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Calendar Hill

Megaliths are everywhere, not far from where I live, even.  An how coincidental could it be that right around the corner from where I installed one of my sculptures in South Woodstock is the little known Calendar Hill. "Strata" Commissioned by Beverly Fiertz, South Woodstock, 1998 Apart from obscurity, we share some common themes.  I was interested in earth forms when I did this piece, and also the play of sunlight.  Likewise, Calendar Hill is all about earth and sun.  While I knew of its existence from a few articles on the web, finding it was an adventure.  First indications were that it was adjacent to Rte 4 in West Woodstock but that was a false lead, so I asked at the Woodstock library.  The librarian had visited the site many years ago and told me it was just after the general store in South Woodstock and before the horse place.  My next stop was the store itself, which I knew quite well.  Very friendly people there introduced me to a man who hap