Where you live matters!
What glides down our highways, blows through cities, catches in trees, floats down rivers, washes up on beaches—and is a hot topic in communities from Albuquerque to Abu Dhabi? Answer: the common plastic grocery bag! For all its convenience, the disposable plastic grocery bag has become, Read More
Why did I move to Newburyport? At the time I was living in Boston and saw in the Globe that a tentacle from a giant squid had washed up ashore on Plum Island. A giant squid tentacle! I had to see it. But I grew up around New York City and even though I’d lived in Boston for six or seven Read More
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.” - FDR If you want to make a positive impact in a child’s life by becoming a Big Sister or Big Brother, I highly encourage it. When I first moved to Boston, I became a Big Read More
“And away you go!” said the Plum Island Kayak guide and owner Ken Taylor, firmly pushing my boat (and me inside it) off the ramp and into the Merrimack River. I glided silently away from shore and joined the other kayakers, breaking my bond with the land. Suddenly life was very different. For Read More
Flaming reds, bright blues, hot yellows, bold black-and-whites, rusty oranges, gleaming purples…the many colors of migrating birds are now on display at Plum Island! In case you haven’t heard, the spring migration is in full swing, and Parker River Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island is once again Read More
Hope is the Thing With Feathers... That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all… –Emily Dickinson I commute from Newburyport to Boston three days a week to work in my office between Copley Square and The Public Garden. This time of year, both the Read More
“I’d rather shovel dirt—in the middle of winter, with a spoon.” Such was my Boston-dwelling friend Alison’s declaration when I told her that, after eight years of living in Beantown, I’d be moving 39.5 miles north—with a new commute time of roughly three hours a day, door-to-door, round Read More
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