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contents 6 Oneida County History Center 9 ADK Journal

EDITOR Sharry Whitney

Rebirth

by Sharry L. Whitney

11 Restaurant Guide 14 Antiques Guide 18 April in Nature 21 Valley Girl 24 Local Comic Strip 25 MV Crossword 26 MV Astronomy Club 27 On The Farm with Suzie 31 Matt Perry’s Nature 36 Gallery Guide 39 Tales from Shawangunk, Part 77 44 Advertiser Directory 47 Contest Answers

PUBLISHERS Lance and Sharry Whitney

The trees are budding and spring flowers are blooming. The Mohawk Valley is reborn! We’ve noticed a renewed energy in the community as people are getting out and about. Restaurants and garden centers are reopening and new businesses have sprung up!

Spring feels extra special to us this year, not only because the isolation brought about by the cold, snowy winter and Covid is (hopefully) coming to an end, but because Lance and I are seeing the world through new eyes—we became grandparents last month! Now, when we see the snowdrops, crocuses, and tulips in bloom, we imagine soon sharing the joys of nature with our little granddaughter, Iris.

This month marks the start of our 17th year “Traveling ‘round the Mohawk Valley.” What fun it will be to revisit and rediscover all the magical places around the region as grandparents. To be reborn. “To see what we can see,” through the eyes of a child! •

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Oneida County History Center Executive Director Spring sports season is upon us! Although current sports may be limited or suspended, we still have our Utica Free Academy athletes Carl Boykin (left) and Alonzo Patterson (right) photographs and memories of years past. I recently came compete at the 1979 Proctor Invitational Track Meet. across this track and field image in the History Center collections and wanted to know a bit more. My research led me to discover that these winning athletes went on to achieve success beyond high school, both on and off the track.

This photograph taken in 1979 shows Utica Free Academy (UFA) athletes Carl Boykin and Alonzo Patterson competing at the Proctor Invitational Track Meet. The two finished first and second in this hurdle event. Both runners were also star football players and talented students from the Cornhill neighborhood who continued their success at the college-level and beyond.

UFA principal Anthony Schepsis, UFA Athletic Director Peter DeStefano, and Proctor Principal Harry Bascom are pictured in the background.

Carl Boykin was a state champion in both the outdoor and indoor hurdles during high school. He was named Trackman of the Year 1979 and was considered the best 60-meter-high hurdler in the state according to several Utica Observer-Dispatch articles that year. He also held the Section III 110-meter

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Boykin attended Colgate University where he played football and ran track. As of 2003, he still held the Colgate records in the 55- and 110-meter hurdles. He graduated from the university in 1983 and went on to earn his MA from the University of Buffalo and a law degree from Cornell. Boykin became the ADA for Oneida County and the first African American prosecutor for the county in 1996. He was inducted into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Alonzo Patterson was a talented runner and the star quarterback for UFA in the late 1970s. He attended Wagner College and was a record-setting, three-time All-American tailback for the college’s football team. He had a brief professional career with the Toronto Argonauts, Calgary Stampeders, and New Jersey Generals in the early 1980s. Patterson dabbled in coaching, first as head football coach at Proctor High School, next as an assistant football coach at Wagner College, before becoming the athletic director and counselor at Utica’s Cosmopolitan Center. Patterson was inducted into the Wagner College Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. He moved to Georgia in the early 2000s. •

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Local track star Carl Boykin became Oneida County’s first African-American prosecutor. He is currently Dir. Human Trafficking Prevention at NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

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I know it’s April, and I know what April 1st is supposed to be all about. So just to be clear, if you have been following Mohawk Valley Living for very long, understand what I am about to say is true!

First, not once during all of 2020 did I climb a mountain. Not one. No foolin’. That has not happened any year since near the turn of the century. Second, this March 2021, overwhelmed with summit fever, I finally caved to one of my very best friend’s relentless urging to join him for my first winter climb – ever. No foolin’!

I have avoided hiking in the winter all these years, mainly because my extremities freeze up in seconds. I can’t grab a few ice cubes for a drink from the freezer without my fingertips going numb within seconds. And I still have the doctor’s note from my GP that says I’m not allowed to climb any mountains in winter, except in Florida!

