A Yankee Notebook
—my weekly column which appears in several New England newspapers.
2024
- December 15, 2024
- The Cockroaches
- December 8, 2024
- Looping Around the Solstice
- December 1, 2024
- Interstate Highways
- November 24, 2024
- The Good Old Days That Weren’t
- November 17, 2024
- The Woods All Around Us
- November 10, 2024
- Enjoying the Late Light
- November 3, 2024
- The Old Hunting Camp
- October 27, 2024
- Bracing Ourselves
- October 20, 2024
- On the Road Again
- October 13, 2024
- Toasting the Trees
- October 6, 2024
- A Love of Running
- September 29, 2024
- Yitle
- September 22, 2024
- A Week on the Eagle
- September 15, 2024
- The Instruments of Darkness
- September 8, 2024
- Summer Folks
- September 1, 2024
- Labor Unions
- August 25, 2024
- Fear
- August 18, 2024
- Work
- August 11, 2024
- The Nyah-Nyah Campaign
- August 4, 2024
- Musings of a Country Mouse
- July 28, 2024
- At Last! Bring It On!
- July 21, 2024
- So Foul and Fair a Week
- July 14, 2024
- Yin and Yang
- July 7, 2024
- Media Obsessions
- June 30, 2024
- Projection
- June 23, 2024
- Louisiana Leads – Backward
- June 16, 2024
- Agh!
- June 9, 2024
- My Elderly Children
- June 2, 2024
- Walking with Kiki
- May 26, 2024
- A Reminder from Larry
- May 19, 2024
- Hope vs. Anticipation
- May 12, 2024
- Castles and Ovos Moles
- May 5, 2024
- Tree of the North
- Apr. 28, 2024
- On the Beach
- Apr. 21, 2024
- Trump at Bay
- Apr. 14, 2024
- Visiting Kendal
- Apr. 7, 2024
- Eclipse!
- Mar. 31, 2024
- Unfamiliar Territory
- Mar. 24, 2024
- Moab
- Mar. 17, 2024
- Travel Anxiety
- Mar. 10, 2024
- Ageism in Journalism
- Mar. 3, 2024
- Back Bay Reverie
- Feb. 25, 2024
- North to Greenland
- Feb. 18, 2024
- A Toast to Sir Ernest
- Feb. 11, 2024
- New Car Confusion
- Feb. 4, 2024
- Poor February Second!
- Jan. 28, 2024
- My Inanimate Pals
- Jan. 21, 2024
- A Not-Unpleasant Interlude
- Jan. 14, 2024
- The Notebook
- Jan. 7, 2024
- My Godnose Terrier
2023
- Dec. 31, 2023
- A Midwinter Vacation
- Dec. 24, 2023
- Thwarting Thor
- Dec. 17, 2023
- A Christmas Message
- Dec. 10, 2023
- The Devil in Cyberspace
- Dec. 3, 2023
- Christmas Vespers
- Nov. 26, 2023
- Bring It On!
- Nov. 19, 2023
- Compromise
- Nov. 12, 2023
- At the Omni
- Nov. 5, 2023
- Daylight Saving Time
- Oct. 29, 2023
- A Sunny Weekend!
- Oct. 22, 2023
- Carpe What’s Left
- Oct. 15, 2023
- Old Voyageurs
- Oct. 8, 2023
- A Road Trip in the Rain
- Oct. 1, 2023
- Bring It On!
- Sept. 24, 2023
- The Brownies Arrive!
- Sept. 17, 2023
- Picking Apples in a Hurricane
- Sept. 10, 2023
- A Lot Happened Here
- Sept. 3, 2023
- The Worst Worst Trip
- Aug. 27, 2023
- Trials of the Conspirators
- Aug. 20, 2023
- Hit Me Easy Next Time, eh?
- Aug. 13, 2023
- The Washington Gerontocracy
- Aug. 6, 2023
- Lost? Never! Confused? Yep.
- July 29, 2023
- My Little Shadow
- July 22, 2023
- The Donald’s Soap Opera
- July 15, 2023
- The Heat Is On!
- July 8, 2023
- A Great Getaway
- July 1, 2023
- Ticks!
- June 25, 2023
- Old Folks and Falls
- June 18, 2023
- A Tourist at Home
- June 11, 2023
- Canada Jay – A Bad Neighbor?
- June 4, 2023
- Building Jerusalem
- May 28, 2023
- Wisdom of the Ages
- May 21, 2023
- Down the Rhone to the Sea
- May 14, 2023
- Going Through Hell to France
- May 7, 2023
- Through France with Friends
- Apr. 30, 2023
- The Rites of Spring
- Apr. 23, 2023
- Home of the Brave, Eh?
