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Notes From a Grounded Flâneur
Since Carole Osterink’s and Sam Pratt’s blogs (not to mention The Rogovy Report) do such a thorough job covering all the news about Hudson and surroundings that’s fit pushing the “publish” button...
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What’s Cold Got To Do With It?
Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, and anyone wondering about the state of love in a cold climate (Hudson’s) can take some comfort in the knowledge that, as Word has learned, nearly all of the town’s more...
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Collective Style
Even though there’s still an icicle firmly lodged somewhere above my sacroiliac, the second coldest winter in recorded history seems to be showing signs of coming to an end ….enough to warrant more...
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The State of State
The catastrophic impact of the inferno at 336-338 State Street, their burned-out shells a hideous reminder of the lives disrupted and the severity of the incident, might have given a push to Housing...
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The Power of Then
Time — or rather the stuff that happens or doesn’t happen during it–can seem to move glacially in these parts, especially during and right after a particularly grueling winter. While it’s hard to spot...
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This Bud’s For You
Spring has sprung with a vengeance, hitting the eighties during the last two days. It was about time that the foliage responded in kind, having missed its usual mid to late April date. This shot of...
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Rest Stop
Recently at The Red Dot, that font of lively, cross- pollinating chat, I conversed with a nice couple from rural Connecticut who had traveled two hours to Hudson to simply hang at The Barlow Hotel...
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The Ecdysiast Report
Ah, naked wood! There’s nothing like seeing a previously vinyl, asbestos or what-have-you encased old building shedding its ungainly skin to reveal the original, natural (if often damaged) structure as...
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Taken to the Metal Shed
The month of May was the last for Mark’s Antiques and Larry’s Back Room at its 612 Warren Street location. A trove of unexpected, largely mechanical objets trouvé shared by Mark Wasserbach and Larry...
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Most Things Don’t Happen, This One Looks Like It Will
I’m paraphrasing a line from a typically mordant Philip Larkin poem (about a favorite subject of his: death) to refer to what is happening at the former First Methodist Church at 448 Warren Street...
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