Author Archives: cweizy

Crystal Wei, who runs a performing arts residency in the Catskills, is reckoning with Otherness on her own terms. October 18, 2020 Three years ago, Crystal Wei took the plunge of many Brooklyner’s dreams and moved to the Catskills. After the 2016 election, a change seemed necessary to break out of the bubble and aContinue reading “How a Procrastinating Worrywart Spends her Sundays [a NYT self satire]”

i am trying to make what i can out of the woods. there is a fishing net, a paddle/oar, a kindle holder, a laptop stand. we’re working on stick armor in case we have to riot in november.

I have made, and then bought, a fishing pole; a fishing net. I have caught, and then released, four small trout. I have attempted, but ultimately failed, to murder a fish.

There is a scarcity of resources come winter. Have you squirreled away enough nuts? Can you pay for the propane bill? Can you get Vitamin D supplements? Do you have a plan to socialize?

I do not chop wood; I do not garden, successfully; I cannot identify animals or ticks; I do not know when it is going to rain, snow, or be above freezing; I am surprised every month by the propane bill; I do not hunt or fish; I drive a hybrid; I carry doubt in theContinue reading “I am a failed woodsperson”

I’ve been living in the mountains for two years. Am I becoming a recluse? Are my views radicalizing? When I drive into New York City every two weeks I think the same things. We have over populated. We are self serving. We care about surface over substance. We grow impulsively without thinking about the consequences.Continue reading “two years”