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Was Edward de Vere the man who wrote the plays we now attribute to William Shakespeare? Photo courtesy National Portrait Gallery
It’s a question that’s almost theological: Was the man who wrote the greatest plays in the English language actually William Shakespeare, or was it someone else?
To accommodate shopping in an age of social distancing, there is a new retail shack at Thorncrest Chocolate Shop and Farm in Goshen, Conn. Through the back window, visitors can see Pretty Lady, a Texas longhorn, and her new calf. Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
This is the time of year when, normally, we would head to the Goshen Fair in Connecticut or the Dutchess County Fair in New York and learn the differences between all those types of cows that we see in the fields as we drive around on our country roads.
Despite the COVID-19 quarantine, many people did answer the annual call of the sea and took long-planned vacations at the Jersey Shore or Cape Cod.
Work by Don Bracken, including Out of the Ashes will be featured in a show at the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, Conn. Photo submitted
The inspiration for Donald Bracken’s paintings made a 360 degree turn when he lost his studio on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center (where he was an artist in residence) and he came home to West Cornwall, Conn.
Locked room mysteries are perhaps the most perfect type of tale to read during a quarantine. Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
For the avid detective fiction fan, there is no puzzle more alluring than a locked room mystery. In its simplest form, it is a crime (usually a murder) that has been committed in a room sealed from the inside with no way out (and in theory, no way in).
If all goes right, this is the time of year when you should have an abundance of summer fruits that want you to make them into pies.
I’m thinking of peaches, plums, blueberries and even tomatoes (yes, pizza is a pie).
Bonjour, ceci est votre phrase française du jour.
Good morning, this is your French sentence of the day.
Reading these words is how my mornings have started since the COVID-19 lockdown.
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.
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