http://fabcare.com/write-an-essay-on-my-school-for-class-1/ The frozen walls of High Falls Brook.
Tag Archives: winter
Ice.
04-Jan-10Woodchopping in Winter.
31-Dec-09http://gowstakeout.com/category/recipes/steaming/ I highly recommend saving as much woodsplitting as possible for cold days. First of all, it is fabulously warming exercise – “wood warms twice” is the Thoreau saying – and second, the frost makes the wood brittle. It’s like chopping glass – it always splits when struck, and has none of the elasticity and suppleness […]
Kuhner v. Combustion Engine.
31-Dec-09The battery in my truck died the night of the blizzard – as I discovered when I volunteered to bring some people to the subway – and two days ago I attempted to get a jump and head for Staten Island. It refused to take a charge. I walked down to Atlantic Avenue to get […]
Snow.
10-Dec-09Someone asked me if there was snow up here. After I took the photo which is at the top of the page now, we had a nor’easter blowing all night, which dropped about another six inches on top of the four that were in place. But it steadily warmed all night, turning the snow to […]
Ye Manticke Apples of Ye Catskilles.
22-Nov-09Last year the local sages were abuzz with predictions of a snowy winter, for the apple-trees, to which vegetable they attribute the gift of prophecy, were loaded down with much fruit, and “did bowwe their heades to Lord Winter.” I don’t know if there is any correlation, but I will say that it was a […]
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 […]