My Suburban Escapes
Day Trippin' in Lower NY. Get Out In It.
Category: Other Adventures
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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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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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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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Well, this may be the longest autumn on record. I feel like I’ve been Falling for a year. The changing leaves don’t hold much sway over me anymore as the gorgeous days just keep coming. I have worn myself plumb out on solo trips and done some super fun group trips. I try not to…
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Nature abhors a vacuum; matter rushes in to fill any gap. But we’ve had to wait awhile for the vacuum in live music created by the pandemic to fill. Fans have abhorred that empty space, but bands are finally rushing in. Live music is back, and there are many options close enough and good enough…
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Happy Mother’s Day! Time to dig out that floral dress and some pantyhose…. As this is the first we’ve been able to celebrate openly for a couple of Covid years, you may be chomping at the bit to be feted or to fete. Motherhood has been celebrated since time immemorial, from ancient Greek and Roman…
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I am averse to repetition. It’s a problem and one of my greatest faults. I can do what’s expected as long as I switch up the how and where. There’s so much to see out there that it’s hard to return repeatedly to the same place. I’m a Gemini on the cusp of Taurus, a…
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