Phyllis finds joy and entertainment in the quotidian: the birds and the dump, to be exact.
SAYING GOODBYE TO LINK – June 2016
Current Tremperskill store owner recounts memories of a former owner she had come to know.
COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN, by Da Chen — June 2016
An autobiography about growing up during the cultural Revolution in China, which despite the cruelty and suffering that characterized the period is “as positive and heart-warming an account of rural life…as we are likely to have,” of that period, Jane asserts.
FIELD NOTES: Brantacide in Andes – June 2016
Jack pieces together the clues at the “crime scene” on Bussey Hollow.
THE WAY WE WERE – June 2016
In one commentary Jim gives the readers the “inside” story on the old telephone pastime of “listening in”.
YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER – WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
A look back 100 years to a further look back 100 years on an amazing weather phenomenon.