July 9th It’s settled. I’m running this race. Something in me shifted over the past week. Today is a Monday, I’m back at my desk after five-and-a-half days of gallivanting around the Hudson Valley during my Fourth of July vacation, and something feels different. It is different. I’m now the senior analyst at my office;…
Best of July
Of all the months I have spent living in New York and frequenting Pawling on the weekends, July allowed for the most expansive exploration of the Hudson Valley to date. I found incredible photo opportunities during several day trip visits to the Catskills and in first time stops through cities along the Hudson like Beacon…
Dispatch on Dispatch
I attended a Dispatch concert on July 18th, the second of back-to-back nights that my favorite band played at the Summerstage series in Central Park. Concerts have never been a big part of my life, but it was, by far, the best evening that I have had in the city this summer. The heat wave…
“And All Is Quiet”
The man with the buzz saw is cutting lumber in his driveway. The driveway where the man with the buzz saw is cutting lumber is adjacent to mine. Mine is twenty-four paces long, approximately the same length as the driveway of my neighbor, the man with the buzz saw. My driveway is paved and his…
Best of June
I plan to keep a monthly running tally of my best photographs — or the ones that invoke thoughtful, inspiring, or funny stories. Many of my favorite selected photographs can be viewed in the Landscape, City, and Travel sections of the Photography page, but the monthly feature will help to keep the homepage fresh with…
Some Things Are Meant To Change…
…but others should always stay the same. One year out of college, my life feels far removed from the swimming holes and long sunsets that characterized my final weeks in Vermont. The topography of the city is measured in skyscrapers’ stories, not the elevation of mountain summits. Morning runs are traced clockwise and counterclockwise on…
A Memo on My Photography
The world is moving, or has already moved, to visual. One could argue that this transformation has been occurring since the advent of photography, or later, the replacement of radios with televisions in the average household. But in my twenty-three years on this earth, I have felt the shift most profoundly through the rise of…
Why the USA Needs the 2026 World Cup
In exactly two weeks, the 2018 World Cup will kick off in Moscow with a match between the hosts and Saudi Arabia — two nations not exactly known for their football prowess but perhaps fitting opponents to highlight day one of the World Cup, given their prominent roles in the global geopolitical picture of late….
“My Friend Charles”
Far too often on my morning commute I find Charles Simic nestled Between strangers, reminding me That I ought to write more poems. He is there in eight unassuming lines Tacked between sleek ads For bed linens and dating apps, Devoid of judgment or hurry. I do not know whether the commuters Pay more or…
Race Calendar
Just as I find it thrilling to research a new travel destination or plan a new activity in the city, putting races on the calendar has become a moment of excitement that I fantasize about often. I was always a team sport athlete, and while nothing will replace the game-day anticipation shared among teammates, I…
One Man’s Trash
Honing my photography in New York City is an inviting challenge; while I discovered a knack for framing images in the open spaces of Vermont and the Adirondacks, I am pleased that I have a city as a test canvas for my developing skills. It is undoubtedly harder to shoot in the city, in my…
It’s Just College, Right?
I am one year removed from my graduation ceremony and have accrued nearly a year of work experience since the last Sunday of May in 2017 when I said goodbye to student life at Middlebury College. Over the past month I have reflected on the year that has passed, as friends a year younger than…
THOMAS C DILS 