I’ve referred to the term “terroir” multiple times in past columns. The French word roughly translates as a sense of place, invoking the uniqueness of a plot of land that serves as a vineyard for influencing the production of grapes.
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Having lived very happily at Trump Park for some years, I can think of only one drawback to living in a delightfully maintenance-free condo situation. Only one! We’re not allowed to paint our individual unit front doors,
Read MoreBy Brian McGowan We wake up on our fourth day “in country” to a beautiful sunrise, viewed from the balcony of the Garryvoe Hotel in Ballycotton, County Cork, where we arrived the evening before. The hotel is situated on a
Read MoreI truly loved Geek Love, Katherine Dunn’s bizarre novel about a family of carnival freaks. The Binewski family includes parents who shape their collection of oddballs, such as a boy with flippers for limbs, Siamese twins and an albino hunchback,
Read MoreThis past Friday evening I found myself in a hotel room in Albany, feeling like I’d just been propelled through something akin to a time warp. I’d just stepped away for a few minutes from a New York Press Association
Read MoreBy Michael Gold From buying land for preservation and creating pollinator pathways and corridors for wildlife, to sponsoring trail hikes and setting up programs for people to observe birds in the third largest wetland in New York State, the Putnam
Read MoreIn last week’s column, I explored the history and evolution of grapevines, having discovered a genome study of 2,448 vines across wine-growing regions. The scientists determined that grapevines were first domesticated over 11,000 years ago. At that time a glacial
Read Moreby Scott Levine When we were together last month, we found Jupiter and Venus in the western dusk. Let’s head out again, but this time, look to the north’s skies. Maybe you’ve noticed most of the night’s familiar star patterns
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As a realtor, I am often asked about favored colors when staging a home for sale. I have some long-term experience in this realm. When I was about 16 and my bedroom needed a new paint job,
Read More, Messy Marijuana Rollout Disrupts Budding Industry, Creates Logjam Like most surgeons, accustomed to directing the action, Dr. Stanley West was a commanding presence. A Vietnam veteran and father of two sons, West raised a family in Bedford, and
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