Along the shores of Lake Seneca, among the hundred or so wineries and dozens of farms, Watkins Glen, New York,…
24 August 2012
Coolest Town in Pennsylvania
Early morning, the best time of day to ride the steep trails of verdant Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, splashes streams of…
8 August 2012
Travel Reading: The Adventures of Bindi Girl
Long before traveling to India became de rigueur for everyone who’s ever taken a yoga class, Erin Reese had begun…
1 July 2012
15 Great Travel Quotes
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”—Susan Sontag “Jet lag is for amateurs.”—Dick Clark “Twenty years from now…
3 June 2012
The Poconos’ Glacial Lake
Lacawac Sanctuary, located in the northeastern tip of the Pocono Mountains, is a nature preserve, ecological field research station and…
6 May 2012
Ashtanga Yoga: Non-Violence
The physical practice of yoga, asana, is only one of yoga’s eight tenets. In India, asana is considered the basest…
4 May 2012
There’s No Bacon in Yoga
Scranton’s “Hot Yoga” (that is, Bikram Yoga taught by instructors who were not trained by Bikram) draws a sizable crowd—easily…
23 April 2012
Climate Change Causes Economic Hardship
When winter weather—temperatures below freezing, snow—failed to appear for any meaningful length of time this year, the Pocono Mountains of…
17 April 2012
Dancers and Lawyers and Art
Kathryn Morgan of the New York City Ballet Scranton, PA, a short drive from both New York City and Philadelphia,…
8 April 2012
National Poetry Month
In honor of “National Poetry Month,” I am reprinting my poem, Upstate, which was published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1988.…