Condemned: the 70s era house was inundated with water, mud and then dreaded black mold. ( Daniel Mack) Meadow-Mind: a negotiated truce I’ve spent the last three months living very near a “condemned” property on the rugged Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Thin Places 27 Aug 2024 | 04:27
Beverly Braxton at home in Warwick. ( Aja Brandt) The Back Seat manifesto: a dozen meditations on the view from north of 70 Aging is a hot topic. There’s presidential politics, larger issues of memory loss, and just the numbers. America’s aged population... Features 28 May 2024 | 03:38
These German prisoners were held near the Widmer Wine vineyards in Naples, NY, where they harvested grapes. Source: Warfare History Network ( Historical photo) Winter ghosts Winter is a time for remembering what we cannot see. Like the ghosts of young German prisoners of war in our onion fields.... Thin Places 13 Nov 2023 | 01:32
Plänterwald, a park in Berlin, Germany, where people can find and add branches to the structures. ( Everett Cox) A brush pile of opportunity Fallen branches, sticks, trimmings offer unique opportunities to the backyard naturalist. They can help deepen our experience... Thin Places 06 Feb 2023 | 11:45
Seligmann’s book, The History of Magic and the Occult, originally published in 1948, at the artist’s grave in Sugar Loaf, NY. ( Daniel Mack) Odd but potent comforts Where to go in these times of war, pandemics and deep political confusion, for a moment of reflection, relief, perhaps a... Thin Places 01 Sep 2022 | 03:30
Pleiades in a dark night sky. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Winter relief: the naked eye stars It’s time to look up. There’s a dreamy ancient getaway waiting in the winter sky. The news, Covid, the climate all dampen... Thin Places 09 Feb 2022 | 12:20
Finding a better backyard balance A group of us in the neighborhood are talking about doing something simple, and unusual, in the month of May. For years I’ve... Thin Places 03 Feb 2022 | 11:55
Covid in our deep subconscious I was drawing with a four-year old recently. She kept making familiar variants of the same kinds of drawings: first a round... News & Views 11 Oct 2021 | 11:32
The next full moon comes out around 8 p.m. on April 26. It’s the “egg moon,” ripe and fertile with change and life. It’s also the first of this year’s supermoons, which look extra big and bright. ( Daniel Mack) Moonbeam vision We may be emerging from this collective trauma, or not. We’re still adjusting to the bald, painful fact that some old forms... Thin Places 01 Feb 2021 | 01:31
You may see some bluebirds overwintering here. For the Lenape, they were the sign of the spirit that drives off the gods of winter. ( Daniel Mack) Second Wave walking What place could I possibly recommend you visit that could be any more interesting than your own head, and heart, in this... Thin Places 24 Dec 2020 | 12:16
This red-tail hawk adds an enchanted layer to the quiet beauty of the Warwick Cemetery. ( David Horton) Cemeteries feel just right Extraordinary times call for imaginative responses. Forget the AT, the Preserves, the Parks. Go to the cemeteries, for better... Thin Places 14 Jul 2020 | 03:23
