Summer life has begun in earnest here, and the predominant sense is of being surrounded by life. One afternoon two turkeys, leading nearly twenty chicks, drifted past my cabin, swarming around obstacles like the shed or the woodpiles like ants, the whole time clucking and cooing in the strangest of ways. Yesterday as I tended […]
Category Archives: Life in the Catskills
Nature Days.
06-Jun-09Table Mountain, from Wildcat Mountain.
14-May-09Table Mountain, in the Catskills, mid-May.
Writing about the woods.
29-Apr-09Last summer I worked for a week as an assistant at a Latin-speaking program called the Rusticatio Virginiana. My “contubernalis” (roommate) there was a wonderful high school Latin teacher named Bob Patrick (“Robertus” in Latin). Besides an endlessly interesting spiritual path that has included being a Methodist minister, converting to Catholicism, and leaving the Church […]
Life in the Mountains.
11-Apr-09An album of some of my best photos from life in the mountains is here. I keep on thinking about going back home and being in the mountains again. That nostalgia, coupled with a bit of writer’s block concerning the novel, is making me think about packing up and heading out. We’ll see. Next weekend […]
Snow All Day…
08-Jan-09… But only about four inches of accumulation. Very beautiful, though.
The Conditions of Life.
06-Jan-09Gandhi said that every man should clean his own toilet. Today I’ve taken a new step forward by installing my own. My old toilet cracked when I left water in it before leaving for Christmas – the water froze and broke its ceramic mold. It took me a few days to prepare […]
More winter images.
17-Dec-08Winter.
15-Dec-08Crystal Days.
15-Dec-08“The pleasure and pain endured to purify our mystic ways and magnify our crystal days.” The past few days have convinced me that I can withstand the difficulties of winter here, in part because of the extraordinary beauties I witness every day. Not a day goes by without my saying “Wow.” The Catskills have provided […]
For God’s sake, cancel your Verizon accounts.
09-Jun-09I know they have the best wireless service in the area. But anything is better than alliance with tyrants. I’m currently at minute 33 on hold, after speaking with five different service representatives over the past two hours. My story? In September I brought a Verizon technician out to my cabin – Verizon is the […]