Halloween at 127 Hunter

Greetings!  It is a week after Halloween.  The hype has diminished,  the costumes are put away (or just lying on the floor of the basement), and the candy calories are settling on our hips in such a way that we may expect many trips to the gym in the near future.  Halloween enthusiasts have but [...]

Ode to a Sandwich

Over the hills and yonder a ways sits a quaint New York 24 hour joint called Rocky’s Deli. Standing room only is an overstatement, as standing in line, even when the place is not busy, can be somewhat difficult: you eat in the car. And if it is a Chicken Parmesan sandwich, you [...]

Irony in the Hollow

So you know how it’s hard to describe irony without using an example? Well…I have a doozey! It’s so wonderful I could burst.

First, a little background. Hold your horses. Ha ha, horses. You will see why that’s funny in a minute.

I live in Sleepy Hollow. That’s right, the real Sleepy Hollow. As [...]

Plimoth Plantation: Live History

I remember school field trips as feeling restricted: No, you cannot touch that, it’s very old; No, you cannot go up the stairs, only staff; No you cannot sit on that chair bed stool bicycle, it’s worth more than you are; No, of course you must not breath. There were some exceptions, but overall, [...]

A real life Lost World!

Perhaps you have already seen this on the news. In case you haven’t, this is going to blow your mind!

Can you guess what this is? A leaf perhaps? A fungus maybe? Guess again. This is the tail feather of the King Bird of Paradise used primarily in courtship rituals. [...]

More Simple Pleasures

Howdy folks. I just thought I’d jot down a few more simple pleasures I’ve thought of.

Hummingbirds.

How so many people have a different name for their grandma. Mine’s Mimi.

Riding a bike with no hands and holding your arms out like wings. It feels as close as one can get to flying, I think.

The [...]

Simple Pleasures, continued

A couple years ago I published a collection of Simple Pleasures in The Fish. By simple pleasures, I mean specifically common occurrences that, despite their relative unimportance to the events of the day, nonetheless manage to brighten the mood in a lasting way. In the article, I described twenty five instances of short [...]

Suppress the urge to Photoshop

Check out this site:  Magical Photography to believe that are Not Photoshopped.

I ran across this site while looking for pictures of fish.  (I am painting mini murals in my bathroom.) I loved it immediately.  Too much Photoshop detracts from the beautiful reality of nature, and because of this I really appreciate photographers who purposefully abstain.
You [...]

Boscobel

One of my family’s favorite summertime activities is heading forty-five minutes up the Hudson for an evening at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival on the Boscobel estate. The evening usually goes as follows: We arrive and pick up tickets at will call and put on a sticker with a cartoon of William Shakespeare [...]

Oh Frick

Today I went to the Frick museum for the first time. In retrospect, I can’t understand how I’ve never visited before. Growing up near New York City has always been a privilege for me, being so close to cultural and educational stimuli, and I had thought I had taken full advantage of it [...]