Hell Ride

Smuggler's Notch in Vermont was a unique experience. I was a coastal boy, brought up within the sight and odors of river, bay, and ocean.

Water, Water

When I was doing boat shows as a maritime carver, I was often asked why my business was located far away from the coast. My reply was that with Global Warming, my town would soon add "Port" to its name. Then I'd be on the coast. This was before there were estimates of how much …

Shingle

I grew up in a region of long, beautiful sandy beaches on Long Island and the New Jersey shore. But when I first ventured north of Portland, Maine, I discovered they had beaches, too. But most of the beaches were relatively tiny affairs with blotches of sand and lots of stuff called "shingle." Nothing like …