Month: December 2022
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All the Planets
Theoretically, last night was a good night to spot all of the solar system’s planets. I saw two. Mars to the east and Jupiter just above the Moon-lit clouds. I missed Saturn, Venus, and Mercury, which were already below the horizon. The view, standing in my front yard, reminded me again that I should invest in…
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A New England Literary Tour
Every time I drive by New London, Ct. I mean to stop by Eugene O’Neill’s family cottage, the Monte Cristo Cottage. Finally, I did. He would have had a fine view of the Thames River from the front porch. This spot was the start of my literary tour of New England, which was inspired by an old NYT…
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Along the Private Beach
I bought a painting from Catherine Christiano, a local Lyme artist. The subject of the painting is a stretch of beach we used to call the “private beach.” An ironic tag as we were climbing over the Flat Rocks from our own very private, gated, Old Lyme Shores Beach. The “private beach” (i.e., Edge Lea)…