And it was not to tackle just one mountain. The Tupper Lake Triad (TLT) consists of Coney Mountain, Mount Goodman, and Mount Arab.* The initial challenge was established in 2015. The plan was to do the Ultra – all three mountains in one day.

I have hiked with my friend, Mark Lowell, since 2007, and we had done the TLT in a day a few years ago – but this was in winter conditions, sort of.

As it turned out – we began on Arab at 9:59 a.m. There was still quite the icy bite on any exposed skin and so we started the hike wearing several layers. I was also prepared with hand and foot warmers. I had snowshoes with me that I have used around home, but Mark lent me a pair of microspikes more appropriate to the day’s trail conditions.

After Arab, we drove to Goodman. Trail conditions were consistent – the snow firmly packed. With temperatures on the rise as the day wore on, the layers we wore disappeared. By the time we finished Coney, which was just a short drive ‘next door’ to Goodman, long gone were the parkas, hats, and face masks. Signing out at the last trailhead at 3:53 p.m., we had completed the Triad in less than six hours. That included our drive time and taking several photographs along the way. It actually beat our summertime for the Triad by a little bit, but reasoned that was because the first time we

“Are you coming?” Getting started on the trail for Goodman Mountain

The fire tower on Mt. Arab

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worked in a visit to a local bakery between mountains!

Mark already had the paperwork filled out to send for our TLT winter patches. I will look forward to adding that one to the back of my pack.

It is certainly not necessary to do all three mountains in a day. I still hope to get the grandkids up Arab or Coney in the autumn. Both have superior 360-degree views, (Mt. Arab from the tower), and the surrounding color would be spectacular.

Mount Arab also happens to be a fire tower mountain and The Firetower Challenge has a winter patch associated with that quest as well. So, maybe I’ll give that one a try next winter. April fools! •

Young Justin VanRiper at Moss Lake. Our annual trip became a family tradition.

A view from the sprawling Coney Mountain summit looking across to Goodman Mountain in the foreground

*To learn more about the Tupper Lake Triad, visit: https://www.tupperlake.com/tupper-lake-hiking-triad.

The furthest mountain in this challenge (Mt. Arab) is a 3-hour drive from Camden and under 3 hours from Utica.

All photos by Gary VanRiper and feature fellow hiker, Mark Lowell of Canton, NY. Except the ‘Bernie’ photo taken of Gary by Mark.

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The forest in April comes to life from the ground up as understory plants push out of the soil and leaf litter. It is an exhilarating time to be in the woods. You can listen to the growing chorus of returning songbirds as your eyes scour the trail sides for splashes of color. Traditionally, Sharp-lobed Hepatica and Spring Beauty are among the first woodland wildflowers to emerge.

While white and lavender blooms of Hepatica can be found in small, scattered clumps, the smaller pink flowers of Spring Beauty usually occur in larger rafts. The leaves of Wild Leek, also called “Ramp”, resemble lily leaves and are among the first lush foliage to breach soil in spring. Interestingly, the flowers of the leeks will not emerge until months later. Blue Cohosh and Early Meadowrue are also early risers. The former plant’s foliage appears deep purple as it emerges from the soil but turns greener as it expands and unfurls. The tiny flowers of Blue Cohosh range in color from bright yellow to drab green or brown, while the flowers of Early Meadowrue are white to pale green. Three species of Trillium grow in our woods and they are also eager to bloom in spring. The blooms of Red Trillium normally proceed the other two. Its large maroon flowers nod on their stems and sometimes can be hidden by their foli-

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Over the last two decades, our fenced-in woodland gardens have provided a haven for dozens of species of spring ephemeral wildflowers. Bloodroot, one of the earliest flowers to emerge, grows in three different dedicated gardens. The plants in these gardens were originally rescued from a local forested area slated for development. The mature woodland where they grew was home to many other increasingly rare native plants, but alas, we were able to rescue very few of them before the habitat was destroyed. The Bloodroot plant’s odd-shaped leaves appear to almost clasp the young flower as it emerges from the soil. Bloodroot’s white petaled bloom is showy and, like most of the earliest flowers, it can tolerate cold temperatures as well as some snow accumulation. These are the common travails of April flowers.

