This week's movie
The feature for Monday, September 1st is "Whale Rider." 8 PM showtime. Weather permitting. There's some wind in tomorrow's forecast but hopefully not too windy to raise the movie screen. I've already ...
Autumn migrations
I heard an unusual bird call and stepped outside to see a pair of terns (I think) heading south. On recent occasions, I've heard the resident ospreys complain as migrating ospreys pass through their t ...
Movie cancelled for tonight
Too windy. The screen acted like a sail. Picnic on the deck instead.
Tonight's movie
Showing at the lighthouse tonight, Monday, August, 25th: Whale Rider. Start time: 8 PM. Come early to enjoy sunset. Bring a flashlight for traveling the trail after dark.
Multi-sensory movie experience
Tonight, we viewed a double feature on the outdoor movie screen at the lighthouse. The first was a short documentary "Around Cape Horn" with original black&white film footage from 1929 by Captain Irvi ...
Tonight's movie selection
Monday Movie Night, featuring Master and Commander. 8PM. Unlike last week the weather seems to be cooperating this week. The thunderstorms appear to be passing north of us, and the wind is forecasted ...
Flotilla on its way downstream
I just got off the phone with Ayen Tran, a crew member of the flotilla of art boats making their way down the Hudson River. Dubbed the "Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea," they are due at the ligh ...
Katydid moon
Full moon. Calm air. Smooth water. Slack tide. I paddled my kayak out into the middle of the river and let myself drift. The moon was already high in the sky. A light air rippled the water ever so sli ...
Cool, cool river
Water temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit at 3:30 PM today. Following a week or more of cool, breezy days and several downpours, the water temperature dropped to what it was back in the first weeks of ...