http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/ en Wed, 01 May 2013 11:12:37 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox 2.7.7 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/stumped.html <div class="article-summary"><p>I wonder if this new growth coming out of the dead stump has a chance of surviving long term given its tenuous foundation. But I don't mean  to go philosophical on you.  </p><p><br /></p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 23:19:20 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/stumped.html Saugerties Lighthouse Trail http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_verticals.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Carrick and Duncan at the central point of Opus 40.  </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:30 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_verticals.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/hudson_at_saugerties.html <div class="article-summary"><p>This is a small beach off a short side trail. The Esopus Creek empties into the Hudson on the other side of the peninsula. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:29 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/hudson_at_saugerties.html Saugerties Lighthouse Trail http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/crossing_bridges.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The Long Bridge passes over swamp shrub. We're on our way back to the car here. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:29 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/crossing_bridges.html Saugerties Lighthouse Trail http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_deirdre.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Deirdre ponders the void. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:29 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_deirdre.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_duncan.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Duncan approaches the monolith.   </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:29 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_duncan.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/entrance_saugerties_lightho.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The entrance to the Saugerties Lighthouse Trail, which is a half mile long. It was an hour before high tide and we were thwarted by some high water about 200 yards from the lighthouse itself, but had a pleasant stroll to that point. Someday, though, we'll go back and spend the night in one of the <a href="http://www.saugertieslighthouse.com/bb/index.shtml">two B&amp;B rooms</a>. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:29 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/entrance_saugerties_lightho.html Saugerities Lighthouse Trail http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_stroll.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Opus 40 is the sort of place where you're drawn to reflect inwards, I think, not communicate with others.  </p><p><br /></p><p>After I wrote that, I discover that after abandoning legal studies, Fite studied for the ministry at St. Stephens, a small Episcopal college on the Hudson. "But St. Stephen's had a theater, and Fite found himself more intrigued by the stage than the altar. <span style="color: rgb(52, 13, 5); line-height: normal;">At the end of his third year, he left to join a traveling troupe of actors,<span style="color: rgb(59, 7, 0); line-height: 19px;">" <a href="http://www.opus40.org/fite.htm">the website says</a>.  "But theater is a group art. Harvey Fite's drive was one of independence and constant, self-directed activity."</span></span> </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_stroll.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_angles_in_the_rain.html <div class="article-summary"><p>A fine mist fell for most of our stroll, highlighting some of the variations in the stones. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_angles_in_the_rain.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/yellow_irises.html <div class="article-summary"><p>I was surprised to see these growing in the water. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/yellow_irises.html Saugerties Lighthouse Trail http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_wide_view.html <div class="article-summary"><p>As I took in this view, I was thinking to myself, "yeah, I could spend the next 50 years doing something like this and I'd be very happy."  <a href="http://www.opus40.org/guide.html">There's much more</a> to the right of this view and and beyond the central monolith. </p><p><br /></p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_wide_view.html Opus 40 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_circle.html <div class="article-summary"><p>This is from the southeast corner. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_circle.html http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_knuckles.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Carrick looks lost in thought but I detect the manipulation of an IPod in the pouch of her sweatshirt. </p></div> Thu, 28 May 2009 22:50:28 -0400 http://tforbes.com/dagnabit/rainy_thursday_in_the_catsk/opus_40_knuckles.html Opus 40