“At first the fruit is small and green and hard.Everything has dreams,hope, ambition– Mary Oliver, Someday I was thinking about a post I made on social media three years ago next month. Newfoundland. I’d gotten up early, as I usually do, and drove to the eastern edge of the continental North America for sunrise. A…
Lately I’ve been re-building lists. Lists of unfinished business I have to get to. Things to see and do, as soon as this other business is over. You might call it a bucket list, but for me I’ll stick with unfinished business. Take a blank map, color in where you’ve been and you quickly see…
I’m thinking back fondly on some of the streets I’ve walked along when being in close proximity to thousands of people seemed desirable. Someday we’ll walk amongst others again without unconsciously holding our breath or measuring out six feet of space in our heads. Here are six I look forward to visiting again someday should…
This morning I was thinking about icebergs. It’s iceberg season in Newfoundland, with more than 1200 released from sea ice and parading past the ruggedly beautiful eastern coast. Icebergs are big business as tourists flock to see them, much as tourists flock to see Great White sharks now on Cape Cod. The world has a…
Fogtown A few weeks back, with time to kill before my flight home from Newfoundland, I drove to the top of Signal Hill and walked out to North Head. Signal Hill offers stunning views of St. John’s Harbor and The Narrows, and East to the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a place I’d love to linger at…
Alexander’s Map A new year, and a new pursuit; this blog. So why the name? Alexander’s Map is a rare map published in 1624 to encourage colonization of the lands granted to William Alexander. The map gives an early, if inaccurate, glimpse at this region that I’m so fascinated with. Alexander’s Map stretches from present-day…