The Hoosic River Watershed Association and Williamstown Rural Lands are celebrating the Northern Berkshires in creative collaborations — original songs and poems and a new writing journal with Tupelo Press.
Read articleMeadows bloom at the Spruces — #berkshireexperience
I’m walking the bike trail along the Hoosic river toward the Spruces park in Williamstown, and the meadows and the pollinator garden are high with wildflowers.
Read articleGood nights to wink back at fireflies — #berkshireweekend
The ducks take off, almost running on top of the water, and we watch them through a screen of cat-tails. The tops of the stalks carry cones of russet-gold we think must be pollen …
Read articleOctober touches Sheep Hill with brilliant color
Halfway up the slope, young maple saplings are turning vivid red and deep orange in the meadow. They’re hip high, no taller than the purple asters and the last of the golden rod ...
Read articleWe’re talking about good vibrations #this weekend
The scythe feels surprisingly light when I lift it. It swings through the clover easily, and the movement feels natural, though I know I’ll get smoother with practice …
Read articleLooking for fall color and energy (October 13 newsletter)
These still days are rare — when the leaves are turning and before they fall — so I’ve taken an hour on a work day afternoon to walk up the old hay field on Sheep Hill.
Read articleGentle fall walks explore the Williamstown hills
Field Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, Stone Hill, Mountain Meadow Preserve and Sheep Hill — slopes and gentle trails lie just up the road from The Clark, Williams College and the Williamstown Theater Festival. And many visitors and locals alike may have driven past without ever driving in. Field Farm Barely […]
Read articleA brilliance of buttercups
I went for a walk along the Green River yesterday. The Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation keeps a trail along the bank not far from where I live, running up to the meeting of the Green River and the Hoosic, and it’s becoming one of my favorite places. The walk wanders […]
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