Opinion

Caffeinated and other encounters with Peter Matthiessen, recalled at the 12-year anniversary of his passing.

Much of what I learned from running the first and only all-vegan place in the Hamptons came through failure. But it wasn’t a total loss.

The saga of the White House ballroom is a planning and development drama unlike anything in the annals of American politics.

The Trump administration is considering eliminating regulations intended to help protect the few remaining right whales from vessel strikes.

If it were up to me, we would have a lot more birds and a lot fewer blowers.

This is the first year that my children aren’t getting an Easter basket.

There are many obvious benefits to e-bikes, from convenience to cost, but the safety dangers are just as obvious.

The baseball season’s arrival is most welcome. It’s just a touch early.

My maternal grandmother was critical and not affectionate in the least. In fact, I was afraid of her. But now that I’m a grandmother myself, I see there’s more to the story.

There is an important caveat regarding privacy and the way locally collected data could be abused.

East Hampton’s rapidly changing landscape could be the story of the decade.

Apparently not everyone gets much of anything off of flowers. Can that be true?

Adventures with potholes.

What we are witnessing in the waterfowl die-offs here is not an isolated incident. It is part of a much larger ecological process unfolding across continents.

Art that can be seen and appreciated by people passing by is largely limited to private property.

Americans should pay close attention to the disturbing tactics being used by the White House and Pentagon to punish news outlets that stray from the federal government’s approved talking points.

In California I finally got inside a robotaxi. It was terrific.

I moved to Alphabet City in the depths of the crack epidemic.

What, me worry?

Maybe it’s time to show deer some mercy.

Regarding “beautifying” Amagansett’s Main Street, do less, don’t do nothing.

Whether the next project along Springs-Fireplace Road is a long-proposed car wash or something else, the potential redevelopment south of Abraham’s Path is massive.

I wonder about how ospreys respond to a less-than-dependable food chain.

It seems unreasonable that we should be ruled by the transit of the sun, but we are.

It never occurred to me how much I would miss the solid, grand old institutions of the late-20th century.

Comprehensive plans are more vision statements than action plans, but in one key aspect a near-final draft for East Hampton Village is specific and deserves close attention.

The Daughters of the American Revolution bring the hammer down on the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown.

Lessons in humanity from the Blackout of 2003.

With highly pathogenic avian influenza on the march and in numerous dead geese, now is a good time to skip the beach walk with the family dog.

The last of the cold weeks is a fine time for mending a holey sweater, looking online at what new things I might buy for the boat, and baking.