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8 HOOK Digital issue: www.thehook.org EDITOR'S NOTE FB/IG: hookmagazine www.thehook.org ADVERTISING/845.709.2331 SUBSCRIPTIONS/www.thehook.org HOOK is an Independent & FREE Regional, Print & Digital Publication in the Hudson Valley for 21 years. It is distributed through print, IG, FB, email blasts and online. Delivering to key locales and main streets in towns, restaurants, galleries, boutiques, libraries, retail stores, doctors offices and other high traffic areas over its three month shelf life. Serving Rockland County (except Suffern and Spring Val- ley). Tuxedo, Warwick, Cornwall, and Newburgh in Orange County. Tarrytown, Pleasantville, and Chappaqua in Westch- ester. Beacon in Dutchess County. Montvale, Northvale, Ridge- wood in Northern NJ with drops on NYC Upper Westside. Back issues are listed on Amazon, Kindle. COPYRIGHT © 2003–2025. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, electronically or me- chanically, without the written permission of the Publisher. Jump'n into the summer with a chock full edition of HOOK featuring outdoor discoveries of swimming holes in the Catskills; "The Freedom to Be"in Art of Parenting, with its powerful words for the joy of ap- preciating the unfolding of a moment. Visit the new io Art Center "where you come to feel, not just to see," an extraordinary vision and destination of founder, Goran. Welcoming in its his- torical 1858 building, in Palisades, NY, it also hosts concerts, film programs and soon an outdoor venue with its continuing expansion. Legendary Hudson Valley Chef, Peter X. Kelly de- lights with his masterful culinary genius, "The meal is so good you have to laugh" (overheard at a table) at BASSO BY PKX in Chappaqua. And, in our House Feature, read about the Saviors of Authenticity, Hudson Valley House Parts, in its intricate dance preserving our country's architectural fabric, and the energy and touch of loving craftsmanship and real- ness. A high honor one can to give a home for clas- sic and limitless beauty. A nation is as strong as the health of its topsoil, as HOOK features 22 years of caring for our living en- vironment. "Through the flower I talk to the infinite, which is only a silent force" (George Washington Carver). Also, two fun summer recipes: a Red Cur- rent & Rosemary Refresher and a yummy Water- melon Salad. And, in our Event Listings for summer, art abounds with many invites to enjoy. With love, Janet Janet A. Wortendyke Publisher & Editor-in-Chief janet@thehook.org Sheila Hollihan-Elliot SENIOR EDITOR WRITERS Dana Daly Simone Gogel Eisold Dr. Irina Gelman Ethan Gresko Lisa Mulcahy David Neilsen Taleen Postian PHOTOGRAPHERS Andrea B. Swenson JULY/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2025