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I saw lots of oldies but goodies on a recent visit over to Sarasota on the west side of Florida.  It’s that area of the state, by the way, where the ocean’s in the wrong place and I get north … Continue reading →

This past weekend I hit some favored sweet spots, including one I thought would be long gone by now.  (If you’ve tuned in to this post just to see the paddling photos you can skip down to the gallery at … Continue reading →

I dropped by the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge west of Boynton Beach, FL, a few weeks ago and was fortunate enough to find a couple of stately Sandhill Cranes taking a leisurely afternoon bath.  Took lots of photos.  Click on … Continue reading →

It’s been almost a year since I’ve had any decent itch photos to add to this collection. Here are a couple scratchers I’ve seen just in the past week or so. A roseate spoonbill over at John Prince Park and a sandhill … Continue reading →

To borrow an old Ed Sullivan cliché, it was a REEELY BIG WEEKEND.   And it’s taken me a reeely long time to write about it because it took a reeely long time for it to settle in my mind. (There’s … Continue reading →

My daughter and her family have been spending a week the past few summers at a music camp in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Specifically, it’s the White Mountain Suzuki Institute music camp held at Ogontz, an old, rustic … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago today I slid my 30-year-old Grumman canoe into a small creek called the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, plopped my 59-year-old body into it and began my paddling trip to New Orleans.  I slowed the pace of … Continue reading →

I was back up in tiny Contoocook again this year to carry on our traditional July 4 parade pattern. Kids’  Parade at 11:30 and Regular Parade at Noon, rain or shine, and smack on July 4, whenever the day falls. … Continue reading →

The Swift River in Belchertown, MA, is one of my go-to places, as much for the variety of yard art along its shores as anything else. For me it’s best paddled on a hot day, because the Swift comes out … Continue reading →

I had a great “as the crow flies” drive through Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut the other day and I thought I’d share some of the photos here.  No, there are no scenic pictures.  If I had stopped to snap a … Continue reading →