On September 1 Barbara Irish Smith posted the following blog comment: "Oh how I wish more people would connect here... love reading all about ESSEX! ~ Barbara Irish Smith (Essex on Lake Champlain) Day after day, week after week Barbara's words flickered across my radar. I'm not … [Read more...] about State of the Blog: Summer to September Surge
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Indian Summer 2014
"The air is perfectly quiescent and all is stillness, as if Nature, after her exertions during the Summer, were now at rest." ~ John Bradbury, 1817 (noaa.gov) Aaahhh... Indian Summer. There's no finer epilogue to decadent July and August than a string of autumn days exactly … [Read more...] about Indian Summer 2014
Autumn Leaves: Fast Forward the Lyrics
On August 19 – just over a month ago – I drafted this blog post. The title was "Autumn Leaves in August". I wrote: It scarcely seems possible that autumn leaves are already beginning to emerge on Adirondack Coast hardwoods. I noticed this afternoon a maple tree along the Essex … [Read more...] about Autumn Leaves: Fast Forward the Lyrics
Lake Champlain: A Love Story
In the novel Out of Africa, Karin Blitzen suggested that part of what drew her to fall in love with Denys was because he showed her her beloved Africa from his plane. Conversely, I suspect I fell in love with Lake Champlain partly because Tom showed her to me. Fresh out of … [Read more...] about Lake Champlain: A Love Story
Lake Champlain from Beggs Park by Edwin Douglas
I've never heard of Edwin Douglas, and the magic of Google isn't offering much insight either. Perhaps you recollect a painter by the name of Edwin Douglas setting up an easel in/near Beggs Park some time around 1969? Or perhaps the mysterious painter never set foot in our … [Read more...] about Lake Champlain from Beggs Park by Edwin Douglas