Acapulco de Juárez For the past week it has been consistently cold and wintry here in the cabin. There is snow on the ground, and I have to walk in from the road; my dirt driveway is now closed off. Snowshoes are not required yet, but snow that has fallen is starting to pile up. I spend some […]
Category Archives: Life in the Catskills
Winter in the Cabin.
01-Dec-12Staring At Winter.
28-Nov-12http://thmiii.com/index.php/nggallery/page/1?page_id=1528 From my writing-desk. At this stage of the year on gray days it just snows and snows and snows all day, a few flakes at a time. Little accumulates, but there is an effect.
How to Get Me to Keep Reading a Book.
27-Nov-12Put this on the second page: When the mists in my beloved valley steam all around me; when the sun rests on the surface of the impenetrable forest at noon and only single rays steal into the inner sanctum; when I lie on the tall grass beside a rushing brook and become aware of the […]
Back in the Woods.
14-Nov-12I returned to the Catskills last night, after a week and a half away, first in Ohio and then in New York City. It amazes me how when I am elsewhere I can feel the same angst and uncertainty that I feel all of us thinkers feel – and then I come back home to […]
Hurricane Sandy.
04-Nov-12I was at the cabin for the hurricane, which counts as one of the more impressive experiences of my life. I was on high ground, and all the trees within striking distance of the house are healthy and rather distant threats, all in all. That said, I was aware of their presence and experienced a […]
Hurricane Sandy.
28-Oct-12Last night there was a strange halo around the moon – one at first, then later in the evening there were three, one of them elliptical, which was unlike anything I’d seen before. It’s always hard to tell if we feel foreboding because our bodies do sense something, or if our minds are making it […]
Morning in the Cabin.
17-Oct-12The Face of Winter.
17-Oct-12The leaves are gone from all the maples around here, and the ferns are all dying to the ground. The forest is taking on its winter appearance, which will not alter much for the next six months. The one exception is the beech trees, which are still going gold and brown. But for vigorous fall […]
Hard Frost.
13-Oct-12I stepped outside at 3 a.m. last night – I stayed up a bit to finish reading a book – and found it was 26 degrees outside. Ice had started forming at 9 p.m. When I got up in the morning, there was a half-inch of ice on water surfaces. First frost of the season, […]
Catskills Political Commentary.
19-Oct-12Since I showed a picture of my own empty chair, I thought maybe I’d include another empty chair. From the Rondout Valley, just outside the big state prisons north of Ellenville: