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Autumnal equinox sightings

On September 22 at 8:05 p.m., the sun’s declination became zero degrees at the moment it crossed from the northern to the southern hemisphere. The summer season officially ended, and we are now …

ramblings of a catskill fly fisher

The other river creatures

As fly-fishing anglers, most of us approach a river with a certain intensity, especially when we find a good hatch of flies and rising trout. Under those conditions, it is very easy to become …

in my humble opinion

The autumn leaves…

[Ed. note: Jonathan’s away this week, so here is an autumnal column from 2020 (and reprinted at least once since). It honors the fall and reminds us that each of the seasons here carries its own …

RIVER MUSE

Getting away

Why would anyone want to leave Narrowsburg in the summer? It’s our season. We earn it by living through winter with its bleak, bitter cold and snow; spring with its mud; even autumn with its …

In My Humble Opinion

Welcome to the theatre

Believe it or not (insert sarcasm here), the title above is also the title of a song, and for something completely different (more sarcasm), I’m actually writing about the theatre—a subject I …

The first plane is already ash. You sit outside the school gathering your wits, your breath, your heartbeat to present yourself to your daughter being beckoned right now by her teachers to gather her …

SPECIFIC COLUMN LISTINGS

Publisher's Log

The hard choice

I have often been told that misery loves company, and agony can be your best teacher. Not surprisingly, according to psychologist Noam Shpancer, the outcome of a tough dilemma is predicated on our …

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River Muse

After 9/11

I still startle easily. But I’m okay flying in airplanes again. Recently my son asked me to remember the name of a tutor he had in high school. I didn’t even remember he had one. 9/11 happened …

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Peace and Justice Files

Prelude to a Declaration

The rapidly approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is sure to be celebrated with parades, barbecues, speeches and collective pats on the back. In every city and town, …

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Snarky Newcomer Opines, Basely

About the weather

In early internet days—and in those bygone days of course we had to connect through smoke signals, which was particularly tricky since most places had already banned smoking—I downloaded a …

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Jude's Culinary Journey

Food phases

During my lifetime, I have gone through many phases in regard to what I was eating. As someone who regards herself as an individual, I’m still surprised that as a young child growing up with a …

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Mixed Greens

What I learned from my neighbors

More than 20 years ago, I attended my first town “visioning” workshop in the Upper Delaware. To kick off the conversation, we were asked to share what we found special about our lives in the …

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Standpoint

To be or not to be

One of the most powerful moments in cinematic history comes from the movie "Crimson Tide. " Following the destruction of a Russian Akula Class Attack Submarine, the USS Alabama SSBN (Submerged …

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Quote of the Week

Reap what you sow

Otto Scharmer, of the Presencing Institute, has coined the phrase the social soil. For as much as we all understand that the biosphere.keeps our environment healthy, enhancing the social …

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Latest in Outdoors

The Way Out Here

Zucchini by Zeus

Poetically speaking, I have a great appreciation for Greek mythology and its versatility for fictitious applications. That being said, I hold no actual belief in it or the false gods it …

Ramblings of a Catskill Flyfisher

To know and love a river

I began to fish the East Branch of the Delaware River below the Pepacton Reservoir as a teenager, in 1958 or ‘59. That was a long time before the adoption of the water release regulations was …

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