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Bridges On The Hudson

The Kaaterskil Creek flows east out of the Catskill Mountains into the Hudson. The creek has existed since the Ice Age. The primordial Glacial Shield destroyed the mountains. Granite tops their ruined peaks. A land of wonder. In the 1840s Thomas Cole immortalized the view of the mountain ridges from his veranda in Catskill. The […]

Bridges On The Hudson

Perfection? A few passengers boarded at Rhinebeck. The sun dropped low. Even for this last day in the solstice cycle. The river was calm enough to please the early explorers Jean Cabot and Henry Hudson. It is called a drowned river and the dead always speak with quiet in their hearts. I looked out the […]