Last year (2020) brought a little too much snow and temperatures dipped a little too low during the bloom window of the spring ephemerals. The result was freeze burn for some species. Generally, it was a poor seed production year for Bloodroot, and it wasn’t alone; many flowers never managed to get pollinated. The beetle and fly species tasked with pollinating the earliest flowers

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Other native plants that gain protection from our garden fences are Early Meadowrue, Twinleaf, Wild Ginger, False Bishop’s Cap, and Woodland Geranium. Of those, it was only the Ginger that naturally occurred in our woods before we began our nature sanctuary’s wildflower restoration project.

The ginger’s unusual flower is found beneath its leaves and often lies low against the ground. The muted maroon color of the flower doesn’t help it to stand out, and so determining if it’s blooming often requires a close inspection. Goldenseal, Red Baneberry, Foamflower, Mayapple, and Perfoliate Bellwort also share the same woodland garden. Interestingly, after nearly two decades, these plants still share the same space, none overly crowding out the others. One of the more diminutive, sensitive plants is Rue Anemone. Some years I can find it and some I cannot. Its white or violet flowers somewhat resemble those of the Hepatica plant, but its leaves are more like what you find on Meadowrue or Columbine plants. It makes sense since all three are in the buttercup family. At least in our gardens, Rue Anemone appears to be a short-

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Of course, the time in the sun allotted for the spring ephemerals is short. Soon the tree canopy will leaf out and the forest understory will be shaded. Flowers in the meadows and the blossoming trees will steal away the attention of the pollinators.

If anyone wants to discover these forest treasures for themselves, head for a goodsized stretch of mature forest and keep your eyes on the trail sides. It is a wonderful way to spend an April morning. •

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I had been meaning to check out the new location for Fall Hill Bead & Gem in Little Falls. On a recent Saturday, my friend Kim Darling and I had a chance to stop in. It is a lovely shop recently relocated to Canal Place.

I love browsing handmade jewelry, rocks, crystals, and beads. I don’t make my own jewelry, but I know a few people who do, and I need to introduce them to this place! The new shop is roomier than the other, with more natural lighting. Owner Kim Hergert said she loves being right on the water.

I was also delighted to see a rack of postcards.

That was the other thing I needed! I told Kim how I send postcards every week to a few people: shut-ins, elderly, and/or friends who need a pick-me-up. She said she had been writing more snail mail herself since the quarantine. She was looking for some locally-sourced stationery or note cards. I mentioned Huckleberry Letterpress, which she was familiar with. This led to a whole conversation about locally-owned products and businesses. Local is having a “moment” and I think that is just delightful. That was when I noticed magnets by Retro Sorrento.

“I’ve seen these! My friend Margaret at So Sweet Candy Café in Utica carries her note cards now!” I told her how my sister Cheryl had given me one of the cards as part of a Christmas package. “Only I can’t decide who to send it to, because I love it so much.”

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She said that might have to be one I keep for myself. Still, I like to share my local treasures.

I did buy myself a present at Fall Hill: a pair of frog earrings. My husband Steven collects frogs, so he can pretend they are part of his collection. As I was paying for them, I noticed a display in the jewelry case featuring an old typewriter. I love typewriters, and I love that sort of creative arrangement. I complimented Kim on it.

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As winter comes to an end, we welcome April and the cheery signs of spring it brings to the Mohawk Valley.

Its sunny days and rising temperatures spur the flowers to bloom, grass to grow, and trees to sprout their leaves, always a happy sight after months of snow. But those warmer conditions also remind us that we will soon be experiencing the return of one of nature’s wonders – lightning.

Lightning is a common occurrence on Earth. The U.S. National Weather Service (an agency of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) reports that in the United States alone, lightning strikes occur about 25 million times each year! Each one is a bright spark of electricity created when positive and negative charges in the clouds build up and quickly discharge.

