What's New on this website,...

August 5, 2008 - Added a Field Note to the Random Field Notes page about some useful phrases that I might have coined.

July 5, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; Occam's Razor: An Outside-In View of Contemporary Photography by Bill Jay.

June 28, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300 by Thom Hogan.

June 18, 2008 - Added an initial gallery of images from a trip to The Palouse in June 2007 (tardy, I am!).

June 11, 2008 - Added a new hike, Beacon Hills & Views.

May 4, 2008 - Added a new hike, West Pawling Appalachian Trail Highlights.

April 21, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice by Rabbi Or N. Rose, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, & Margie Klein (editors).

April 1, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; Blood of the Liberals by George Packer.

 February 27, 2008 - Added many comments to my book recommendations page as well as new entries for various books including some recently completed ones such as The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan and Masters Of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces by Linda Robinson. All book related comments that were on this page have been moved to the book recommendations page.

January 30, 2008 - Added a new hike, the Sterling Fire Tower loop.

January 15, 2008 - Added a slideshow Camp can be a lonely place without people featuring a deserted Camp Ramah in the Berkshires and some very nice Chopin music.

January 14, 2008 - Added a page of Party / Dance mix's. The day may be over when we burn CD's but you still need to figure out which songs to play.

January 13, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; Photographer's Legal Guide by Carolyn E. Wright.

January 6, 2008 - Added a new book recommendation; How Pictures Work by Molly Bang.

January 3, 2008 - Added a link on the home page to a charity event, the Hazon Israel Hike, that I am participating in. Click on the link to read more and sponsor me if you like (contributions go to charity, not to me).

January 1, 2008 - The Guide to Day Hiking has been updated and now contains a section on Traction Devices for Ice. In short, it says buy Stabilicers. The Hiking Recommendations page has also been updated with a similar section.

December 30, 2007 - The Mt. Taurus hike has been revised and re-written.  The route was changed and the use of a GPS has increased the accuracy of various details.

December 24, 2007 - Added an initial gallery of images from a trip to the Moab, Utah area in October 2007.

December 23, 2007 - Added an initial gallery of images from a trip to the Escalante, Utah area in September 2007.

December 22, 2007 - Added a new book recommendation; The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers by Martin Evening.

November 23, 2007 - The Pyramid Mountain hike has been updated and re-written with the hike direction reversed from what it was originally.  This (improvement!?) puts the obvious lunch spots later in the hike (versus earlier in the hike). A link to very good downloadable hiking trail maps for this area has also been added.

September 29, 2007 - Added a new book recommendation; Love Your Neighbor And Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal Ethics by Elliot N. Dorff.

September 23, 2007 - Added an image of a hiking group to the Hikers page. Added a background image to the NYCdayHiking.com home page.

September 20, 2007 - Added two new (audio) book recommendations; The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama and Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell.

August 14, 2007 - Added a new (audio) book recommendation; Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.

August 3, 2007 - Added a Field Note to the Random Field Notes page about one difference between Washington and Idaho that I noted while traveling around the Palouse in June 2007. I expect to eventually post some images from that trip,...

June 19, 2007 - Added new book recommendations; Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Places In Between by Rory Stewart and Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! A Hot Lap Around America with Nascar by Jeff MacGregor.

April 11, 2007 - Added a new book recommendation; Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics by Elliot N. Dorff.

April 8, 2007 - Finalized information about the Pound Mountain Circular hike after hiking it again along with a GPS.

March 18, 2007 - Added a series of images of a Shoei motorcycle helmet.

March 11, 2007 - Added a new hike, the Pound Mountain Circular.  While still a rough draft, it should be easy to follow for an experienced hiker who has the appropriate map.

March 9, 2007 - Added a series of images of a wine goblet.

January 7, 2007 - Updated the driving directions for the Bearfort Ridge hike to include an alternative way of driving there from NYC.  This alternative way will probably be easier to follow. It avoids poorly signed sections of roadway in NJ (i.e. Route 513) and I predict will result in fewer people getting lost. It might even be a faster way of getting there.

January 1, 2007 - Added two new book recommendation; The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski and A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa by Howard W. French.

December 17, 2006 - Added the book Scribblers on the Roof by Melvin Jules Bukiet & David G. Roskies to my book recommendations page.

November 19, 2006 - Updated information on The Timp and the Anchor hike.

November 7, 2006 - Updated and expanded the Hiking Recommendations page.

November 6, 2006 - Launched www.NYCdayhiking.com, a new (and somewhat derivative) website dedicated to day hiking in the NYC area.

October 17, 2006 - Added a quote from Ecclesiastes to the top of the home page.  I discuss it on this page.

October 11, 2006 - Added images of a second Jennifer from a recent shoot to the People page (so now there are two different Jennifer's on that page!).

September 29, 2006 - Added images from my recent trip to Alaska. Also updated the home page photo with an image of Denali (Mt. McKinley) from that trip.

September 7, 2006 - Added two new book recommendation; Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival: A Memoir by Jay Neugeboren and Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll.

July 2006 - Added a new hike, The Timp & Bald Mountain, in Harriman State Park to the Day Hike Selector.

July 2006 - Updated the Bear Mountain Hike with an additional photo.

July 2006 - Updated the Pine Meadow Hike with a (hopefully) better description and some photos of a key intersection which is easy to miss.

June 2006 - Updated the Lake Skenonto Hike with information (and photo's) about the new parking set-up for hikers on weekends.

May 2006 - Added information (and a photo) about an optional extra (the "Giant Stairs" section) addition to the Palisades Interstate Park: Northern Section hike.

May 2006 - Added a page of images from the Save Darfur rally in Washington D.C. that was held on Sunday, April 30.