In early May I attended a class at which we got to watch scientist band migratory birds. These photographs attempt to describe the...

My nephew, a photographer, got me thinking about edges. There are lots of kinds of edges. A frame forms an edge around a photograph or...

Note. This work of fiction depicts violence any misogyny which may be disturbing He’s bummed when the girls leave, wrapping their towels...

Ted gives Jeff a quick fist bump before the two of them, and six other men, all swimmers, all 60-64 years old, and walk across the...

From Wikipedia Introduction Most of us have experienced moments that we can recall with vivid clarity years or decades later. I can...

Willy comes in through the back door, drops his barn coat on the bench, kicks off his mud-covered boots, and pads sock-footed to the...

John Lund Woods was born on May 3, 1792 to Daniel Woods and Rebecca Lund Woods in Corinth, Vermont. Daniel Woods was my 4th great...

All photos taken by Charlie Wood, Tom and Skips father, and scanned and provided by Tom Wood. Skip and Tom Wood, Duxbury Tom wakes to the...

I walk along a dirt road near a summer cottage we are renting on Block Island. Morning dew sits on the grasses of the field beside me as...

January, 1961 It’s cold and dreary. Casey leans forward in the little car, closer to the heaters as the wipers slap back and forth. She...

The following is a work of fiction. It is based on an actual event. Information regarding events described are based on newspaper...

Photo from NELSAP.ORG When we were in elementary school, even before then, my sister and I skied at Sky Hy. Officially the name was Sky...

Snapshots are intended to be about family history, family stories. Most often this means people. This Snapshot is a little different as...

A transcript of a talk presented by Nick Knobil. Nick's mother, Julie, is Casey's sister. Nick is Karen, Ted and Steve's first cousin....

A childhood friend’s social media post got me thinking about Place, specifically the where I live, Duxbury, Massachusetts, and the...

In the fall of 2020, Dickinson College announced that all classes would be online, that learning would be virtual. Charlotte decided...

Pinkerton image off internet) July 1985 Ted and I stand at the front desk of the Pinkerton Security offices. We are on the second floor...

Note: Though inspired by real events, and though some of the characters are real, this is a work of fiction. Sam Butcher, 2021 Meeting...

Several years ago while on vacation, I took a walk in the Block Island cemetery to pass time while Karen, Ted, Alice, and Dylan played...

A fifth-grade me stands knee deep in warm lake water, my back to the afternoon sun. Wavelets kicked up by a summer breeze lap at my...