Mapping maps in the office
The first self-motivated project I did when I started working for the City of Ithaca in 1990 was to organize our documents
Home Made Cleaning Products
Making your own cleaning products will save money and give you control over what is in them. The big brands have many toxic substances in them, which they don’t even have to declare on the label. These will get into your blood stream by breathing them and getting them on your skin (we are assuming …
Where did the Fish go?
One of our jobs on the farm was to collect and measure the fish in the nursery pond.
We then noticed the fish were all gone. Why?
Matute
Some people are bigger than life, and Matute was one of them.
With a love for life, a hearty laugh, many tales to tell, and several families, he was a natural leader.
Where do they Shop?
When we are traveling in rural America, my wife will sometimes say "where do they shop?".
Living on La Finca Las Lomas in Costa Rica pushed that question to the limit.
Cornucopia
The ANAI property in Gandoca, Costa Rica was a cornucopia of delicious and healthy food.
The Mighty Have Fallen
A powerful experience watching a giant tree felled for a "reforestation" project.
A few hours that will always haunt me.
Talamanca is Bananas
There is no confusion what the main industry is in Talamanca (the Southeastern "toe" of Costa Rica).
It's all about bananas.
Howler Monkeys
The most noticeable sound in the rain forest comes from the howler monkeys. Don't expect to sleep in.
Spider Wonder
I would love spending time just watching Golden Silk Orb-weaver spiders, especially when they were spinning up a web.
Tarrytown Lighthouse
A lot has changed since this lighthouse was installed in 1883. It was originally 1/4 mile offshore, now only a few feet away.
Sing Sing: Up the River
Sing Sing prison is located on the Hudson shore in Ossining, In 200 years, it has built a notorious reputation, but there is more to learn.
Captain Kidd on the Hudson
Most of us have heard of Captain Kidd, and know he was a pirate, but little else.
His story is fascinating, and much of it was on the Hudson River.
Nyack’s Concrete Barge
There are two primary questions for this reality:
why would anybody build a concrete barge in the first place, and why is there one sunken off Nyack's Memorial Park?
Benedict Arnold and John Andre
One of the pivotal moments of the revolutionary war occurred on the Hudson River, which we pass by on most our charters.
Bridge over the Tappan Zee
Many people may not like the name of the new bridge over the Tappan Zee, but few people dislike the design.
One of the most popular things we do on our charters is go under the bridge.
Seeing Gifford’s Hudson
Sanford Robinson Gifford probably painted more views of the Hudson River than any of his colleagues in the Hudson River School.
Here are two we see when we get out on the Hudson from Nyack and Tarrytown.
A Magical Night
I was blessed to grow up in a family that had a 35’ sailboat, which we cruised during the summer.
Of all our time on our Alberg 35, Willy Wispe, there are four hours that will stay with me forever.
Washington Irving
I thank God I was born on the banks of the Hudson!
We make a friendship with it, we in a manner ally ourselves to it for life.
Ezra Klein on Factory Farming
We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror.
How we treat farm animals today will be seen, I believe, as a defining moral failing of our age....
Sailing on Cayuga Lake
My wife Rosemary and I were taking a few days on the sailboat I grew up sailing on. It’s an Alberg 35, and her name is Willy Wispe.
But we did not realize we would experience something never to be forgotten.
Words for Teddy Foster Slee
My blessing for my godson Teddy on May 22, 2021
Eileen McEachron Foster
Nell Washington Heights – Eileen McEachron Foster, known affectionately as Nell, died suddenly on Thursday, March 4th in Washington Heights, Manhattan at age 38. Born in Ithaca, NY to Andrew McEachron Foster and Eileen Rose Hagerty on November 13th, 1982, Nell will be greatly missed and deeply mourned by all those whose lives she touched, …