Early this morning I lost the love of my life, my cat, Yellow. He had been in heart failure for the last two days, and luckily went very quickly while he was still himself and without euthanasia. I was next to him, petting him and telling him I loved him. I couldn’t have asked for…
The Catskills are one of the best places to watch celestial events. The lack of light and air pollution make it easy to see stars, planets, and even galaxies and meteor showers from the comfort of your backyard. The hard part is when location-specific things occur – like eclipses. It seems like they’re always over…
While some residents will disagree, I feel that one of the best ways to enjoy our mountains is to take a scenic Catskills drive. Sometimes for no other reason than just… to drive. As I said, this is a little controversial. Any speed demons and late-to-workers reading this are already prepping their middle fingers. They’ll…
This problem has consumed so much of my time and energy for the last month that I have few other topics to write about. Thus, this is the story of feeding my difficult cat (and his many other diva habits). The Beginning Ever since the end of last month, Yellow has become increasingly difficult to…
My three cousins are all at the right ages to enjoy snowy weather now. And it’s a good thing, since there’s no end to this white stuff in sight. Next week they’re predicting two different storms with 6+ inches each. Add that to the foot or so we’ve been collecting over the last few (that…
