A bracing gale blows spindrift across the bay: the tops of whitecaps blown into lines of foam perpendicular to the wave’s crest. Grey...

I do not attend church. “Walking is my church,” a friend once said and I think it holds for me as well. I seek solace in taking walks,...

BATHERS AND BIRDS AND BALANCE...FOR NOW The Duxbury Beach parking lot is bustling with activity one mid-September morning. Dozens of...

“Oh wow, these seats are great!” Casey’s right, we do have great seats. The first row of an upper deck along the first base line, home...

Christmas Eve - 1990 Charlotte sits at the head of the table in the dining room of her condominium unit in Amherst, Massachusetts. In her...

Civil War Diary Note: The diary entries below are Nathan Parmater’s and have not been edited. Entries in (parentheses) are his while...

Hawaiian Missionary 1858. Dwight Baldwin sits on the porch of his home at 120 Dickinson Street in Lahaina, near the corner of Front...

Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth MA On a blue-sky day in June, Karen and I step back in time nearly 400 years visiting the pilgrims at...

He wades into the gentle surf to his waist holding the rod above the water as waves pass. The sand is firm beneath his bare feet and the...

In the late 1950’s the artist Georgia O’Keeffe travelled around the world and somewhere along the way sat next to a young woman on a bus....

October 1973 “Joe , I’m attacking Iceland from Greenland. I come to liberate Europe” Joe looks down and the game board and then at David....

Three Professors Change how Chemistry is Taught Tamara, Tam to her friends, sits on a stool in her organic chemistry lab. Other students...

Albion College Defeats Notre Dame University Frank Shipp (1872-1951) attended Albion College in Albion Michigan in the 1890’s. The...

The Boschen and Hotchkiss Families Sunday, December 7, 1941 The Boschens Honolulu Hawaii Nancy clears the breakfast plates as Hank,...

As Told by Karen Butcher Max Butcher sits excitedly on the floor with his first-grade classmates. His friends Vincent, Will, and Jack sit...

Soldier's Heart, Shell Shock, War Neurosis, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder May 1944 - South of the Gothic Front, Italy Dr. Clark sits at...

Three days of hazy, hot and humid yield to clear dry air and a fresh breeze. Muted colors turn crisp. Birds chirp and in the near...