Those violent lightning bolts are dangerous and can reach temperatures of 50,000° Fahrenheit, considerably hotter than the 10,000° F on the surface of the Sun. There are three primary types of lightning: cloud-to-ground, cloud-to-air, and cloud-to-cloud. The resulting thunder is a sonic shock wave created when lightning heats the air and that heated air rapidly expands and vibrates. We hear the sound after we see the flash because light travels a speedy 186,282 miles in one second while sound only covers

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Last year marked 50 years of celebrating Earth Day. The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, as our nation was realizing the environmental damage done by allowing air and water pollution to go unchecked for over 100 years. It all seems a very distant past, but leaded gasoline, oil spills, raw sewage, and toxic dumps were virtually accepted as the norm in the late 60s and early 70s. Smog was an everyday occurrence in large cities like Los Angeles, choking its residents and blocking out the sun. Lakes and rivers in the Northeast were filled with dead fish, caused in part by acid rain. The bald eagle—the symbol of our nation—and many other forms of wildlife were inexplicably dying off. We didn’t recycle. We used and abused pesticides and herbicides not thoroughly tested. We drove inefficient, gas-guzzling cars.

Two of our nation’s representatives (one Democrat senator, one Republican congressman) organized an event originally targeting college campuses but that eventually spilled over into efforts across the United States, bringing in a broad range of organizations and volunteers. That first Earth Day drew 10% of our nation’s population to demonstrate on behalf of the environment. We were in the final throes of the Vietnam War, an exhausted and divided nation, and we managed to unite around something.

Can you imagine?

Remarkably, by the end of that year, we had created the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act. The Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act were created shortly thereafter. Today, our air and waterways are demonstrably cleaner; we have eagles once again, and polluters are generally held accountable for their actions.

Of course, we now face new and ever more challenging environmental and climate issues. Of particular interest to me is the focus on agriculture as a contributor to both the problems and the solutions. Clearly, we need agriculture to feed the 7.8 billion people on earth. But how we go about raising food for so many people is a complicated and urgent problem.

Here are the facts: Food production is cited as contributing as much as 30% to total greenhouse gases. It is also a significant contributor to deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and is the largest user of land and freshwater. Feeding 7.8 billion people takes a lot of resources, so I don’t doubt agriculture’s massive impact.

Within food production, animal agriculture generates the highest levels of emissions, while fruit and vegetable production generates the lowest levels.

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Suzie as a child next to her family’s Gran Torino feeding operations (CAFOs) and vast tracts of land committed to monocultures (corn and soy.) In the effort to produce cheap meat and dairy, we’ve scaled our animal production for maximum efficiency and planted fencerow to fencerow. Substituting soy-based burgers or soy milk may take the animals out of the equation, but it exacerbates our reliance on monocultures and still requires vast amounts of land and water use. In other words, it doesn’t quite solve the problem.

I find it unfortunate that animal agriculture has gotten a bad rap. Because the truth is, animal agriculture can play a very beneficial role in reversing climate change. By converting grain-centric feeding operations to grazing grasslands unsuitable for growing crops, we allow the animals to do what they do best: convert grass into meat and dairy, utilize less-than-optimum farmland, and fertilize the soil. Yes, it’s harder (and therefore slightly more expensive) to make meat and milk on grass alone. But proposed meat and dairy alternatives are no less expensive, nor do they seem to offer the same regenerative benefits.

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As we head into the field with our cameras and binoculars in tow, there are a few rules of conduct we should abide by. The last thing we want to do when appreciating nature is to disrupt the lives of wildlife and make it more difficult for them to find food, protect territories, and breed. We should keep in mind that when we go birding or nature watching we are entering the home of wildlife, and when we do, we should endeavor to act like respectful guests. When company comes to our own homes, we wouldn’t appreciate bad manners or disruptive behavior. We wouldn’t want friends to stop over, set off all the smoke detectors, and chase our children around the yard. However, this is the equivalent of what some birds and other animals are forced to tolerate when we come to see them. If we come into a bird’s habitat and force them to show themselves by playing recorded birdsong and/or by mimicking bird alarms, we can put the success of a breeding attempt in jeopardy. If an aggravated songbird is forced to defend its home, it may neglect to feed its young and even leave its nest open to the depredations of opportunistic predators. Also, on a cold or rainy day, young nestlings can die of exposure fairly quickly. Once we have coaxed out a bird it’s tempting for us to have it remain in the open long enough for us to get the best possible look or the most perfect photo of it; but the longer we prolong the defensive action on the bird’s part, the more disruptive it is. If you feel you must coax birds out of hiding using the aforementioned techniques, I urge moderation. Refrain from doing it for more than a minute and then move on. Make it more like a fire drill and not a five-alarm fire the bird needs to mount a major response to.

