*It wasn't exactly Bearsville, but it wasn't all that far away the other morning while I was driving from Woodstock to Saugerties on Route 212 when a bear cub pranced across the road. The bear emerged from a residential property and headed for another. Hope the owners were prepared for an unwelcome visitor. Point is, you never know when you'll look out your back window at the sound of rattling on your porch and discover a bear. If you don't know what to do, check out this site.

*If you fondly recall the late, lamented American Football League, you have to be watching the series "Full Color Football" on Showtime. Great clips, excellent interviews, plenty of memories. And if you go back as far as I do - like to seeing the New York Titans play before an intimate gathering of fans at the cavernous, ancient Polo Grounds - the series resonates. Next episode airs Wednesday night.

*Leon Russell ... free concert ... 6 p.m. Saturday in Red Hook as part of Hardscrabble Day. I'm just saying.

*Speaking of bears, you might spot a couple on the area'sDevil's Path, the subject of a feature story in today's New York Times.