suffered by my blueberries, probably thanks to some experimental traps developed by Peter Jentsch of Cornell University.
The ice age at the Mountain Top Arboretum
The Mountain Top Arboretum, located just north of Tannersville, is home to a collection of mostly local and native tree species.