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Now, Hiking Down The Mountain

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 10:26am
Hiking
By
Stephanie Koven

There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. This is what I was thinking as I finished my peanut butter and jelly sandwich, took one more look at the amazing view, and started down from the summit of Bear Mountain toward Paradise Lane Trail to complete the Undermountain Trail loop in Salisbury. 

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Walking Meditation In Salisbury

Wed, 09/19/2018 - 11:28am
Hiking
By
Stephanie Koven

Everything changed when I took a walk in the woods. I have lived in the northwest corner for 15 years and I thought I knew the area well. But there is another world going on alongside the one we think we know, a parallel place that is peaceful and  cool even on the hottest days of summer, and quietly waiting to be explored. 

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Saving Seeds For Beginners

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 9:45am
Garden
By
Cynthia Kling

Imagine this. You come upon a flower in a friend ‘s garden and you just have to have it because you’ve never seen anything so pretty.  (OK, in that moment you haven’t.) You can’t steal it — she’s watching.  You can’t buy it because she tells you she got it on her plant-hunting trip to the UK (la-di-da) She finally offers to let you take seeds. (Yippee!!) 

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The Planet’s Fragility is Predicted by Monarchs

Wed, 08/15/2018 - 1:08pm
By
Cynthia Kling

Anurag Agrawal, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Entomology at Cornell University, is the author of last year’s award-winning book, “Monarchs and Milkweeds: A Migrating Butterfly, A Poisonous Plant, And Their Remarkable Story Of Coevolution.” He has agreed to answer five questions, so we can learn more about one of our favorite Lepidoptera. 

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Foraging For Mushrooms With An Expert

Wed, 08/15/2018 - 12:59pm
By
Marsden Epworth

It’s a perfect day for foraging in the woods: It’s not hot, not buggy and not really raining and the big white 2006 K 150 Sierra GMC scoots over the hillocks and washes and sunken places on the way to forest trails at a pretty fast clip.  “Don’t worry,” Erin Seelenbrandt tells me. “I’ve been driving mountain roads since I was 11.”
I believe her.

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Where it’s AT: The Accessible Appalachian Trail

Wed, 06/20/2018 - 11:23am
Hiking
By
Cynthia Hochswender

Falls Village is certainly not the only town in the Northwest Corner that has a section of the Appalachian Trail. But this tiny town has something that the other towns don’t have: a section that is accessible to travelers in wheelchairs or with strollers. 

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Golfing For Pleasure

Wed, 06/06/2018 - 10:26am
Sports
By
Thomas E. Jensen

Undermountain Golf Course, a hidden treasure in the area, is open for business. Small, intimate and quiet, this lovely little golf course in Copake is  a pleasure to play. 
There are many reasons to golf at Undermountain. The course borders the Taconic Park and is a virtual wildlife sanctuary, with many birds of prey soaring overhead and every sort of animal going through the woods.  

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Equine Friends Doing Good Deeds

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 10:15am
Horses
By
Emily Gates

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A Local Day Hike on The Appalachian Trail

Wed, 05/02/2018 - 9:09am
Hiking
By
Wiley Wood

These soft spring days are a good time to be out in the woods, and if you can coordinate with another person, walking a section of the Appalachian Trail is an inviting option.
One manageable half-day section walk connects Falls Village and Salisbury. There are parking spots at either end, and the driving time between them is just twelve minutes.

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Wed, 05/02/2018 - 9:06am
Fitness
By
Marsden Epworth

The NW YMCA’s gym at Geer in North Canaan is  a jolly place where men and women read each other’s T-shirts, thank anyone who resets the TV from Fox News and help newcomers adjust the variables of an exercise machine. The place draws people of all ages. (One person wanted to know if an elderly gal used her cane on the treadmill), and all levels of physical prowess. (One guy told me, glancing at a beautiful, tanned, muscular woman in her 20s, that he would like her body. Meaning he wished he were that fit.)   

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