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To many, living through the COVID-19 pandemic has seemed like a watered-down version of what reality should be. The virus has brought everyday life practically to a standstill, with many of the usual aspects and activities deemed unsafe.
This is particularly true for people focused on fitness.
New York’s Hudson Valley is thick with historical sites, gorgeous estates and important landmarks, many of them near to or overlooking the glorious Hudson River.
For most of us, the Dog Days of summer have just passed. They get their name from the “Dog Star,” Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major — the Big Dog —which is in line with our sun in the noonday sky. Apparently the ancients, whoever they may have been, believed the Dog Star added to the sun’s heat, resulting in Dog Days.
During quarantine I have mostly learned to surrender to the unexpected. The days are long, the news cycle dreary and the future unknowable. In a time of powerlessness, the one thing I have power over is a cardboard island called Catan. Let me explain.
Feeling a little jittery? Have the couch cushions settled irrevocably into the shape of your personal rear end-type area? Has the excitement of binge-watching season 7 of “Home Boyz from Outer Space” faded?
I have two suggestions.
I bought a house last November. I love this house, and I want it to be my sanctuary: peaceful, harmonious, interesting. But I have always felt insecure about my home decorating skills; I sometimes think they haven’t evolved much beyond Dorm Room Chic, or Frazzled Parent Modern.
Grammy Winner Paul Winter will perform with gospel singer Theresa Thomason, in photo above, in a benefit for the American Mural Project on Sept. 5 in Winsted, Conn. Photo by Matthew Muise
The end of summer is coming, a time when we think of things we should have done while the weather was warm and we maybe had some time on our hands. This year of course the end-of-summer regrets are more profound as plans were impacted not just by COVID-19 but also by a week of power outages at the peak of vacation season.
Jason Alexander (star of stage, screen and “Seinfeld”) and Patti Lupone (star of stage, screen and formerly of Kent, Conn.), Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (“Tootsie,” on Broadway) and Michael McKean (“This Is Spinal Tap!” and “Better Call Saul” among countless other favorites) are among the dozen actors who will do a staged reading to benefi
Call it Simon’s Rock and Roll for Labor Day weekend as the Great Barrington, Mass., college partners with the nearby Mahaiwe Theater for a weekend of music-themed films that can be viewed “drive-in style.”
The screenings will be at Simon’s Rock, at 84 Alford Road, which is just around the corner and up the hill from the theater.
Historian Edward Kirby will talk about the region’s industrial history, including the making of iron in Sharon, Conn. (this photo shows molders in Sharon, holding the tools they used for the compacting of special sand for casting the metal into shapes). Photo courtesy Sharon Historical Society
Beloved historian Edward Kirby of Sharon, Conn., will give a Zoom talk in partnership with the Sharon Historical Society and the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m.
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