The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! Gifts, parties, dinners, family gatherings, and OMG, we need the right wine for all those. But, what to choose? There are so many options, from local vintners with one-of-a-kind specialties to vast world-wide assortments.
Enter Dylan Baker at Sharon Package Store, Hillsdale Fine Wine and Spirits manager […]
Art Omi grows contemporary work in former farm fields
It would be blasphemy to talk about outdoor sculpture exhibits in this area without including Art Omi in Ghent, NY, where modest to massive contemporary works become part of the landscape, owning hilltops, filling fields, and tucking into hedge-rows of a one-time 120-acre dairy farm.
Francis J. […]
Above: Community Rescue Squad’s ambulance, followed by New York State EMS personnel, the Red Knights riders, Moving Honors ambulance, and fly car led the procession down the Taconic Parkway near Chatham. Photo by Richard E. Lindmark.
National events do not happen often in quiet, rural Columbia County. But on June 28 and 29, the […]
Above: Deli counter worker Elizabeth serves up a slice of blueberry pastry that was hard to resist. The blackboard lists daily specials and where to find them.
In days (all right, decades or even centuries) past, the general store was the heart of a community, a place to meet and make friends, get your supplies and […]
He’s a dog on a mission, wandering around the room with his leash trailing behind, sniffing, stopping now and then beside a chair, and looking questioningly at the occupant.
No, he’s not begging for treats, but a pat here and there might be part of his quest.
Wrigs is working the room at a debriefing held […]
“I just want to say one word to you. Plastics.”
Remember that classic line from the 1967 movie “The Graduate”?
Had Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) followed that advice, today he might be a wealthy, retired CEO.
But he’d also have been part of what is a world-wide problem for waste and climate change. Plastic is everywhere, […]
It’s February, the month of affairs of the heart. Bet you’re thinking Valentine’s Day and romance, aren’t you?
How the heart got to be the symbol of those is unsure, especially when you consider that the shape of the actual heart is nothing like the version that’s come to mean love. This connection has been […]
It’s December! Let’s celebrate!
December can seem to be all about Christmas, although many celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa this month. Plus, of course, there’s New Year’s Eve.
But, did you know that in December you can celebrate every day? There’s World AIDS Day, National Ding-A-Ling Day, National Underdog Day, and Forefathers’ Day. The first Monday of the […]
What do an ice-skating competitor and instructor, roller skating coach, theater performer and choreographer, floral arranger, singer with a country album, and mixed-media artist have in common? They’re all together in one talented man, David “Tank” Tankersley.
Tankersley is originally from New Orleans. After a move to Tennessee, he started ice skating at age 13 and […]
Who doesn’t like wine? Or maybe rather than being an oenophile (a connoisseur of wines), you are a zythophile (someone who loves beer and all things beer-related), or a cocktail connoisseur (a keen appreciator of spirits).
Napa Valley has nothing on the Hudson Valley and its environs; you can barely twirl a corkscrew without it […]