- Apr. 16, 2023
- The Blessings of Healing
- Apr. 9, 2023
- Science, History, and Opinions
- Apr. 2, 2023
- The Aviation Gods
- Mar. 26, 2023
- The Essential People
- Mar. 19, 2023
- Futility of Prohibition
- Mar. 12, 2023
- One Thing At a Time!
- Mar. 5, 2023
- Out of the Woods – Carefully!
- Feb. 26, 2023
- Light in the Tunnel
- Feb. 19, 2023
- Ups and Downs…and Ups
- Feb. 12, 2023
- Living in a Mini-Space
- Feb. 5, 2023
- We Can Do This
- Jan. 29, 2023
- Falling Toward Spring
- Jan. 22, 2023
- No Ether, Please!
- Jan. 15, 2023
- Elégance Québécoise
- Jan. 8, 2023
- Another New Experience
- Jan. 1, 2023
- A Most Unusual Christmas
2022
- Dec. 18, 2022
- The Spirit of Dickens
- Dec. 11, 2022
- Sankta Lucia
- Dec. 4, 2022
- The Sun’ll Be Back – soon.
- Nov. 27, 2022
- Thanksgiving by the Sea
- Nov. 20, 2022
- Sweet Potatoes
- Nov. 13, 2022
- Here Come the Kids!
- Nov. 6, 2022
- A Sybarite in Maine
- Oct. 30, 2022
- Peace at the Center
- Oct. 23, 2022
- The Scenic RailRiders
- Oct. 16, 2022
- Living with a Snuggler
- Oct. 9, 2022
- Leaf-Peeping in the Rain
- Oct. 2, 2022
- It Could Happen Here
- Sept. 25, 2022
- Where am I, Siri?
- Sept. 18, 2022
- The Emergency Room
- Sept. 11, 2022
- Paradise on the Missouri River
- Sept. 4, 2022
- Saving America
- Aug. 28, 2022
- Peanuts for Genius
- Aug. 21, 2022
- My Happy Days as a Pedagogue
- Aug. 14, 2022
- Home at Last!
- Aug. 7, 2022
- Nuclear Insanity
- July 31, 2022
- On the Sidelines
- July 24, 2022
- Fact or Fiction?
- July 17, 2022
- Over Smugglers Notch
- July 10, 2022
- Too Much to Ask?
- July 3, 2022
- In the Valley of the Cross
- June 27, 2022
- Getting Ready to Go
- June 20, 2022
- A Return to Hurricane
- June 13, 2022
- Cruising the Islands
- June 6, 2022
- A Life-Changing Dip
- May 30, 2022
- Two Solutions Left
- May 23, 2022
- Cassie and Me
- May 16, 2022
- A Modest Proposal
- May 9, 2022
- Ireland Rising
- May 1, 2022
- The Emerald Isle
- Apr. 17, 2022
- From Grief to…What
- Apr. 11, 2022
- An Old Man in Traffic
- Apr. 4, 2022
- It’s Just Stupid
- Mar. 28, 2022
- The Arkansas Traveler
- Mar. 21, 2022
- Stuck in Mud Season
- Mar. 14, 2022
- The Boss
- Mar. 7, 2022
- The Lesson of the Sugar Maple
- Feb. 28, 2022
- Vladimir’s Mistake
- Feb. 21, 2022
- …And Not to Yield
- Feb. 14, 2022
- The Pathless Wood
- Feb. 7, 2022
- Title IX
- Jan. 31, 2022
- Displacement on Skis
- Jan. 24, 2022
- The Old Bobsled Run
- Jan. 17, 2022
- Reflections on Snow and Cold
- Jan. 10, 2022
- Me and Thor
- Jan. 3, 2022
- The Peace of Wild Things
2021
- Dec.27, 2021
- My Constant Companion
- Dec.20, 2021
- A Silver Ear Worm
- Dec.13, 2021
- Light – Brightest in Darkness
- Dec. 6, 2021
- The Fault Is in Ourselves
- Nov. 29, 2021
- Thanksgiving in Arkansas
- Nov. 22, 2021
- The Price of Admission
- Nov. 15, 2021
- A Vermont Hobbit
- Nov. 8, 2021
- Fall Back into Darkness
- Nov. 2, 2021
- Remembering Sign Language
- Oct. 25, 2021
- Ha! You Missed Me!
- Oct. 18, 2021
- Don’t Trash the Kids!
- Oct. 11, 2021
- Old Gold
- Oct. 4, 2021
- Visiting My Trees
- Sept. 27, 2021
- A Lifetime of Memories
- Sept. 20, 2021
- Falling Behind
- Sept. 13, 2021
- Just the Two of Us
- Sept. 4, 2021
- The Union Forever
- Aug. 30, 2021
- On the Road Again – with GPS
- Aug. 23, 2021
- When Will We Learn?
