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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

Notchview

Kate Abbott
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Clintonia, wild yellow lilies, bloom along the Appalachian Trail on Mount Greylock.
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Hikes

Finding waterfalls along the Appalachian Trail

June 8, 2022
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I came to the waterfall almost by accident. I didn’t know I was close — I just wanted to get into the woods on a sunny morning …

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Storm clouds gather in a brilliant sky over Performance Space 21.
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Theater

Exploring Chatham N.Y. in a thunderstorm

May 18, 2022
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There’s something mysterious and unexpected about walking into a greenhouse in a thunderstorm. … I came through a door in Chatham Berry Farm and felt as though I’d walked into another universe.

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Dutchman's breeches peeks out from behind a trout lily leaf along the trails on Mount Greylock.
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Outdoors

Revel in a spring hike up Ragged Mountain

April 12, 2022
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On a late March Saturday I climbed Ragged mountain with a co-worker, a friend of his and an ecstatic dog who came back with mud up to his belly.

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Richard M. Miller's bronze sculpture of Diane looks across snowy hayfields at Field Farm in Williamstown.
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A winter encounter at Field Farm

March 2, 2022
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A porcupine was looking down at me. Six feet overhead, he or she (I couldn’t tell) was sitting on a limb spreading from a young tree …

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Ice coats branches on the Chestnut Trail in Williamstown at sunset.
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Williamstown

When all the world’s a prism (February 9 newsletter)

February 10, 2022
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Look southwest, toward the sun, and the whole hillside gleams with light. We’re not likely to see many days like this one — after an ice storm …

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Golden stems stand in soft snow in Mountain Meadow in Williamstown on a sunny afternoon.
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Comfort food (for thought) in stormy weather

February 3, 2022
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Mountain Meadow opens out in a long arc. It’s a warm day after these weeks of single digits, and the snow is soft underfoot, like wet sand on the tideline.

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Hemlocks hold snow in their branches in Hopkins forest on a winter day.
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In the life of winter … (January 12 newsletter)

January 14, 2022
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Ice skimmed down the trees, touching them here and there. When the sun came out, it caught and glinted. It was five degrees that afternoon …

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A Carolina Wren perches on a weathered branch. Public Domain image from Shenandoah National Park.
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An unexpected lift on a rainy morning (January 5 newsletter)

January 6, 2022
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A wren is sitting just outside the window. She’s out in the wet and so close to the clapboards we can see her feathers puffed out to keep warm.

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Maple and birch turn golden along an open rock face on the '98 Trail near the Chestnut trail.
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Discoveries along the Chestnut Trail

November 2, 2021
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I almost walked into a deer. It was a rare sunny afternoon in this odd fall, drawing out in warm, wet days, so the color comes late and it’s still lingering.

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Fall color reflects on the river along the Housatonic Rail Trail.
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Unexpected encounters around the full moon (October 20 newsletter)

October 21, 2021
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Mindy Miraglia is good at finding places like this. She and Berkshire Camino are leading a guided walk on a fall morning from Housatonic to Chesterwood …

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