A Yankee Notebook

—my weekly column which appears in several New England newspapers.

2009

June 7
Here There Be Monsters
May 31
Besieged And Bedeviled By Birds
May 24
The Gentle Art Of Bushwhacking
May 17
Downsizing
May 10
The Sun Returns!
May 3
Mr. Donovan and Sir Hugh
April 26
Pests– Neighbors We Can Live With
April 19
We’re Going To Have To Talk About It Sometime
April 12
Scrambling To Be First
April 5
¿Cuba Libre?
March 29
Stamp Out Commabuts!
March 22
Take The Bible Out Of The Debate, For God’s Sake
March 15
Visiting Dad: Reflections On A Long, Long Life
March 8
Arctic Canoeists: The Last Generation?
March 1
Scrimping Through The Depression
February 22
Libraries, Education, And The Future Of Democracy
February 15
Notes From Patagonia: Tango Is In The Heart!
February 9
Mare Australis
February 8
Tierra del Fuego
February 1
Wheelchair
January 25
Outliers
January 18
Tears Of Joy
January 11
Yankees On Vacation
January 4
The Spell Of The Yukon

2008

December 28
Feeding God’s Sheep
December 21
American Popular Music: Who’s Got The Do-Re-Mi?
December 14
Cheer Up! Better Days Are Coming
December 7
The Big Three, Golden Parachutes, and the Middle Class
November 30
Dreaming of Summer Already
November 23
Deep In The Heart Of The Rose Capital
November 16
Hellgate Pond
November 9
Euphoria and Disgruntlement: Finding Common Ground
November 2
A Wild Ride Becomes a Wild Place
October 26
Joe the Plumber Doesn’t Speak For Me
October 19
Mother Charges Up Cardigan Mountain, and Disappears
October 12
The Internet – a River Of Treasure and Garbage
October 5
At the Little Bighorn
September 28
Elderhostel: a Seminar In the Bush
September 21
Kettles Of Hawks and Crowds Of People
September 14
Hang-Gliding: Once In a Lifetime
September 7
The Bighorn River ­ Fishing and Falling
August 31
Not Every Problem Is a Nail
August 24
Chipmunks, Kids, and Mountaintops
August 17
Stories Without Beginning Or End
August 10
The Rain In Maine Falls Mainly…
August 3
Creatures Great and Small On the Connecticut
July 27
Singin’ (and Soakin’) In the Rain!
July 20
Satire Is Funny Unless It’s Your Ox
July 13
German Aviators Inspired Flights Of Fancy
July 6
When the Going Gets tough, Yes! We Can!
June 29
The Big Bad Wolf Is Always With Us
June 22
Camping On the Missisquoi
June 15
Something there Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall
June 8
Reunion: Dusted With the Talcum Of Time
June 1
Wilderness First Aid: Catching the Screamer
May 26
Old-Timers Who Made their Marks, Both Wide and Narrow
May 19
Exciting Times In the Indian Stream Republic
May 12
Water Moves Us In Many Ways
May 5
Saying Good-By to An Old Friend
April 27
Vengeance At the End Of the Line
April 20
Enjoying Europe Right Here At Home
April 13
Rivers: Cold and Fast, But No Longer Friendless
April 6
the Shakers Take Me Back In Time
March 30
Don’t Think It Can’t Happen Here
March 23
The Olympic Flame: From Glory to Glitz

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