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Author Archives: Dianne Fallon
Jurassic time-traveling in NH: A hike to Mount Shaw
Up in the White Mountains, winter hangs on long past its official ending date, especially this year, when most of the snow fell in March and April. Even as I write this post in mid-May, iced-covered trails and unstable snow … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Kids, Hiking, Mountains
Tagged hiking, Lakes region hikes, New Hampshire hikes
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Monuments, politics, and the cycle of forgetting: Remembering Bashka Paeff’s “Horrors of War”
In Kittery, Maine, beneath the shade of an oak tree on a peaceful green common stands a monument that once stood in the cross-hairs of a politician who didn’t like its focus on the horrors of war. Today, many pass … Continue reading
Posted in Maine places, Seacoast (mostly) History
Tagged Art, Kittery history, Seacoast history
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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
Mountain Day on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington
On August 11, 2016, Japan’s inaugural Mountain Day holiday, I was climbing Mount Fuji with my son and thousands of other hikers. We didn’t know it was Mountain Day, but later, when I learned about the holiday, aimed at getting … Continue reading
36-hour Montana Road Trip: Driving into the Big Hole and the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
In 1905, Montana pioneer Joe Maurice experienced the worst possible losses. Although blind in one eye from a horse kick, the Belgium immigrant had persevered in eking out a living at the homestead he’d established on Gold Creek, supplementing cattle with gold … Continue reading
The tragedy of the waitresses: A 1902 boating accident claims 14 lives at the Isles of Shoals
Fourteen people died in Kittery, Maine on July 17, 1902. I came across a list of the dead by accident, while browsing through some old Town Reports. All who died were young, including three pairs of sisters. How had these … Continue reading
Mount Roberts: The rich legacy of a bankrupt millionaire
Mount Roberts, a small peak with big views, is “such stuff as dreams are made on”: one man’s dream, for building castles in the air. Although he can’t claim credit for creating the mountain itself, shoe magnate Thomas Gustave Plant paved … Continue reading
The Little Lodges that Could: Exploring Maine’s North Woods with AMC
I stepped outside the Library to watch the sunrise glow on snow-covered Long Pond. Not a soul or a sound deep in the North Woods of Maine. Instead of the buzz of the snowmobiles that flock to these parts come … Continue reading
Return visit to Orris Falls with Windows to the Wild
Early in January, 2017, I enjoyed a chilly morning to Orris Falls Conservation Area with Windows to the Wild host Willem Lange and producers Steve Giordani and Phil Vaughn. The resulting show, titled “The Maniacal Traveler” is scheduled for broadcast … Continue reading
