The Ancestor

Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: On the first night that the Sun was in Scorpio, I fell asleep a bit early on the bed in my photo studio and awoke a few hours later from a lucid dream — a dream in which I knew that I was dreaming. I was in an … Read more

Notes from Downwind

Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Most people think of the nuclear incident at the Fukushima Daiichi power-generating station as something that happened in the past. You don’t see it mentioned on network or cable news, and it’s not on most news websites or in major newspapers. You may have heard that in March … Read more

This Land is My Land: The Story of Brook Farm CSA

Published Oct. 25, 2013 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Some people have no sense of irony. In June 2011, Mohonk Mountain House, a high-end hotel in New Paltz, NY, sold approximately 874 acres of its land to the Open Space Institute (OSI), the land preservation organization where former Mohonk Preserve board member … Read more

We’re About to Go Off the Map

Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: The third week of December has been, at least, the last week of the Mayan 13th baktun — a span of time within the Long Count that dates back to 3114 BCE, or 5,125 years. By human standards, that’s a vast reach, encompassing 1,872,000 days. A baktun is … Read more