When I think of the Victorian era, two images immediately come to mind.  Both are derived from literature and film, the first being the lavish high society depicted...

How to tell if you’re infected. Certain people, myself included, are afflicted by a condition that’s difficult to describe. It’s not recognized by physicians...

The Native Americans of the Mohawk Valley were the first to discovery the mystical beauty of Sharon and the healing powers of its mineral springs, using the sulfur-rich...

    One of the first things we hear when people enter the Mercantile is “I can smell your store from half-way down the street.” It’s...

This has been a brutal winter at Beekman Farm, and even if we had the thermostat set to 90 and every fireplace in the house roaring, I don’t think we could...

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, she was born when Cronus cut off Ouranos’ genitals and threw...

Seconds after this picture was taken we were already bickering about why one of us closed our eyes and the other didn't. Recently we were asked by Good Housekeeping...

Folklore holds that sitting under an elder on Midsummer allows one to see the Fairy Queen on her progression through the wild places.  While living in England,...

In the summers, William Beekman’s son, Cornelius, used to love to walk the five miles that ran between the farm and center village. But there was a problem. ...

Josh and Brent's Spice Cabinet As spices made their way to the shores of the New World and then passaged up the Hudson River, William Beekman would be waiting...