Late spring in New York City my friend Ports and I discussed the outdoors and the flow state one enters when fly fishing. Ports is an avid fly fisherman and invited me to come along to photograph him and a couple friends at one of their go-to clandestine spots. So, I did. The drive to the Catskills took longer than anticipated and it was already getting late. We parked on the side of a gravely road near an undisclosed location rumored to be having a good hatch—when bugs take flight in the morning and the fish come out in abundance.…
It’s become as predictable as swallows returning to Capistrano, or Liam Neeson finding yet another reason to beat up two dozen Middle Eastern males 25 years his junior. Before the…
I’ve only been in one car accident in my life—and not even with another car. One night, on a road trip through Yellowstone, I hit a deer. Happily, I wasn’t…
When I think of bears, the images that immediately leap to mind are of the chubby, cuddly variety. You know, like Winnie the Pooh. Or all those cute social media…
Matthew Malin and his life and business partner Andrew Goetz, founders of apothecary-inspired brand MALIN+GOETZ, recently sold their house in Hudson and purchased a stunning historic Greek Revival home and…
Here’s a question: If one gardens, is one, by default, a gardener? I’ve had the privilege of working with landscape architects and garden designers inventing surroundings that encourage nature to…
As everyone knows upstate, Agway, the locally-owned stores carrying pet, home, garden and farm supplies, is an indispensable go-to destination for all area denizens. Ag = agriculture, and if you’ve…
I’ve known Dan Tawczynski—Farmer Dan as he’s universally known around here—for years, ever since I spent summers volunteering at the animal rescue shelter attached to his farm. Farmer Dan, longtime…
Lion In Wait Stockbridge’s Red Lion Inn gussied up its mane for the busy summer season. The venerable Lion’s Den reopened its doors recently, offering speakeasy worthy cocktails and live…












