Category Archives: Nature

May 12 Rinche – Lama Hotel – Langtang – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 1:04 pm

Day two and we dined with the Sherpa porters, cooks and guides by a campfire. There is no electricity in this valley other than our flashlights and my Sony World Band radio.I turn it on getting a scratchy Nepali station playing local music sounding much like Indian music. The Sherpa are happy and break out […]

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Bridges On The Hudson

November 6, 2024 – 7:52 pm

Written Sep 2, 2018 The Kaaterskil Creek flows East out of the Catskill Mountains Into the Hudson River___ The creek has existed since the Ice Age. For millenium the primordial Glacial Shield sheared off the tops of much high mountains forming the Catskills. Granite tops their ruined peaks. A land of wonder. In 1818 at […]

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Presidential Photo Ops

October 8, 2024 – 1:09 pm

In late September the extra warm waters of the western Carribean created Hurricane Helene. After hitting Mexico and Cuba the category 5 storm headed northeast. The Florida Panhandle was struck hard on September 26 and 27 by Hurricane Helene dropping twelve inches of rain and pummeling coastal towns with 140 mph winds. Even worst was […]

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Montauk # 27

September 27, 2024 – 10:16 pm

An Autumn Afternoon Sitting on a bench A simple pleasure Watching seagulls Not gliding No wind Wings beating Away from the Atlantic Montauk Lake bound Free As am I An old hippie hobo Lost on the wind___ According to the Easthampton Star between the Shinnecock Inlet and Montauk Point, there’s a chance to see the […]

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Montauk # 25 – 9-22-2024

September 23, 2024 – 8:58 am

Staring at the sky Seagulls glide on a westerly wind Gray clouds follow suit I stand watching Earthbound___

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