Catskill Mountains: Rustic Retreat
Somehow I managed to delete this old entry, so here it is again... If you haven't read Evelyn Gilbert's "Rustic Retreat", this is the time to check it out:
The towering Catskill Mountains cradle Sullivan County, creating the bucolic backdrop for this no-frills, affordable retreat. The New Age Health Spa in Neversink, New York has the delightfully reminiscent feel of summer camp. But this getaway isn’t geared towards kids; it’s for grown-ups who are looking to get fit and healthy, or who are seeking a haven for rejuvenation...
And, on another note, the second issue of the e-Marginalia newsletter came out several days before Christmas with the habitual fanfare! It included a new piece, "Car Culture Shock", that I wrote about re-adapting to US car norms after living abroad. It's a predictably lengthy reflection, but it captures some of the amusing bumps, bruises and victories that I experienced while become a car-owning American once again. Now if I were really savvy, I'd have recorded it to audio MP3 so you could download it to your player and listen during your morning commute. But, alas, it is mere digital scratchings instead. Sorry.
Anyway, here's an excerpt to whet your appetite:
"I wasn’t a total automotive neophyte. I mean, I had driven rental cars all over France and Italy. During summer and winter holidays each year I had returned to the US and trafficked New York State’s highways and byways often enough. And I had owned vehicles practically since the day I received my driver’s license as a teenager. But American car culture had perceptibly evolved since I moved to Paris four years ago. Something had changed. Something was different in me, in everyone else, or perhaps in both…"
The towering Catskill Mountains cradle Sullivan County, creating the bucolic backdrop for this no-frills, affordable retreat. The New Age Health Spa in Neversink, New York has the delightfully reminiscent feel of summer camp. But this getaway isn’t geared towards kids; it’s for grown-ups who are looking to get fit and healthy, or who are seeking a haven for rejuvenation...
And, on another note, the second issue of the e-Marginalia newsletter came out several days before Christmas with the habitual fanfare! It included a new piece, "Car Culture Shock", that I wrote about re-adapting to US car norms after living abroad. It's a predictably lengthy reflection, but it captures some of the amusing bumps, bruises and victories that I experienced while become a car-owning American once again. Now if I were really savvy, I'd have recorded it to audio MP3 so you could download it to your player and listen during your morning commute. But, alas, it is mere digital scratchings instead. Sorry.
Anyway, here's an excerpt to whet your appetite:
"I wasn’t a total automotive neophyte. I mean, I had driven rental cars all over France and Italy. During summer and winter holidays each year I had returned to the US and trafficked New York State’s highways and byways often enough. And I had owned vehicles practically since the day I received my driver’s license as a teenager. But American car culture had perceptibly evolved since I moved to Paris four years ago. Something had changed. Something was different in me, in everyone else, or perhaps in both…"