Seaside Dog Walks
I didn’t really discover walking until I moved to Westerly and began to take our two dogs, Magic and Willie, a Labrador and a Beagle, [...]
The Next Big Hurricane : Not If But When
On September 21, 1938, a storm of biblical proportions slammed into the northeastern coast of the United States from South Jersey to Boston creating the [...]
Old Faithful – The Steamboat Block Island
For more than 32 years the steamboat Block Island led a charmed life and was never involved in a major accident. This picturesque steamboat was [...]
Yes Virginia, There is a Santa ClausÂ
In 1897, a young girl’s belief in Christmas magic was shaken. Virginia O'Hanlon's friends teased her for believing in Santa Claus. She wrote to the [...]
A Christmas Mystery: A Visit from St. Nicholas
In downtown Newport, there stands an old Victorian house. The house was once the summer residence of Clement Clark Moore, the author of the most [...]
Nathanial Palmer and the Discovery of the Antarctic
November 18, 2020 marked the 200-year anniversary of the sighting of the continent of Antarctica by Nathaniel Brown Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut. He was one [...]
Taylor Swift’s House on the Hill
The barren hill, with its views of three states and its use as a lookout going back before the French and Indian Wars, became [...]
Westerly’s Worst Blizzard
The weather in New England has always been fickle, even the weatherman often gets it wrong, sometimes really wrong. I remember a winter when the [...]
A Fatal Flaw: A History of Fort Mansfield on Napatree Point
If you walk out to the end of Napatree Point and take one of the trails that head into the interior you might come across [...]
Worm Power
Vita Nova Compost is a curbside compost collection service that aims to divert organic waste from landfills and convert it into nutrient-rich compost using worms, [...]
Secrets of the Dunes
It is arguably one of the most beautiful places in New England. It is also one of the most endangered as climate change and sea-level [...]
Fall/Winter Walks in Watch Hill
There aren’t many places where you can walk and see a five-star resort, a Spanish American fort, a historic lighthouse, a five-mile-long ocean beach, and [...]