A Yankee Notebook

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

2010

July 25
An Ancient Island, Quiet Woods, and Red Ants
July 18
How Tough Can It Be?
July 11
Making A Living From The Sea
July 4
Afghanistan: Time To Stop Poking The Beehive?
June 27
Royal Treatment On The Connecticut
June 20
Partying With The Vikings
June 13
The Bellevue Boys Sacrifice To The River Gods
June 6
The Language Changes, But I’m Resisting
May 30
Dogs – Somewhere Between Children And End Tables
May 23
Not Quite To The Sea, But Far Enough Today
May 16
Moose, Trout, And A Four-Wheel-Drive Magic Carpet
May 9
Wandering Bewildered Through Time And Work
May 2
Congress Stalls, And The States Begin To Take Over
April 25
The Attack Of The Robins
April 18
A Nincompoop By Any Other Name...
April 11
Two Yankees In Texas With The Top Down
April 4
A Random Scoot To Lonesome Lake
March 28
The Health Care Storm Will Pass – Or It Won’t
March 21
Logging – Using Your Head Instead Of Your Skull
March 14
Levi Who? – The Unknown Financier
March 7
L’eau Du Vermont in the Open Window
February 28
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and New England
February 21
River Driving Memories
February 14
Hijacking The Boy Scouts of America
February 7
Big Things Afoot in The Woods of Maine
January 31
Mount Washington Observatory In The Winter
January 25
The Joys – and Necessity – of Manual Labor
January 18
The Electronic Revolution Presages A Political One
January 11
Everest Is Where You Find It
January 4
To Explain My Country, I’ve First Got To Understand It

2009

December 27
It’s A Dog’s Life, But What’s It Worth?
December 20
Small Schools And Community
December 13
Different Strokes And Different Folks At Christmas
December 6
Hospitality Is Our Duty, But It Can Bite Us Back
November 29
Midwinter, Darkness, Remedies, and Crossword Puzzles
November 22
France: Looking On The Bright Side
November 15
Ice, Old Friends, And Stars At Hell Gate
November 8
Being French– The Road Warriors
November 1
Celebrating Fifty Years On A Topless Beach
October 25
Cave Time, Ancient and Modern
October 18
Hunting Catalogs
October 11
The Falling Waters Everywhere Trail
October 4
The Religious Argument For Health Care Reform
September 27
Chasing Cryptobytes Out Of Their Homes
September 20
A Long Night And A Long Day On Top Of Maine
September 13
Lakes Of The Clouds
September 6
Loafing On Labor Day
August 30
Home Alone
August 23
What Are We Afraid Of?
August 16
Bloody Falls
August 9
Beside The Kendall River
August 2
Patternicity: The Everlasting Riddle Of Why
July 26
Just An Old Carpenter At Work
July 19
Mont Ventoux: Seeking Adventure In Provence
July 12
Sarah Palin – You Just Gotta Love Her!
July 5
Saying Good-By To Brother Bill
June 28
The World’s Greatest Traveling Companions
June 21
The Toadstools of Hate
June 14
Olympia – Life In The Fast Lane
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?

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