Roth’s illustrations accompanied the text in a self-published children’s book ( Illustration by Stephanie Roth) ‘I am the tree’ An old man takes a walkthrough trees in the park. “I stomp the treesEven when they say please,Trample their dreams,With just... News & Views 19 Aug 2024 | 02:31
Keith Stewart on his 85-acre farm, which was preserved in perpetuity in 2007 Retired? Sort of. Two longtime voices for conservation join Land Trust In their retirement, two longtime voices for conservation recently joined the Orange County Land Trust. Organic farmer Keith... News & Views 14 Jun 2024 | 11:21
Dirt’s spring 2023 feature, The Back Seat manifesto, in which a dozen locals age 70 and over talked about how their perspective had evolved. Aging, unexaggerated To the editor,Thank you for your thoughtful piece, The Back Seat manifesto, which appeared in the spring edition of Dirt.... News & Views 06 Jun 2024 | 11:24
The barn where Wolf slept ( Amy Lewis Sweetman) I am WOLF Sunset lights – playing – dancing – silver blue glowing – shadow snow. Crystal crackling partially frozen – wild carcass... News & Views 02 Apr 2024 | 01:39
The blue jay. ( Keith Stewart) Table manners Outside my office window there’s an old mulberry tree with a bird feeder. The larger birds that regularly partake are a cardinal,... News & Views 02 Apr 2024 | 01:40
A full wood ring a few steps from the door. ( Becca Tucker) Be prepared to hunker down for blizzard season “In preparation for the winter storm season, I strongly encourage the public to create an emergency kit with essentials like... News & Views 13 Dec 2023 | 12:03
The birth of an enchanted food forest Like a germinating seed, creation begins in the dark. Sometime late 2020, in the still darkness of our pandemic cocoon, just... News & Views 21 Jun 2023 | 01:25
These old 8-hole Doc Martens, as seen in Maxfield’s column Old Soles, have seen her through 30 years of life, and remind her in many ways of the cobbler in Monroe she found just as he was about to retire. The below was a reply to that column. ( Evie Maxfield ) Sal, the soul man TO THE EDITOR, I was working in Downtown Manhattan several years ago, and we had a visitor from Texas arrive. He was wearing... News & Views 03 Apr 2023 | 11:42
Educator Carl Heitmuller at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum demonstrating the proportional size of an owl’s eyes. ( Amy Prasky) What big eyes you have! At Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s SuperbOwl Party, Educator Carl Heitmuller demonstrated that if humans had eyes proportionally... Home 20 Feb 2023 | 04:32
Cox made 22 paper masks and laid them out in Warwick’s Memorial Park. ( Everett Cox ) A Vietnam vet’s ghost story TO THE EDITOR,I made 22 paper masks to tell a ghost story. Memorial Day is in remembrance of our military war dead. There... News & Views 03 Apr 2023 | 11:44
From field to soup kitchens, van loads of tomatoes Dear Editor,Two weeks ago we kicked off our tomato harvest making our first deliveries to our friends at the Masbia Soup... News & Views 27 Sep 2022 | 12:56
Little Red cleaning up after the herons, then the turkey vultures, were done with a big fish. ( EV Mitchell) Little Red in a tough world Dear Editor,I’ve been meaning to tell you about Little Red, who is responsible for making the dog toys disappear and randomly... News & Views 07 Sep 2022 | 01:30
My yard, a drunkard’s path of buttercups I feel like one of those kids mothers speak about in hushed tones: “He flunked kindergarten!” I flunked No Mow May. At best,... News & Views 28 Jun 2022 | 10:57
Troy in front of the Lafayette Community Garden ( Shannon Rasmussen) ‘Bring back the community garden,’ says sixth grader Dear Editor, I am a student at Lafayette Township School. We have a pond with a soccer field, baseball field, a playground... News & Views 20 May 2022 | 11:41
In a single season, an empty lot transformed into a thriving garden. ( Chad Pilieri) Resilience starts at home Dear Editor,Grow Local Greenwood Lake is a fledgling nonprofit committed to developing a regenerative, resilient local food-based... News & Views 28 Mar 2022 | 01:05
