I found some kind of grain growing alongside a new bike path in the area. Following some basic identification methods, it appears to be rye as best I can tell. […]
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Category: Featured Entries
Hiking Skylight and Gray Peaks
The entire platform we are standing on is sinking as the raging brook washes over the ice sheet taking large broken pieces of it downstream. Much like the crumbling stairs of Khazad-Dum, our ability to return safely home is disintegrating with every step towards our destination.
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Forager's Stew
It’s Friday the 13th and I have taken the day off from work. I have been spending a lot of time behind a desk and I’m nursing a sore hip […]
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SRT 30 Run/Hike 2017
Thirty of us line up at the start of the SRT 30 mile run/hike. We are split into two waves. The first wave is released at 9am. 12 participants take […]
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Escarpment Run 2017
So far this season my running has been almost entirely focused on road running in preparation for several race series. Ideally I’d like to also keep up with trail running […]
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Winter Tongue Loop 2016
Big ambitions swirl through my head as I hit the trail. Just five weeks ago this 12 mile mountainy loop was snowless and mostly runnable. How different could today be? […]
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NJ Surf Fishing 2016
It’s 3:30pm on Monday. I’m sitting on a foot-high piling along a jetty surrounded by total chaos: fishermen casting over each other, birds attacking the water, baitfish spraying out of […]
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Pokeberry Ink
Fermented pokeberry ink with a stick pen: 2013-09-07 Recently I’ve been trying to identify berries that I see around the area. Pokeweed is common, including a large plant growing on […]
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Rattlesnake Cucumber Smell
B, S, T, and I made plans to run at the Tongue Mountain Range near Lake George. It’s a challenging 12 mile loop over a range of small mountain peaks. […]
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Winter Barefoot Frostbite 2013
Day 1 I joined some friends for Utica’s Thanksgiving Run for Hunger 5k race. The run is very close to my parents’ house where I would be feasting later in […]
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