My Suburban Escapes
Day Trippin' in Lower NY. Get Out In It.
Author: janaseitz1
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I recently had the honor of going on an upland shoot with G.R.I.T.S., not Girls Raised In The South, but Girls Really Into Shooting. The group was started about fifteen years ago by a Virginian named Elizabeth Fennell, a member of both acronym definitions. The Hudson Valley chapter with whom I shot has a loose…
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I recently had the honor of duck hunting with my friend Charlie, another redneck in the ‘burbs who is an avid hunter and fisherman. As it was the last day of the season, he invited three guides from a nearby shooting club to come along for fun rather than business. I’m sure they didn’t know what…
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“I am not young enough to know everything.” JM Barrie Everything we do is for the kids. We discuss their wellbeing ad nauseam and hover over them to assist with every need. But do we ever do them the kindness of leaving them alone? Throw them outside and let them explore? I’m concerned our kids are learning to view…
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So this is Christmas. And it’s tainted by disease and politics. And its been hard.But chin up. I share a tale of another Christmas tainted by disease (smallpox) and politics (the American Revolution) which may help put things in perspective. I bear glad tidings: our founders prevailed, as shall we. In my ramblings I’ve covered the…
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“Any idiot can face a crisis;it’s the day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov Now you’re a mom, the toughest job you’ll ever love. For a fleeting moment in the long game, your life is not your own. You happily devote yourself to your little creatures, focusing all your energies on their…
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I spent October and November hiking on the Appalachian Trail, ‘on’ being the pivotal word in this sentence. I have not nor have I ever intended to hike the whole 2190 miles from Maine to Georgia. I am a day hiker. There is no part of me which aspires to be a Through Hiker, although…
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“Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.” Teilhard de Chardin I began to ferret out adventure on the mean streets of Rye, exploring on foot the landmarks I’d seen only as blurs…
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“Muddy water, Let stand, Becomes clear.” Lao-Tzu I’m a Louisiana girl who found her way to NYC to follow a dream as have many country girls before me. I blinked a decade away, studying and acting, then skedaddled back South before exploding from too much city and not enough wild. I found wild in spades…
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I’ve got three words to sum up the art of fly fishing: “Be the bug.” I gave it a go this fall and the first thing I learned was to abandon everything I know about a rod and reel. A fly rod is totally different. Hold it with your right hand instead of your left.…
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Hailing the healing qualities of nature has become quite de rigueur these epidemic days. As lockdown loomed people flocked to the only places left open, the Great Outdoors, instinctively gravitating toward that which takes the edge off, calms and strengthens, lends perspective to plight. They came in droves, people who had never taken an interest…
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