Kids’ Almanac (May 23- May 30)
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. – President Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Day commemorations The first Memorial Day was declared on May 5, 1868 by general John Logan…
What Einstein really thought
A new Einstein biography has just been released. Despite the great man’s justified celebrity, many misconceptions are repeated. Take his ideas about religion. Some claim that Einstein believed in a personal God. Others…
The state of farming in the Hudson Valley
I was back in Texas for a funeral. The cemetery is out on what I call “the old home place,” the family farm. My cousin Neil farms it, but it is mostly raw…
Time to check the compost
You’d think, this time of year, that all I’d be doing is sowing seeds and transplanting small and large plants. I am. But I’m also turning compost piles, getting ready to use that…
Kids’ Almanac (May 16-May 23)
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. – Groucho Marx Sil & Eliza Reynolds, poet Bobbi Katz speak at Inquiring Minds I’ve been checking…
Inaugural Taste of Woodstock on May 22
The Woodstock Film Festival won’t be back in town until October, but in the meantime it’s gearing up for the 14th annual event this fall with a fundraising “Taste of Woodstock” on Wednesday,…
La Bella Pasta tastes homemade, but it’s a whole lot easier
Few would disagree that there’s nothing like pasta for something to get on the table quickly and easily. Pleasing to most of the finicky among us, pasta is endlessly versatile, coming in what…
Kids’ Almanac (May 9-16)
…if we all stand together and be a little brave, you never know where we’ll go. – Dean Jones Rosendale’s Grammy Award-winning Dean Jones launches new album this week Every time Grammy…
Saturn at its best
In our culture of publicity and hard-sell, it’s tempting to exaggerate. Even with celestial events, the media often cry wolf. But one planet never disappoints. Through any telescope with more than 30x, Saturn…
Trendy straw-bale culture is unnecessary unless your soil is diseased
People are funny, and that includes gardeners. Gardening is basically simple: You put a seed in the ground and, backed by millions of years of evolution, that seed grows. Sure, there are a…
