Dirty weekend… On the banks of Lake Champlain, the scars of floods and fires 12 Sep 201624 Sep 2016 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. Lakeside Apartments was already drowning. Hurricane Irene just held it under a minute to finish the job. The brown, concrete complex on the edge of Plattsburgh was built…
Dirty weekend… Through the blinds: Once-removed from motel theatre 5 Sep 201612 Sep 2016 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. The drama played out in muffled sounds across the smooth black parking lot of the motel. Knocking first. Insistent. Hollow. Without echo, although the long low brick was…
Dirty weekend The case of the missing dam and the great stick rescue 30 May 201614 Jun 2016 NEW RUSSIA, N.Y. The backroads from Plattsburg to West Winfield follow a wide rocky creek called the Bouquet River that appears and vanishes and curls under low bridges and behind…
Summer For one day, Knoebels was the happiest place on earth 29 Jul 201530 Jul 2015 ELYSBURG, Pa. — Here is a park that has survived a Great Depression, a World War and a half-dozen floods. And rather than looking old and tired, Knoebels—85 and counting—is…
Short hops Blue skies and rain in pursuit of my zen 12 Oct 201411 Feb 2015 The text, sent from the office near the end of my shift, was shorthand for “Let’s run away for a few hours. This reality sucks donkey balls.” Or something along…
Spring break… Long Island mystery: Who is Catherine M. Walsh? 11 Jun 201420 Jun 2014 LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — There were just two things I really wanted to do while stateside for March break: drive the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel again, and visit a few thrift…
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