For most of us, our nature-watching experience takes place primarily in our backyards – at our bird feeders and in our gardens. In many places in the Mohawk Valley, a large number of wildlife species can be drawn into a suburban or rural yard if food, shelter, and water are offered. The number of species attracted is often greatest when the yard is adjacent

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The biggest threats to creatures (particularly songbirds) in our yards are domestic cats and picture windows. If you have outdoor cats, you should probably reconsider feeding birds. Although not all cats specialize in preyAmerican Kestrel ing on birds, enough do to make it an unacceptable risk to your bird patrons. Backyard predators like Cooper’s Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, Screech Owls, and Foxes, should not be lumped into the same category as domestic cats. Furthermore, we shouldn’t resent these native predators for plying their trade. When we make our yard into an oasis for prey species, local native predators have little choice but to include our yard in their hunting circuit. Unlike domestic cats, native predators fill an important niche in the environment.

Just as serious as cat predation is the problem of window impacts. Typically, birds see reflected sky and trees in glass and are deceived into believing they can simply fly through it. A startled bird is much more likely to make this error as they attempt a quick flight to safety. Of course, we all want a fantastic view of the birds, that’s why we have feeders in the first place, but shouldn’t we take care to limit the danger posed by glass? One good method of mitigating home window strikes is to locate feeders well away from windows.

Most people loathe doing this since it means sacrificing close views of the birds. Although rarely employed, a highly effective method of limiting window strikes is to hang a framed screen in front of the window. The screen is not reflective and dissuades birds from attempting to fly through it. Birds that do strike it bounce off and are unharmed.

When seeking birds in the habitat where they live, it’s very important to respect the habitat and to stay on trails. We shouldn’t trespass on private property, nor should we trespass on the birds’ “property”. During the breeding season, bushwhacking or going off-trail can lead to the inadvertent destruction of nests. Many bird species build their nests on or close to the ground and for obvious reasons these are particularly vulnerable to foot traffic. Often birds will build their concealed nests right along active foot trails so even a slight diversion from the path can be disastrous for birds. If you’re lucky enough to find an active nest, you should

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Due to the ethics or lack of ethics of some photographers and bird chasers, reporting the locations of specific rare birds on social media is rightfully discouraged. This can be an issue with many different bird species at

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Unfortunately, the same kind of thing routinely happens with Snowy Owls and Great Gray Owls. Photographers that troll eBird and regional birding listservs see one listed and then they chase it down. Since the Snowy Owl prefers wide-open territory like agricultural fields, airport runways, and parking areas, they can be particularly easy to find. While most photographers are content to keep a discreet distance and allow their telephoto equipment to do the work, there are typically a few folks that insist on something closer and more dramatic. Some will even compel the owl to pose for them by forcing them into flight. The worst among them will offer food (store-bought mice) to stage a picture of the raptor flying in to make a kill with wings spread wide and talons extended. The result can be a dramatic photograph of a beautiful bird in a natural setting, but nowhere will it be disclosed the unethical method the photographer used to obtain the picture. Ethical birders who recognize this problem and the danger posed to wildlife often refrain from publishing the location of northern owls and other vulnerable rare species.

I’ve led many bird walks over the years and in that time, I’ve tried to instill a sense of propriety in the groups I’ve taken out. I find that once people understand the ramifications of their actions, they tend to be more careful about how they interact with nature. Honestly, being more respectful does come with some benefits – other than the clear benefit to the wildlife. It’s a fact that when animals don’t feel threatened, they tend to act more naturally, thereby granting an observer a more candid view of their behavior.

Some simple ways to avoid disrupting birds and at the same time, heighten one’s own nature experience include: Limit the amount of conversation that takes place between observers. When you talk you don’t see as much or hear as much.

