Split Rock
To enter the woods after the season’s first snowstorm is to meet winter on its own terms and to glimpse
Columns
Kids’ Almanac (January 3-10)
Quote of the week “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional
Cool sky stuff is coming in 2014
Jim Metzner’s Pulse of the Planet is a syndicated radio show that explores nature’s rhythms. Like beating hearts or chirping
A horrible mystery
Hours after the massacre of 20 small children by a young mentally challenged gunman, (Friday night Dec. 16), I walked
The Trapps
My favorite time to walk along the famous Trapps cliffs at Mohonk Preserve is in late fall, when the leaves
A look at frequent flyer radiation
Cosmic rays have the most mysterious-sounding name in the universe, and they definitely live up to it. Even their history
Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 27 – Jan. 3)
A year from now, you will wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb Meet the Young Artist Talent
Nature at your doorstep: Onteora Lake
There is something about walking up and down through strata of stone that gives one a feeling for the ancient and vast rhythms of geological time, and the relatively miniscule cycles of human history within them. This is the sense one gets at Onteora Lake, situated where the Hudson Valley meets the Catskill Mountains.
As others see us
Writer’s note: Though I generally write humorous columns in this space, at this time of year I typically do one
Hugh Reynolds
’Tis days before Christmas, so here goes the list. Remember, readers, it can’t be all-inclusive. For those bent — or