This Month’s Featured Articles…
Protecting our nights: Envoys of beauty
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 ago, when I opted to stay indoors and watch football instead of heading out into the longest of nights – the winter solstice – when the sky was a [...]
A hopeful romantic’s guide: Confronting tricky Valentine’s Day feelings & navigating a holiday dedicated to love
When the month of February rolls around, the focus on romantic love can become overwhelming. I have spent all but one Valentine’s Day single, and whether I was surrounded by friends for a Galentine’s movie night, sick in bed while my flatmates made their way out to a London club, or spending an ordinary evening at home with family, I always felt a sense of yearning, as if something was missing. Of course, it’s a no-brainer why that was. Rom-coms flooding television stations, pink and [...]
Animals in Love
For those attracted here by the prurient possibilities suggested by this headline, settle down. Unless something goes completely off the rails, we will not be discussing, reviewing, or analyzing some raucous Thursday night orgy organized and participated in by the neighborhood cauldron of bats, romp of otters, or prickle of porcupines, although I suppose if it’s an orgy you have in mind, you could do worse than to populate it with that trio. Recently, when the little doggy of the house appeared for all the [...]
National Girls & Women in Sports Day: Three female athletes on their achievements in athletics and why women’s sports are so important
National Girls & Women in Sports Day began in 1987 as a special day to recognize women’s sports. Co-founded and powered by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the day originally served as a remembrance of Olympic volleyball player, Flo Hyman, for her athletic achievements and dedication to promoting equality for women’s sports. Since then, the day has evolved into an event that acknowledges the accomplishments of girls and women in sports, the positive influences of sports participation, and the continuing struggle for equality for women in [...]
Discover a deeper connection: The husband-wife team at Constellation in Catskill offers more than meets the eye
On the list of “firsts” that we can never forget – like a first kiss, a first car, or a first day of school – is another one that’s indelible: a first tarot card reading. It can be truly life-altering. How is it that cards with symbols and pictures on them can be translated to reveal things that are so personal and often profound? Derek James Smith remembers his first experience with the tarot. He was 28 years old, living in Northern California. A naturally [...]
