Or why this mountain means so much to a daughter of the Hawaiian diaspora. While my family was camping in the Adirondacks this week, I spent my vacation time weathering the heat wave by sharing the air-conditioned space of my kitchen with our three dogs. I had two goals for my quiet time: finish the…
Weekends at the Old Dutch – Reading “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in Sleepy Hollow
This past Saturday I ventured forth from the Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground to our neighbor, just to the north, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, for a pop-up book club evening held in the Washington Irving Memorial Chapel. Under the auspices of the Warner Library and the Historical Society Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, various venues…
Weekends at the Old Dutch – “What was Lost is Now Found”
A curious thing happened. A missing headstone turned up. North of the Old Dutch Church in the town of Ossining a colonial headstone was found, broken in two pieces, covered by a bush in historic Sparta Cemetery. The women who found the stone quickly realized that it did not belong in Sparta. More research ensued…
Memorial Day at the Old Dutch Church
Saturday at the Old Dutch, Pastor Jeff Gargano spent the morning replacing old flags with new in anticipation of Memorial Day, as visitors strolled the grounds and toured the 334 yr old church. Perhaps it was the site of the new flags that stirred a patriotic feeling or a simple curiosity of who these headstones…
Tūtū and the Hopi Earrings
I ulu no ka lālā i ke kumu.* The branches grow because of the trunk. As a teenager, one of my favorite hangouts was Georgetown. There was a new age bookstore/restaurant there called "Yes" where you could peruse titles on world religion and the occult while munching on brown rice and vegetables. I bought my…
Seven Sundays of Music
You can be taken by surprise when you walk through the doors of the Old Dutch Church during our unique program "Seven Sundays: A Celebration of Music in Worship". I certainly was when we were gifted with a performance by two members of Taiko-Masala along with four of their many drums. I wasn't sure how Taiko…
Flat Andre Crosses the Tappan Zee
I usually stick to my side of the Hudson. I'm familiar with the river towns and of course my beloved Old Dutch Church and my spiritual family at the Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns, but I decided today was the day to take Flat Andre across the river to face the Second Act of the…
Flat Andre Visits the Old Dutch Church Part 2
“He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.”
Flat Andre Visits The Old Dutch Church
We are used to having fans of the first internationally acclaimed American writer, Washington Irving, visit The Old Dutch Church and Burial Ground. Followers of the various television and film adaptations of his story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" are always on site looking for tell-tale signs of the Headless Horseman. But we have a…
