Month: April 2021

Mud Season

Recently I wrote about the in-between season when winter is disappearing from the Adirondacks but spring has not yet entered. Today I would like to share thoughts on what follows from that in-between season; namely, the mud season. Mud. Everywhere there is mud. Mud. Mud. Mud. The fish, unaware of the change in seasons, wait…

Keep It Together Lord Rumford

When we added onto our house at Brant Lake we decided to include a fireplace in the living room–situated between two French windows that looked out on the lake. When I first saw the fireplace I expected the rough stone construction customary in country homes, with a wide opening that often took out the warm…