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It’s best to describe where the bird is by referring to its specific place on the tree or by imagining the face of a clock overlayed over the scene and signifying the bird’s position by what hour it’s close to on the clock.

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Twenty years ago, we missed much of this “Great Awakening” because our children sent us on a great adventure to Europe to celebrate Tim’s retirement from full-time ministry. Our daughter, Rebekah, lived and worked in London at that time, and her multi-lingual and exceptionally well-traveled boyfriend (and future husband) Gael served as our guides.

Our sense of adventure struggled with feelings of trepidation because our idea of a big excursion into civilization is a drive down Genesee Street from North Utica to New Hartford! But we knew that this would provide a treasure of memories to enrich later years when we could “time travel” along these same byways. Tim learned this from a kindly woman with diminished ambulatory skills that he used to visit at a rest home. “How do you occupy yourself?” he asked. “I time travel,” she replied, and I’m sure Tim resisted an impulse to roll his eyes. “Yes, and I teach it to others here,” she continued. “You visualize a certain memory of a place and time; try to remember as many details as possible, how you felt, what you smelled and heard as well as what you saw; talk to people there and imagine their response. I have wonderful trips into the past that get fuller and more real every time I go!” and so, we learned that remembering

In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures and also her childhood memories growing up in Westmoreland.

April sometimes brings the first rumble of thunder: a mysterious, low roar that I imagine is the growl of Spring warning winter to go back from whence it came. When it also brings rain, I spend that indoor time sorting through boxes and cabinets in the tool shed to refresh my memory of what we have and try to minimize clutter. I am shocked to count 30 pairs of decrepit magnifying glasses and 70 pens. I evaluate each one, recycling all but a few.

But I want to go outside to work and play!

There are last year’s dead stems to rake out of the chive patch, bushes to prune and stake, parsnips and carrots to pull out that I left in the garden last fall for spring harvest…

Tim and I eagerly begin daily bike rides, gliding between awakening meadows, listening for the first robin, the first bobolink, and all our avian friends! We savor the distant view of undulating cloud shadows in fathomless shades of blue and green on the Adirondacks. But we also have to pick up a winter’s accumulation of litter from rascals who have little respect for the aesthetics, health, and safety of public byways.

Getting our shower water is tricky when the brook thaws. is a skill that is enriched by practice and attention to feelings and details.

We got to Heathrow Airport in the evening and were whisked to our daughter’s flat in inner London by a shuttle. How close the cars drove to each other! We went right to bed listening to a recording of beautiful wild bird calls Becky put on to comfort us as we went to sleep.

I wrote in my journal the next morning: “Feeling uncentered & confused; What day is it?

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London is very congested and busy. One of the first things Tim did was start to take the toilet apart because it’s hard to flush, but Becky’s apartment is lovely with hand-crafted pottery, rugs, wood A spring harvest of carrots, carving, and artwork parsnips and chives. throughout.”

She got up early and went to work, leaving us with spending money, and was shocked to come home for lunch and find us still sleeping like lazy teenagers. We were afraid to go out on our own.

We had hoped to explore and hike in the English countryside, but an epidemic of hoof and mouth disease made it impossible. Suddenly we had empathy for some visitors from NYC who tried but couldn’t spend a whole night at Shawangunk because of the quiet and lack of lights and people scared them.

Fortunately, our good friend, John Herold from North Carolina was teaching there at the time and accompanied us on our first foray into the Big City.

We descended to the entranceway of the apartment building and I stopped in open-mouthed amazement before the narrow sidewalk which was under reconstruction, overcome with the sounds and movement of people and vehicles so close to us. And what really terrified me, was seeing all the vehicles zooming by on the “wrong” side of the road! I grabbed John and Tim’s arms on both sides for assurance and protection as we entered the fringe of this chaos, and John describes Tim’s first step out as a vision of a man about to step on hot coals.

Later we learned that there was a “Tunnel” strike, so the streets were unusually congested.

We had to cross a street. Which way to look first? We relied on John leading us about until we met up with his wife, Anne Cassebaum.

