“The jumps here aren’t as big as they were in Colorado,” said Shortway, 30. “I’m definitely hitting everything Creek has.” Yoga-teaching ski bum heeds a higher calling Navigating his fledgling studio, Ah-ha Yoga, through a pandemic, Shortway has plenty of reason to be stressed. But for once,... Studs 09 Apr 2021 | 01:25
Food sovereignty starts here “Seeds never forget,” said Rowen White, seed keeper, farmer and Native American storyteller. White hails from the Mohawk... Griterati 08 Apr 2021 | 11:52
Tara Whitsitt displays a selection of her homemade ferments. ( Becca Tucker) ‘Johnny Appleseed of pickling’ parks her bus Buy a bus, retrofit it, and travel around the country teaching fermentation. Check. Write a book about it, check. Trek to... Habitat 08 Apr 2021 | 11:44
My friends know I will put an egg on anything ( Christine Anisko) Spring on a sheet pan Can you hear that? That’s the sound of the neighborhood hens warming up for their busy season. On the heels of the last recipe... Homemade 12 Mar 2021 | 11:06
When the masses head back to the bar or Legoland or wherever, I’m hoping to see hikers who loves the panoramic vistas of places like the Neversink River Valley as much as I do. ( Pamela Chergotis) Magical micro-friendships I can’t wait for the day when everybody is back swarming bars, packing into restaurants and queuing up at carnival rides.... Day Tripper 05 Mar 2021 | 10:05
The next full moon comes out around 8 p.m. on April 26. It’s the “egg moon,” ripe and fertile with change and life. It’s also the first of this year’s supermoons, which look extra big and bright. ( Daniel Mack) Moonbeam vision We may be emerging from this collective trauma, or not. We’re still adjusting to the bald, painful fact that some old forms... Thin Places 01 Feb 2021 | 01:31
The old resort sign was pulled from the brush pile where it awaited burning. ( Rusty Tagliareni) The dive that got hitched to history I sat on a barstool, conversing across the antique but heavily lacquered wood of the bartop with Larry Edwards, owner and... Born Again 28 Jan 2021 | 10:25
With yeast and flour on the shelves and 2020 in the rearview, let’s party. ( Christine Anisko) A rustic pizza that bubbles Happy New Year, Dirt readers! 2020 is in the rearview and we are making our way (knock knock) to the tail end of this historic... Homemade 23 Dec 2020 | 01:02
Nouveau country Late last winter, my husband and I purchased an old house in Warwick, a cozy Depression-era Cape Cod on an acre of property.... Yonder 23 Dec 2020 | 10:20
The Tao of growing your own When did you get interested in growing food? Did you garden as a kid? It’s pretty funny, I’m from Brooklyn, and never touched... Studs 08 Dec 2020 | 11:26
A squirrel at the bird feeder rigged above a Havahart trap. The author developed a Rube Goldberg strategy, using the bird feeders to seed the squirrel traps. ( Dan Greenwald) When rodents crash your quarantine: Relocate or exterminate? Last March 5th, two days after my kids’ school in the Bronx shut its doors, I arrived at The Farm with the family to quarantine.... Yonder 25 Nov 2020 | 11:46
A six-year-old’s map, painted with coffee. ( Raheli Harper) Mapping the world according to you In a time of staying put, my family is engrossed by maps. In some ways, maps have nothing to do with travel – they are a... dirt jr. 23 Nov 2020 | 03:12
Erika Domanico makes clothes, handbags and jewelry from repurposed fabric and hardware. ( Rusty Tagliareni) Her heart’s on her sleeves Erika Domanico stands at the center of her second floor showroom in Boonton, NJ. Around her hang garments of all sorts, a... Born Again 12 Oct 2020 | 12:07
