Last day of winter. As winters go this one was pretty mild. I’m okay with that. I haven’t embraced winter this season like I have in some other seasons. No skiing, no sledding, no ice skating, no winter hiking…. and no complaints. I like all those things and hope to do them all next winter. But this winter, or at least the last 24 hours of it, is just about over.
I hope spring is kind to us.
“A man’s ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful—while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly. Which is the best man to deal with—he who knows nothing about a subject, and, what is extremely rare, knows that he knows nothing, or he who really knows something about it, but…
Cheers. Or to your good health. Whatever. “Sláinte” is your typical Gaelic toast when you clink glasses and have a drink with your best friends or your best friends for the moment. So on this St. Patrick’s Day, let me take this moment to say sláinte to you!
Well, I see the end of the rainbowBut what more is a rainbowThan colors out of reach?— The Avett Brothers, Swept Away There’s a fine line between being satisfied with what you’ve got and yearning for what you haven’t got. I follow, and thus am constantly teased by, Aurora Borealis updates. I happen to live…
“Nature says thou shalt keep the air, skate, swim, walk, ride, run. When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the sole leather has passed into the fibre of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn out. He is the richest man…
Yesterday it was 67 degrees in New Hampshire. Today it’s 35 degrees. I drove to Portland, Maine for meetings and was greeted by sleet and snow. It’s April in New England. This isn’t the only place that has extreme swings in the weather, but I don’t live and work in those places. When I booked…
The town of Rockland, Maine is a popular summer destination for cruisers, wealthy yacht types, and vacationers from around the world. Many of these land-based guests stay at The Samoset Resort, a classic 1902 hotel resort on the waterfront. Near the Samoset is the historic Rockland Harbor Breakwater. The 1200 meter long, granite breakwater was…