On the drive home from the Barbie movie not long ago, my niece and I cranked up the volume on songs by Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift, letting their powerful voices swirl around us. My niece had her hands firmly on the wheel, but with the sunset glow in our windshield, we felt like we… Continue reading “Every night is girls night”
En route to the Berkshires Just about a month ago, I put my books down and got on a bike strapped with bags stuffed with clothes, snacks, tools and tire tubes, and a swimsuit. A few months prior I had met a college friend for dinner and she asked me if I was going to… Continue reading “Agonizing, Unrelenting, & Impossible”: Biking the Continental Divide
A chalkboard standing on the sidewalk reads “Everything that Amazon is not.” Peering in a window, my eye is caught by a red, white, and blue book cover The United States of Cocktails and two vintage lowball glasses perched on a wrapped present. I open a door and the warmth of a cast iron stove… Continue reading A Book Lover Finds Gifts Close to Home
Below are articles I've contributed to the Sullivan County Democrat as part of my monthly book column Reading in the Catskills. You can also find additional information on where to buy, borrow, and hang out with books from Kingston to Callicoon. Links to other published work (travel, adventure, profiles, etc.) are in 'writing while riding'.… Continue reading Dear Reader…
Reading In the Catskills 