Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
A writer, storyteller and unabashed flâneur, G.G. Davis, Jr. (aka virtualDavis) is the author of Rosslyn Redux: Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves, a transmedia chronicle about rehabilitating an historic property in the Adirondacks with his bride. He blogs at virtualDavis.com and Why No Kids? and meanders on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and Flickr.
‘Tis of the good ship Nautigal That I would tell a tale. The Lake was rough, The sun was hot, The north wind blew a gale. We gathered victuals, kids and worms And waited on the dock To hear the grave decision Of our Captain Harold Mock. At last he spoke the waited word He [...]
Did you enjoy the 1957 Ferry Brochure we posted a week ago? If you’re enjoying the nostalgic artifacts we’ve been posting, let us know with a comment below this post or on Facebook / Twitter. We really appreciate your feedback. And if you happen to have interesting vintage Essex, NY artifacts tucked away, please let [...]
Pranksters come out of the woodwork on April 1, and Rob Ivy (view his Valley News archive) is no exception. The perennially smiling author of the Essex Column opted to jump the gun rather than miss the opportunity to trick Essex, NY residents and visitors for April Fool’s Day. I’m especially fond of Dr. C. [...]
Note: The following post is excerpted from “Dueling Banjos: An Adirondack Reflection” which first appeared on Rosslyn Redux. I’ve loved ”Dueling Banjos” since I was a boy, but there’s another less obvious reason that this song, synonymous for many people with John Boorman’s Deliverance, strikes a chord. (Forgive the pun!) I was reared in the rural [...]
Have you met Severine von Tscharner Fleming? You should. And you probably will. She won me over when she pointed to a roaring woodstove obscured beneath a huddle of pots bubbling with food. “We don’t have a stove,” she said, obviously referring to the sort of stove most people at the front edge of the [...]
Winter? Again? I’ll admit it. I was really ready for spring. I’ve been taking walks each day, even when it rained, watching the bulbs green fuses rising magically from the decayed leaves. I’ve been inspecting buds on the lilac bushes and fruit trees. I’ve been pruning apple trees, crab apple trees and pear trees. Some [...]
Seems like this is the time of year when we’re all getting a little stir crazy, but Westport resident Scott Gibbs and Keene resident Betsey Thomas-Train have come up with a perfect treatment for cabin fever.(Colin Wells, Denpubs.com) Creative Movement, Dance and Play Thomas-Train and Gibbs will be offering the second installment of their “Creative [...]
It’s time for another Poetry Open Mic in Essex, NY at the Belden Noble Library. Whether you participated in January’s poetry gathering and/or February’s Poetry Open Mic you are invited to attend and participate with your friends and neighbors on Wednesday, March 27 at 7:00pm. Fish around in your bureau (or your hard drive) for your [...]
Wild turkey vandalism? Yes. Sometimes Adirondack living feels like a 24×7 safari. In case you’ve missed the wilder side of Essex, NY, here are just a few of the wild critters we’ve featured recently on the Essex blog. Rattlesnakes Coyotes Bobcats Feral pigs Mink Owls Northern Pike Lampreys Bats Swamp “things” You get the idea. [...]
I had the good fortune of meeting up with Susie Drinkwine at the Essex, NY Post Office recently. She was bubbling with energy and optimism about getting back to work soon. Her signature Susie Drinkwine ear-to-ear smile and infectious laughter filled the Post Office, and I regretted not having a camera to capture and share [...]
