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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

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Outdoors

Kate Abbott
A red maple in the Mass MoCA courtyard shows color on a sunny eary April day.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Kang Seung Lee honors kin in spirit (April 7 newsletter)

April 9, 2021
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An artist is kneeling with his hands in the earth. Kang Seung Lee has come to Namsan Park in Seoul, and somewhere along the mountain paths and Joseon gardens and 14th-century houses, he is remembering a writer and a filmmaker together.

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A small iris, reticulata, blooms in Williamstown.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Outdoors

Starships and salamanders are on the move (March 31 newsletter)

April 1, 2021
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Standing water spills over at the edge of the marsh, and the peepers are loud — high, rising, calling all around us. It feels too early to believe in spring yet, but the frogs are awake.

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Nancy Tyler's Diapause, human-sized lighted cuccoon sculptures, will join the spring celebration at TurnPark. Press courtesy photo
Natalie Tyer
Visual Arts

Turn Park Art Space welcomes the equinox with light

March 20, 2021
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At the top of the hill, cocoons pulse with light. Natalie Tyer has formed organic shapes as translucent as moth wings at Turn Park, and the glimmer intensifies as someone comes close.

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Maple syrup gleams amber in the light. Creative Commons courtesy photo
Photo by Lady Dragonfly
Food stories

Farms offer maple syrup in sap houses — and online

March 17, 2021
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Syrup and sugared nuts and fudge-like cream … the sap is boiling, and maple growers are expanding in the Berkshires with web shops. You can stop in for a quart or order one from home.

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Photo by Kate Abbott
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Can we stretch out for a moment in the sun? (March 10 newsletter)

March 11, 2021
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The sun is coming out today for an hour or two. Where should we go for a walk? It’s one of those unexpected early spring days that jumps ahead for a flicker, like that afternoon in mud time in the Robert Frost poem …

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The Clinton Church welcomes the community after a tribute to W.E.B. DuBois at the River Walk.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Writing

W.E.B. DuBois strengthens the soul of a community (February 17 newsletter)

February 23, 2021
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This morning I remembered a day in July in a garden along the Housatonic River. A woman was singing in a strong, rich alto, leading a spiritual in the W.E.B. Dubois memorial garden, and we were thinking about how he felt about the town where he was born. 

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A cross country skier in a spruce forest at the Notchview Reservation in Windsor. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations.
Photo by J. Monkman
Outdoors

Snowshoe and cross country ski trails

December 23, 2020
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The winter woods can be quiet and beautiful in the snow. In the valleys we have trails to walk when the snow is light or snowshoe or ski when it gets deeper, and on the ridges some trails are groomed for skiers.

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The Guild of Berkshire Artists sets up Six Feet Apart at Turn Park Art Space. Press photo courtesy of GBA.
Photo by David Edgecomb
Visual Arts

Guild of Berkshire Artists evolves outdoors

October 22, 2020
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Eight tall forms stand in a wide circle like dolmens. They are metal frameworks 8 feet high and bright with color. They are holding glasswork, ceramics, encaustic protected in wax … and all of them will stand up to the weather.

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Maple and birch trees gleam along the overlook above the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Outdoors

It’s all about soul (October 21 newsletter)

October 21, 2020
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I was looking for a trail head on Bee Hill Road when I stumbled on the overlook above Williamstown Rural Lands, and the hillside was bright in the sun.

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Gotland sheep graze in long grass. Creative Commons courtesy photo.
Photo by Aske Holst
Farms

Gotland sheep grow silver fleece and grassland

October 12, 2020
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Laura Gates lives at Shepherds Craft Farm in a house she and her husband built themselves, with tall windows and beams of honey-golden wood, and she can look up on a fall morning to see silvery Gotland ewes grazing in the field.

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