Month: December 2016

LET THERE BE LIGHT!

“Untermyer Gardens Illumination” Photo courtesy of Jessica Norman In the beginning there was light. Then there was the winter solstice, Hanukkah and Christmas. Observances that normally occur at the same time—when daylight takes a winter vacation! The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. Hanukkah, dates back to the second century…

LOONEY TUNES! OH NO! NOT AGAIN!

Ever since my sad encounter with Kevin The Loon, I am especially sensitive to any loon who might be in distress. For those of you not acquainted with Kevin he (or was it a she?) spent its final days trapped in the Mill Pond, an extension of Brant Lake. Intensive research traced the cause of…