We stopped at a store to get some organic food. I stared in disbelief at dozens and dozens of eggs in boxes stacked on shelves at room temperature. “They must be spoiled! Why aren’t they in refrigerators like they are at home?” I asked. “If they’re fresh and unwashed, they have a three-week shelf life,” I was told. This still mystifies me.

John helped Tim pick out a coin to give a homeless beggar with a pitiful dog.

We were very happy to get to Regents Park: plant life; green grass, trees, and flowers.

We laughed about how far we’ve come to get to a park; to Albany, Tim and Peg are across the ocean, introduced to London. into London… Tim fed puffed Kamut cereal to the swans

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and we loved all the different kinds of ducks with interesting colors and markings.

We hated to leave the park but got to walk into a pretty Mosque with friendly people. At John and Anne’s apartment, we had fish and chips wrapped in newspaper from a popular shop. It was interesting to watch news reports on America from the British perspective. So different! “We were sent back to Becky’s in an old-fashioned-looking, box-shaped London cab with a big back seat with lots of legroom.

Anne pinned little cards on us saying; ‘If lost, please return to Rebekah Behrendt, 235 Goswell Rd.’ We felt well cared for by our daughter and friends all day.”

We would further explore London later, but our itinerary next took us to Amsterdam and Paris.

We took the Eurostar under the English Channel (which some French prefer to call the “French Channel”). The countryside was very pretty and there were no billboards. We then met Gael who came from Spain to meet us. He is comfortable to be with; friendly, interesting, nice looking and has impeccable English.

I wrote: “I like Amsterdam better because there are very few cars, just lots of people walking or riding bikes – very fast if possible - and quiet electrical trains/trams. There are canals with narrow bridges and equally narrow streets like alleys. What a lot of bikes parked and locked every-

Tim feeds swans in London Gael and Tim enjoy a Heineken at an Amsterdam Café.

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“Buildings are tall & narrow with a big hook at the top to heist household items like furniture to various floors, each of which has one or two rooms.

“We walked thru the Red Light district and saw young women standing in small picture windows, then went to a coffee shop and had a strange tea. Walking home, in the evening, I suddenly started feeling nervous that suddenly the streets were rather empty of people with only some litter blowing about and a few groups of happy-looking young folks. It seemed surreal to be in this strange place, knowing very little about how to survive except to stay with my companions. I had quite a mixture of fear, awe, and de-

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We walked to the Rijks and VanGogh Museums past many interesting little shops. The depths and colors of the paintings were wonderful; sea scenes of storms; Rembrandts; Vermeers. The nature scenes where some consider the light unnatural or romanticized looked perfectly normal to me during certain times in our forest or meadows.

We liked a family scene where everyone was jolly, from the baby to the papa. I could have stayed there for a week. It’s fun to enter into a painting.

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We were shocked to see a man urinating into a three-sided structure in the square. He saw us looking at him and gave us a disgusted frown.

These are public urinals, we were advised, and it’s not polite to stare.

We took a tram back to the hotel. We passed so many bicycles! Just like the boats, some were abandoned, rusty, or in parts, still chained to a post, but most were in active use.

I loved seeing how happy people looked here. There were many smiling couples and groups of jolly young folks. Maybe they were tourists? The liberal attitude here toward sex and recreational medications made us feel like con-

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We took a slow ride on a canal and saw lots of houseboats. Some were full of junk and in a state of dilapidation; some were well-maintained, tidy, painted beautifully, and decorated with lace curtains or a picket fence. We saw a tiny floating farmyard next to one houseboat, with chickens and goats and lots of hay. Some had flowers and other plants on their rooftops or a narrow strip of earth between the road and the canal. There were also abandoned boats still moored to their chains, partially or completely submerged, in stages of decrepitude, turning a mossy green.

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Tim and I curled up with each other to nap on our train seats. I had just gotten relatively comfortable when Gael announced with urgency; “Get up! Our stop has just been announced and we’re going to miss it if we don’t hurry!” We regretfully leaped up and started grabbing our belongings. “April Fools!” he laughed.

We felt that this trip had already been incredibly enriching and interesting, and we were fortunate to have such competent guides, feeling a bit like children following their parents around.

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