River Muse
Winter meltdown

It’s minus four degrees and I’m going to pick up my granddaughter from her mother, who lives 10 miles upriver. I have been advised today is a “No” day. This means every …

Too great a burden

Workers in white Tyvek suits cluster along the Narrowsburg bridge as I write this. A large yellow truck moves deliberately across the span. A long extending arm allows inspection of the …

Sailing

I hadn’t been sailing in more than 30 years, since my youngest child was born. Experience has taught me that you take your life in your hands out on the ocean. But we were on Block Island and …