Sept. 23-29, 2023 Aries (March 21–April 19) Archetype: The WarriorYou are known as the Warrior, Aries, but with the Sun moving into your opposite sign of Libra, it’s best to lead with vulnerability. In the herbal tarot, the Ace of Wands–your fire sign totem–is ruled by Achillea Millefolium (commonly known as Yarrow). Legend has it…
Happenings and Events in Hudson, NY – Last Week of Summer 2023
Hey Hudson – Do you want to know what to do in and around Hudson? This was my THURSDAY evening this week in Hudson. I attended a packed-room event about the history of Hudson’s Quaker/Dutch and whaling past, got a drink at Padrona, and then at 8pm, watched the Queer Ass Film Club’s screen of…
Whaling Talk at the Hudson Area Library
I’ve been doing it wrong all these years. For fifteen years, in the City of Hudson I’ve planned parties, game nights, shows, parades, bed races, polar plunges, you name it. Some have been successful, some, not so much. There were many nights that I *waited* to get into drag to see if anyone was going…
The Marvelous Wonderettes
It’s fitting that The Marvelous Wonderettes closes out this hot summer season at The Mac-Haydn Theatre, as the show, like a musical Aperol Spritz, embodies the essence of summer itself: sweet fizzy fun, bursting in technicolor. This jukebox musical is stitched around a catalogue of hit 1950s and 1960s radio hits, which makes the urge…
Hudson’s Great Blue Heron
Hey Hudson – If you’ve visited the Hudson City Cemetery recently, you might have seen a large bird in the pond. I took a picture, and after a google image search, learned that the bird is possibly a Great Blue Heron. It is a majestic bird, and I’ve seen it by the pond several times…
County Fair Season
Daily life in Hudson: I’m in the car, stopped at a light, a friend crosses the street and says, “Hey, what are you doing? Come and meet us for a drink at Padrona (on N. 4th Street). It’s their one year anniversary!” Sure! Why not? What else am I doing on a Sunday evening? Nothing….
Sunshine Fair, Schoharie County, NY
The Sunshine Fair Let’s go an hour west – yes, WEST. Schoharie County is when you’re getting into the REAL upstate New York, beyond the New York Times “bubble”. The New York Times has yet to write a feature story about some of these places, and you can still buy an affordable house there. Schoharie…
John L. Edwards Elementary School and Storytown, USA
Hudson – Writing this blog is fun, it gets me out of the house. Sometimes with a purpose, sometimes to eat ice cream and write it off as “research” for a tax deduction. This past week, I visited two totally random places, Storytown two hours upstate in Lake George, and the John L. Edwards Elementary…
John L. Edwards Elementary School
The Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to promote business investment and development opportunities within the City of Hudson. On Thursday, August 17th, they conducted a one-hour tour of the John L. Edwards Elementary School building, currently for sale by its owner, the Hudson City School District. I attended…
Greetings from Storytown, USA
If you live in Hudson, it’s difficult to not have a soft spot about preserving old houses in their historical context. What if the houses are only five feet tall? If you’re looking for a fun day-trip, drive about an hour and a half to Lake George to see the tiny mid-century houses of the…