by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Newspaper Articles
written for The New York Times IN the mid-1950’s, Roger Tory Peterson moved to a quiet hill in Old Lyme, where, until he died in 1996, he worked intensely on the bird guides for which he was famous. Last spring, after Mr. Peterson’s wife, Virginia, died,...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Newspaper Articles
25 Winding Lane, Levittown, New York, in August 1958. An architectural photography company took this photo for House Beautiful magazine. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection written for Blue Ridge Press In the 1960s my three brothers, sister, parents,...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Magazine Articles
My landscape: Connecticut River in Deep River written for River and Shore It’s early June on the Connecticut River and the sun is blazing just above the tree fringe of Selden Island on the far bank. The glitter on the water is so bright I have to write with one eye...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Magazine Articles
written for Connecticut Woodlands They Own Land, a House, and a Slow Pace of Life— A socio-economic phenomenon that drives the economy Many of the people who live in Connecticut don’t live here all the time. The second-home market in Litchfield County, most notably,...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Magazine Articles
written for Environment Yale Since the 1500s, when Spaniards colonized Panama, the isthmus that separates the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, people have cleared and cut its tropical forests. Development, cattle ranching and farming have changed the landscape and the...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Magazine Articles
The Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails as shown in the Connecticut Walk Book, 1940. CONNECTICUT FOREST & PARK ASSOCIATION written for Connecticut Woodlands In December 1929, a handful of professional men who loved hiking began building the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails in...
