According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 36 children and 1 in 45 adults in the United States. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication.
According to Autism Speaks, an organization […]
By Jim Calvin
In November 1987, as President Ronald Reagan prepared to try again to fill a Supreme Court vacancy after two misfires, Second Circuit US Court of Appeals Justice Roger Miner stood among three final candidates for the nomination.
It was the penultimate step in the remarkable legal career of Hudson, New York’s favorite son, […]
It’s rare to find the peace one gets from walking through a garden on a perfect day. …
Lester Collins, famed landscape architect of the 20th Century responsible for Innisfree Garden in Millbrook, NY, probably understood the sense of tranquility and calm that can only be gained from God’s green Earth and a beautiful bloom. […]
Photo above: Pamela speaks at the “Dubai Innovation Center” during COP28 on her educational projects. Photograph taken by Martin Nweeia.
“My mother told me I was always pointing at the sun and trees. I always found great joy being in nature. When I was 12, that joy grew so large that I created my […]
Photo above: Two of four pieces from the Springside collection by British artist Henry C. Gritten. Springside was Matthew Vassar’s estate.
Paris. Rome. London. Barcelona. Even New York, Boston, Philadelphia, or Washington, DC. All are great escapes for lovers of culture, and all should be visited. Often. But when time is tight and you don’t want […]
Above photo courtesy of Maitri Farm
It’s no secret that farming is becoming harder and harder. It’s never been an easy job, but between climate change, the unprecedented environmental changes that come along with it, and constant changes in funding and grant availability, farming seems to be increasingly difficult in recent years.
According to the US […]
Photo above: Donna with Lindsey when she was in third grade, 2010-2011.
Since she was young, Donna Fazzino always had a knack for reading and writing. Drawing upon her passion for the language arts, she pursued a career as a teacher in Connecticut’s Region #1 School District, teaching elementary grade levels and talented and gifted programs […]
Photo above: David Wallace harvests herbs in Camphill’s healing plant garden, where the garden crew tends to biodynamic flowers and herbs during growing season, and transforms them into teas and culinary herb mixes, as well as natural remedies. All photos courtesy of Camphill Village.
As the oldest and largest Camphill community in the United States, Camphill […]
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
– Bob Dylan
One might suspect that after decade upon decade spent meandering this fair Earth of ours, even a besotted toadstool might’ve acquired a nugget or two of what passes as wisdom, […]
It’s eighteen degrees out at 9:12pm on December 23, and I’m at a trailhead, fumbling with the buttons of my headlamp. Ten minutes ago, I was in Falls Village, watching the Housatonic boy’s basketball home opener against Thomaston. We lost by fifteen.
We had a respectable first half, though, much like the Steelers did two nights […]