Month: June 2016

An Epiphany in Lumber

My epiphany in lumber took place in a lumberyard off the Taconic State Parkway while searching for wood for my remodeled study. Pine is the common wood for building in the Adirondacks. The local restaurant lined its walls with rough hewn pine, covered with the skin of a black bear and a mounted…

An Acorn and an Oak: A Tale of Continuity

Was it a single acorn that created a shelter for the generations? Or was it a seedling planted a half century ago? Whatever the explanation, for generations a variety of families have relaxed in the shade of the giant oak tree on our point of land at Brant Lake. There are those who swing…