Clarks Summit’s Forgotten Village
As I do every morning, today I glanced at the local newspaper’s website. Cool, the Sunday local history piece was about ghost towns. It begins: Old-tim...
The Search for Acadia’s “Abandoned” Goat Trail
I have occasionally been asked how I can enjoy returning to the same place, year after year, for vacation. The people who ask me this know I have a more adve...
A Latecomer
Last week’s "heat wave" produced a whole new flush of buds on our outdoor cacti.
Modifying CONTENTdm error message for restricted or unpublished collections
Quick post for tonight. Our digital services librarian asked me to change the default error message that appears when an unauthorized user tries to access o...
Escarpment Trail Survey Monument?
A mysterious survey monument on a trail map of the Catskills