City and Country

The Sun Like a Force-Ripe Orange

The sun shining ... just there in the sky like a force-ripe orange That striking image is from Samuel Selvon's…

3 years ago

Simple Pleasures and Stickybeaking

Stickybeak  NOUN: an intrusive, meddlesome, busybody, nosy parker who sticks their nose (beak) into other people's business. The act of…

3 years ago

Attention at Poughkeepsie

"Attention at Poughkeepsie" is how announcements begin over the sound system at Poughkeepsie station. Trains and stations have nothing at…

3 years ago

The Ice Caves and the Giant’s Ledges

There's a stretch on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail just south of the Binnewater Kilns parking lot in Rosendale that…

3 years ago

One Day in Paris 1919

We're not likely to be flying anywhere anytime soon so here's the next best thing: A trip back in time…

3 years ago

Ashokan Stroll

A short drive to the Catskills and a Saturday stroll along the Ashokan Reservoir Promenade. Wildflowers growing in the cracks…

3 years ago

Show’s over folks. It’s November

November Show's over, folks. And didn't October do A bang-up job? Crisp breezes, full-throated cries Of migrating geese, low-floating coral…

4 years ago

Unreal City: The London of The Lonely Londoners

This is not really a book review, although I did re-read, and enjoy The Lonely Londoners as part of the…

4 years ago

Anarchy in New York: The Mayhem Continues

As we know the tRump misadministration has - for reasons of its own - declared New York City to be…

4 years ago