“Why are they all sad?” C asked me. I was back at the Richard Avedon exhibit, this time with my daughter. An exhibit is different every time you go, but never quite as different as when you go with a child. You follow their path and irregular pace. You crouch to their eye level to see ...

SARANAC LAKE — Hotel Saranac will host the second evening of the Saranac Lake Art & Science Series, featuring a free artwalk, a talk on monarch butterfly migration and interview with Hilary Hawke Band, followed by a performance from the band. The artwalk will kick off the event off at ...

To the editor: What is happening to our National Park Service and public lands is not just neglect, it is a betrayal! Under Donald Trump and his enablers, who continue to champion his policies, protections that took generations to establish are gutted with breathtaking speed and ...

This morning I had a romantic date with my husband at the landfill. In Kris’ book, the landfill is a two-fer: a chance to purge and score some good free stuff. - Simple times - When I was a skinned-kneed sapling, going to the landfill was dinner and a show. My parents parked on the edge ...

Walt McLaughlin may be the least known prolific and versatile Adirondacks-oriented writer ever. He’s the author of 48 (and counting) books — almost one a year since 1980, including six reprints. He’s written poetry, short fiction, philosophy/religion, essays, narratives of camping ...