How great it is to hang on to summer for a few more days as I attempt to absorb the glorious month spent in the Northwest, visiting my daughter, Cary, and her friends on Whidbey Island; my nephew, Frank Magill, jr, wife, Jessica Plumb, and daughter, Zia, in Port Townsend; and climbing for ten […]
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No, I did not get swallowed by a big black bass in Lake Winnipesaukee, nor fall off my favorite cliffs in the White Mountains. But I did indulge my passion for swimming early in the morning, and enjoyed the solitary serenity of my New Hampshire woods for a few weeks and the less serene […]
Yes, I’m back in New Jersey, fresh from the family cottage on beautiful, wild Lake Winnipesaukee, where one day it’s calm as a mirror and the next day ushers in a three day “blow” that is reminiscent of the ocean. Breakers crashing over you as you stand on a ledge of rocks way out in […]
Who says you need palm trees and rain forests and giant iguanas to feel like Dr. Livingston? I can get that feeling just sitting on my back deck, listening to the crickets—those that haven’t expired from over-exposure—and watching my hair frizz. Ah, yes, it’s the dog days of summer, but, unfortunately, I’m not a dog, […]
I’ve been enthusiastic about travel ever since I was a student at Syracuse University and accompanied the Quaker International Voluntary Service (QIVS) team to Europe in 1949 to help rebuild hospitals and schools destroyed during World War II. You can imagine what an adventure that was! I have also been passionate about hiking ever since […]
I spent six glorious days of strenuous hiking with my old buddy, Jon Pollack, whom I met on the Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal in 1999 and with whom I’ve hiked almost every summer since. He was even on the top of Mt. Washington with me three years ago when I broke my wrist and […]
I returned from a book reading and signing in Washington, DC on April 5 in time to play the children’s concert with the Plainfield Symphony over the weekend. My signing was at the fabulous Candida’s World of Books on 14th Street and attended by a large group among whom was my old friend from the […]
