It’s challenging for some of us to reach across the aisle…and I’m not referring to politics! Truth is, we are a species that likes to hang around people who resemble us. We like to think we appreciate and encourage diversity, but the fact is that most of us don’t wander too far from our childhood …
Last night, we had dinner with friends, Regina and Chris. We met at The Pickled Owl, a bar-restaurant in Hurleyville, NY. Hurleyville is a quaint place typical of the small Catskill towns that have a few nice restaurants and other businesses like the Hurleyville General Store and Morgan Outdoors. Both are two women-owned businesses driving …
I love the moment when a heat spell breaks and we return to seasonal temperatures. At 2:39 a.m. I woke up, padded downstairs to turn off the AC and open the windows. Ahhh. Joy! Returning to Joy, to lightness after coming through a dark or heavy period, is such a blessing. One can almost appreciate …
It’s Tuesday and we’re back in Sullivan County. Beth suggested a morning walk, so we drove to a lovely path by a brook in nearby Jeffersonville, NY. If there’s a sound more relaxing than water running over stones, I have yet to hear it! As our daughter, Steph, said to me a couple of days …