My Suburban Escapes
Day Trippin' in Lower NY. Get Out In It.
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I have already opened my best Christmas gift of the year, a treasure trove of history I inadvertently fell into last week while following the star of Bethlehem….to Pennsylvania. I went searching for adventure in shopping and returned with a whole new understanding of the spread of Christianity through the New World. I have already…
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Hats off to campers. I admire them and aspire to be more like them. But I’m not. I’m too old and achy to sleep on the ground by choice unless fallin’down drunk. I’ve had my share of camping trips, most enjoyably by the banks of a running river which lulled me to the land of…
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There is a ribbon of road which runs between Highway 84 and the Hudson River – from Carmel to Cold Spring – which I first “discovered” when finding an alternate route than the Taconic on which boat trailers are allowed. Various adventures brought me back time and again until I finally connected the dots. Route…
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For many a moon I have shared my adventures here, but only the successes. As in social media, the losses are usually left out. There have indeed been many failed excursions. When things go wrong (and they do), you should laugh it off, learn what you can and spin a good tale about it. I…
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I’ve about decided that New Jersey is the most surprising state of the union. I swear each time I cross those bridges, I discover something totally unexpected: sacred Indian lands, a lavender farm, a mini-Sweden (Swedesboro), a Japanese day spa, swamps to paddle and most recently a classic American rodeo. And not just a rodeo,…
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I seem to have a knack for looking out the plane window just as we fly over the Mississippi River. It draws me like a magnet and heralds me home, my personal Mason-Dixon line. From the air the land looks like a patchwork quilt of earth tones and textures: deep browns and crisp greens in…
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An image was emblazoned in my mind’s eye when I was a child, that of a Native American man with a single tear running down his cheek as he canoes through a trash-strewn land. The resonant voice in the background read, “Some people have a deep abiding respectfor the natural beauty that was once this…
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Sometimes a trip is not the solo experience you expect but a whole canvas of possibilities thrown at you like Alice down the rabbit hole. I found a rabbit hole in the elevator of a downtown hotel in Corpus Christi last weekend. Each time its doors opened a new reality presented itself. I suppose that’s…
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The thing about Spring is she can be cruel, like a gorgeous woman who eludes you at first embrace. Spring Break in the Northeast can go two ways: you can tackle the last of the cold or welcome the first of the heat. I was recently lucky enough to experience both when I headed to…
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It’s that time of year again. To shop. I hate doing it but I love giving, so I’m usually in a pickle about now. I don’t even shop for me year-round, so end up getting myself practical things like socks and underwear. But there’s really no way around it. Gifts must be given to honor…
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