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
