Monthly Archives: June 2012

How Fire and Ice Shaped Woodstock

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

On Sunday afternoon, July 8th, nature enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to walk the Comeau Property in Woodstock with two of the Catskills’ foremost outdoor interpreters, geologist Robert Titus and forest historian Michael Kudish. One will explain how the … Continue reading →

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Carol Zaloom Gets a Website

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

(Carol Zaloom has done a wonderful cover illustration for The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, as she did for Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town. And who is Carol Zaloom? Read on!) Has the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Alf, By Michael Perkins

Posted on June 27, 2012 by admin

(Michael Perkins and I have dedicated The Pocket Guide to Woodstock to Alf Evers, the beloved historian who wrote Woodstock: History of an American Town, The Catskills, and many articles that have brought our past back to life. A folklorist … Continue reading →

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“The Pocket Guide to Woodstock” Lands at the Comeau July 8th

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

Several years ago, Michael Perkins and I published Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town (Bushwhack Books). It rapidly became the Golden Notebook’s bestselling paperback of 2009 and has now reached its fifth (or … Continue reading →

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The Catskills Bigfoot: My Sighting Story

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

I’ve long thought that the Catskills needed a Sasquatch to add some hairy mystery to our mountains. Apparently, I’m not the only one. The June issue of Hudson Valley Magazine reports on the Bigfoot enthusiasts in our region. Here’s my … Continue reading →

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A Barbaric Yawp for Robert Milby

Posted on June 8, 2012 by admin

(Robert Milby must be the hardest working man in Hudson Valley poetry. Alas, he has chronic lymne disease but no health insurance. In New Paltz on Sunday, June 10th, there will be a reading for him from 1 to 6 … Continue reading →

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Writing “Truth” by David Appelbaum

Posted on June 6, 2012 by admin

(Poet, philosophy professor, and Codhill Press publisher David Appelbaum has written a meditative new chapbook called, Jiggerweed. He offers some thoughts on composing a poem called “Truth.”) Take any poem, e.g., ‘Truth’: A phrase will come to me, a certain … Continue reading →

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Form and Poems, by Barbara Adams

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin

By the time I got around to writing my first poem fifty years ago, the rules, forms and techniques for writing poetry had been around since the Greeks. I was, however, unaware of them. Gazing at the Hudson River one … Continue reading →

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Flying Over the Hudson Valley With Bob Berman

Posted on June 1, 2012 by admin

(Several weeks ago, I posted an essay about my first small plane flight over the Catskills, so I enjoyed this article by Bob Berman, a veteran pilot, that ran in Hudson Valley magazine in June 1998. Bob has kindly updated … Continue reading →

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