Our Latest Adventure, by Rich Paschall Frankfurt, Germany, or Frankfurt am Main (Frank ford at the Main), is the fifth-largest city, but home to the busiest airport in the country. This is not only because it is home to Lufthansa… Read More ›
Travel and Tourism
Ogunquit, Maine: Sunrise, Sand, Rivers, Feathered and Other Friends – Marilyn Armstrong
Autumnal equinox in the northern latitudes. September. A week in Ogunquit, Maine. A tiny place but close to the beach and the river. Quiet this time of year. Most tourists are gone, now, so the streets aren’t crowded. There is… Read More ›
IN MEMORIUM, MARIA VON TRAPP
See on Scoop.it – Movies From Mavens Maria Von Trapp died today at the age of 99. Here’s a bit of her real story. Prologue Magazine: The real story of the Von Trapp Family. The real story is a lot… Read More ›
PERFECT WEATHER AT HOTEL HELL OR PERFECT HOTEL & WEATHER FROM HELL? (Garry Armstrong Reporting)
I’ve been to beautiful places and done nothing but watch the rain pour down for a full week. Talk about depressing. This time, it was a crummy hotel … but the weather was as good as it gets. Perfect. We could… Read More ›
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – FABULOUS FALL
Autumn is New England’s super saturated season. In a good year, when weather cooperates, the trees look electrified. The color can be so bright it seems impossible, unreal. Not every year is vintage. Too much rain, early snow, too warm… Read More ›
Mill No. 4, 1911
All over the valley, they are remodeling old mills and turning them into office space, housing, places for crafts and shopping. This mill is in North Smithfield Rhode Island. It bears the name of Mill No. 4, 1911. I haven’t… Read More ›
Gloucester — The Cape Ann Fleet
From the earliest settlement days in New England, Gloucester has been nearly synonymous with “fishing fleet.” To be a Gloucesterman was to be revered as among the bravest of the doughty New England fisherman to put out to sea. Whaling… Read More ›
Passages
This old part of town has odd little back streets where cars can’t travel, strange tunnels that go between buildings, alleyways that cut across between Main Street and back streets.
Fire At the Heart
My teepee had a firepit. I lined it with fireplace tiles, then added a surround of old red brick. It was a big pit for a small teepee, but logs come in a lot of different shapes and it was… Read More ›
Let it snow …
Just seemed like the right moment … New England and snow, like horse and carriage. Some of these pictures you may have seen before, others not. But until we have new snow, I’ll have to make do with the snows… Read More ›
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