A Vintage Recipe / Scone-esque and buttery with a burst of fruitiness from dried currants, Catskill Cake is well-suited to the holiday (even breakfast!) table.
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“Shortly after we moved to the Catskills, we became aware of the extraordinary asset the Catskill Center is for the area…”
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Small diverse farms are more resilient to change and I think there’s a lot of possibility in that.
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If you visited the Blue Hole this year, you were one of the 10,000 (plus) people to have a first-hand experience of this summer’s new coordinated conservation efforts.
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Breakups are hard.
And as one Sullivan County couple discovered in 1907, they’re even worse when your breakup unexpectedly makes headlines across the country.
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If you live in the Shandaken hamlet of Phoenicia and need help with math, you might want to head to the library on Main Street. The same advice would apply if you need help obtaining Medicare benefits. Or if you simply want to learn how to play the ukulele.
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Before refrigeration, successful ice harvests were vital. When the winter ice on lakes, ponds, and even rivers was properly thick, men would bring their saws and cut blocks to store in ice houses.
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“On one side, to the South, the grand old mountains, with their ever changing shadows of clouds and sunshine, seem to come together at right angles at the Westkill Notch, all covered with green trees… “
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The common milkweed, a wildflower (or weed, depending on your perspective), a species native to North America, has survived and until recently, thrived, because it is highly adaptive and opportunistic. Of all the milkweed’s marvels, though, its most intriguing—and celebrated—is its relationship with the magnificent monarch butterfly.
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FIrst Day Hike — an outdoor celebration of the New Year and fresh-air filled beginning to 2019.
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