March Past Edward Kanze Decades after I last played John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” on a trumpet, with its thrilling strains ... Read More
Your Essential Vacation Guide Adirondack Life The choices for outdoor recreation are endless in the Adirondack Park. For just a taste of what the region has to off... Read More
Road Scholar Richard Figiel In the early 1800s, Reuben and Phoebe Davis carved out a homestead deep in the Adirondack wilderness. Their first chi... Read More
Saving The Hedges Sherry Nemmers It’s hard not to be romantic about The Hedges, on Blue Mountain Lake. Some of us first fell in love at the old Great ... Read More
A Dairy Tale Shane Mitchell etirees live,” said Lorraine Lambiase, a short, 62-year-old farmer wearing barn boots and a black Nettle Meadow T-shi... Read More
Adirondack Birdman Richard E. Tucker As the sun was setting on October 2, 1912, a half-frozen George A. Gray successfully landed his Burgess-Wright Model ... Read More
The Irondequoit Olivia Dwyer The Irondequoit Inn sits on a small rise at Piseco Lake’s northern end. Eight wooden steps lead from hillside to fron... Read More
Otter Space Cristine Betters My story begins like many others found in the pages of Adirondack Life, of summer—and some winter—holidays spent at a... Read More
Saving Account Elizabeth Folwell Every old house has a story or two. You might read it in the architecture, how native and exotic materials were combi... Read More
Born Again Lisa Bramen Slumping into a pew in mock boredom, Pam Broiles leans onto the armrest, pointing out the patina of a century of elbo... Read More
Super Bowl Joe Connelly Every weekend they stream north from the interstate, the adventurers and explorers of the Adirondacks, their vessels ... Read More
Just Beyond the River Amy Godine The artist Daesha Devón Harris doesn’t wait around for inspiration. She looks for it; she brings it home. She takes i... Read More