Humans of the Catskills: Artie Martello
Journey to the Catskills: After vacationing in the Hampton Bays for a number of years, I decided to come back to the place that I loved as a kid – my family used to spend summer vacations in the Catskills near Greenville. In 1972 I rented a house in Pine Hill for the summer along with some friends. While there, I fell in love again with … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Artie Martello
Humans of the Catskills: Jeanette Bronee
Journey to the Catskills: I love motorcycling and many years ago I would ride up here, so twelve years ago, when I was looking for a place to get away from the city, this became a natural place to look upstate. It’s the greenest place on earth in the summer and being Danish I can even embrace the winters here. Vocation: I’m a keynote speaker … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Jeanette Bronee
Humans of the Catskills: John Jacobson
Journey to the Catskills: I was born here. It’s been a journey ever since. Vocation: My vocations are many. I am a caregiver for my wife Claudia. I cook, keep track of doctor appointments and medications. I count birds and find wildflowers. I keep track of where large trout live. I play the fiddle and sometimes call square dances. When I’m done with all of this I write for journals … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: John Jacobson
Humans of the Catskills: Joseph Piasek
Journey to the Catskills: We came here initially to visit my lovely wife Jane’s sister in Margaretville (whose wonderfully funky farmhouse went up in a flurry of flames and gunfire) – that was halfway between our home in Stamford (CT) and Syracuse (NY) where my son was attending college. When we discovered there was no radio station here, we gathered up the support to start … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Joseph Piasek
Humans of the Catskills: Christopher Moore
Journey to the Catskills: I came to the Catskills with my girlfriend Jackie because we wanted an escape from New York City. We started looking in the Berkshires and finished looking in Andes, NY. I still love the first house we saw in Great Barrington, MA. Vocation: I do woodworking as a job, specifically cabinetmaking. Avocation: I am a photographer of long standing having started as … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Christopher Moore
Humans of the Catskills: Elly Wininger
Journey to the Catskills: When I was a very young child, I spent summers at my grandparents’ home in Woodstock. Ever since, the Catskills have been calling me home. I moved here from Brooklyn in 2001 so I could hear myself think and practice. Vocation: I am a musician and a producer. Avocation: I have always loved radio. I’ve produced music documentaries for public radio … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Elly Wininger
Humans of the Catskills: Joe Mahoney
Journey to the Catskills: While I began life in the hustle and bustle of a Boston neighborhood, I went to Vermont after college and started a weekly paper. I got into the rural groove there, but I decided that as a young reporter I needed more action around me (along with dental benefits) so I relocated to Albany for my next gig. After a long … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Joe Mahoney
Humans of the Catskills: Shaune Bornholdt
Journey to the Catskills: On a summer day in 1973, on the Columbia University campus, I was chatting with another mother while our preschoolers splashed hands in the fountains. She told me of a place that sounded magical. Her family had recently pooled resources with four other families to buy part of a mountainside up near the Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan County – and they … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Shaune Bornholdt
Humans of the Catskills: Patrice Lorenz
Journey to the Catskills: Over 25 years ago I inherited a property in the Bronx from my Aunt Margaret. I was living in the Lower East Side in Manhattan at the time and couldn’t see myself making a move to the Bronx. A lot of people I knew were moving to the Phoenicia area then, so I sold the Bronx house and came Upstate to look … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Patrice Lorenz
Humans of the Catskills: Kathy Duyer
Journey to the Catskills: My husband and I moved to Hobart in October 2014. For a couple of years, we had been looking for an area in which to retire. We were living in the suburbs of Washington DC, and we did not want to stay in that area when we retired. Too crowded, too busy, too expensive, too much traffic, too hot and humid in the … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Kathy Duyer
Art in the Catskills 