In the melting pot of Brazil, three quite different concepts of a square meal interacted delectably. The Indians, who were there first, contributed grains, vegetables and an appreciation of the abundant seafood. The Portuguese, who colonized Brazil, brought their stews and sweet tooth… and then imported African slaves who in turn added new spices and […]
THE STONE CUTTER OF HAVERSTRAW
THE STONE MAN OF HAVERSTRAW In 1988, Ted Ludwiczak, who had seen more of life than most of us will ever see, moved to a house on the bluff overlooking the Hudson River in Haverstraw, NY. And it is here where his second, or maybe third or fourth life—he has seen so much that […]
GEORGE REALLY DID SLEEP HERE..AND THERE
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT…WHERE? HERE! REALLY! By Warren D. Jorgensen If the shots heard ‘round the world at Lexington and Concord signaled the birth of the baby that would become America, then the Hudson Valley is where it learned to walk, with George Washington holding it’s hand. His legacy is still very much alive, along with […]
PETER WING’S DREAM CASTLE
PETER WING’S NEVERENDING (Recycled) DREAM CASTLE By Warren D. Jorgensen In 1968, Peter Wing brought Toni Simoncelli to the meadow overlooking his family’s 157-acre, century-old family farm and proposed to her. "He said," she remembers, "that he was going to build me a castle, and put me in it." "I did not." He says, lamely. […]
SONNENBERG GARDENS, A TITANIC STORY
SONNENBERG: A VISIT TO A DIFFERENT TIME By Warren D. Jorgensen I took a break from a Finger Lakes wine tasting tour to visit Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion, stepping into a reliquary of a gilded age, discovering a woman whose love of flowers may have saved her life. In 1857, Mary Clark, daughter of then-Governor […]
One Step Closer to ET Life – Water Vapour Atmosphere Detected in Pegasus
Water vapour has been observed in the atmosphere of a planet in the Pegasus system, as reported by researchers at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. The planet, HD 209458b (called Osiris by some), seems to be in the process of having a water vapour-rich atmosphere boiled away as it swiftly passes before its parent star. The telltale […]