Tag Archives: Nature
New Wilderness Voices: November 7 reading at RiverRun Books
On that morning after the ice storm, I left my chilly powerless house to warm up in the forests of Mount Agamenticus. My goal: to hunt down a tiny aphid-like insect, the woolly adelgid, that kills hemlock trees. I had … Continue reading
Island living, Adirondack style
In July, an opportunity arose to camp with a friend for several nights on a quarter-acre island on Middle Saranac Lake in New York’s Adirondack Park. My friend warned me that she didn’t do a lot on the island. We … Continue reading
Beautiful desolation at Lake Aloha
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating … Continue reading
Intersecting slopes on Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire
As we hauled ourselves up the granite cone of New Hampshire’s 3,478-foot Mount Chocorua, a middle-aged woman picking her way down the granite ledges groaned as she stretched out her legs to ease herself down an especially large slab. My … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Kids, Hiking, Mountains
Tagged family hikes, hiking, hiking with teenagers, Liberty Trail, Mount Chocorua, Nature, New Hampshire hikes, White Mountains
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Up in the air at Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory
The clearing weather presented both a threat (mostly to our wallets) and an opportunity. As we pulled into Haines Junction, we debated our options. The circle was nearly complete. Along with my 13-year-old son, my Alaskan friend Elizabeth and I … Continue reading
A slew of seals at LeConte Glacier
The blue icebergs bobbed and floated seductively, dangerous but enticing, clues that somewhere upstream lay a glacier. But in Southeast Alaska, navigating a field of icebergs field is dangerous is any season, all the more so in November, with its … Continue reading
Inventing Nature at Acadia National Park
I love the barren open summits of Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine. On Memorial Day, we set out from the Jordan Pond House and completed the 6-mile-ish out-and-back hike to Penobscot and Sargent Mountains. We started hiking … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Hiking, Maine places, Mountains
Tagged Acadia National Park, Art, Ernest McMullen, Fitz Henry Lane, Frederic Turner, Hudson River School, importance of art, Maine art, Mount Desert Island Maine, Nature, Penobscot Mountain hike, Philip Koch, Richard Estes, Sargent Mountain hike, Thomas Cole
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Art amidst the mills of North Adams
A decaying mill town on a gray November weekend in an isolated corner of Massachusetts might seem an unlikely destination, but North Adams had been on my radar for a while. The Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art (Mass MoCA) offered intriguing, … Continue reading
The wind howls, and we stir the pot
As I write at the kitchen table, a pulled pork lunch for 17 simmers in the crockpot and the wind shrieks above the stove vents. That wind has been howling for the past four days, hitting a peak gust of … Continue reading