- Aug. 16, 2021
- Saving the Life Savers
- Aug. 9, 2021
- Giving Way to the New
- Aug. 2, 2021
- A Classroom at Sea
- July 26, 2021
- Cuba Libre!
- July 19, 2021
- The Heat Is On
- July 12, 2021
- Reality Hands Me My Hat
- July 5, 2021
- The Final Judgment
- June 27, 2021
- After the Cyclone
- June 20, 2021
- Bairns Are a Blessing
- June 13, 2021
- Principle vs. Data
- June 6, 2021
- The Slow Death of a Killer
- May 31, 2021
- Loving the Differences
- May 24, 2021
- Forty Years of Progress
- May 17, 2021
- Eye for an Eye
- May 10, 2021
- Balancing the Scales
- May 3, 2021
- Among Friends
- Apr. 26, 2021
- Tucker Mountain
- Apr. 19, 2021
- Running on Fumes
- Apr. 12, 2021
- Irreversible Decline
- Apr. 5, 2021
- Aches, Pains, and Joy
- Mar. 29, 2021
- The Fantasy Weapon
- Mar. 22, 2021
- Call This a Gummint?
- Mar. 15, 2021
- Why Not?
- Mar. 8, 2021
- Quarantining with a Dog
- Mar. 1, 2021
- Coffee
- Feb. 22, 2021
- The Age of Emigration
- Feb. 15, 2021
- The Attic of the Mind
- Feb. 8, 2021
- Skiing in Memory
- Feb. 1, 2021
- Signing up to Get Shot
- Jan. 25, 2021
- A Walk, a Talk, and a Farewell
- Jan. 18, 2021
- The World in a 30-Foot Boat
- Jan. 11, 2021
- The Green Mountain Bubble
- Jan. 4, 2021
- Just go away – please!
2020
- Dec. 28, 2020
- Stop the Hurt!
- Dec. 21, 2020
- A Pandemic Christmas
- Dec. 14, 2020
- Thanks, Ronnie!
- Dec. 7, 2020
- Seeking Peace and Perspective
- Nov. 30, 2020
- My Window to the World
- Nov. 23, 2020
- The Fire Bell in the Organ
- Nov. 16, 2020
- Making the US United Again
- Nov. 9, 2020
- Keeping My Head Down
- Nov. 2, 2020
- An Annual Pilgrimage
- Oct. 26, 2020
- After This, What Next?
- Oct. 19, 2020
- Surviving with Music
- Oct. 12, 2020
- Survival Mode
- Oct. 5, 2020
- The President’s Got It
- Sept. 28, 2020
- Two Shoots in the Sunshine
- Sept. 21, 2020
- The Quiet Space Inside
- Sept. 14, 2020
- The Shaker Forest and Ponds
- Sept. 7, 2020
- The Joy of Working
- Aug. 31, 2020
- It’s Happening Here
- Aug. 24, 2020
- Kiki’s Point of View
- Aug. 17, 2020
- Completing the Quest
- Aug. 10, 2020
- One More Wow – Please!
- Aug. 3, 2020
- Respect for the Hobo
- July 27, 2020
- Keeping Up – Barely
- July 20, 2020
- The Perfect Storm
- July 13, 2020
- The Worth of Our Word
- July 6, 2020
- Freedom Is a Chance
- June 29, 2020
- A Great Idea Come True
- June 22, 2020
- Equal and Opposite
- June 15, 2020
- The Lost Art of Policing
- June 8, 2020
- Useless Information
- June 1, 2020
- The Washing Bear
- May 25, 2020
- Coping with Change
- May 18, 2020
- Simulium damnosum!
- May 11, 2020
- Got Any Corncobs?
- May 4, 2020
- Halcyon Days at the Movies
- Apr. 27, 2020
- Will We Come Out Changed?
- Apr. 20, 2020
- The World Needs a Dog
- Apr. 13, 2020
- The Quiet Life
- Apr. 6, 2020
- Essential People
- Mar. 30, 2020
- Train Songs
- Mar. 23, 2020
- A Viral Test
- Mar. 16, 2020
- Waiting for the Virus
- Mar. 9, 2020
- Hermit Lake
- Mar. 2, 2020
- The Great Labrador Loppet
- Feb. 24, 2020
- Boy Scouts – RIP
- Feb. 17, 2020
- On Any Page the Least Display…
- Feb. 10, 2020
- Just an Old Boat
- Feb. 3, 2020
- Place Looks Familiar
- Jan. 27, 2020
- Casting Off
- Jan. 20, 2020
- Crippling Ourselves
- Jan. 13, 2020
- Data-Driven Decisions
- Jan. 6, 2020
- An Elderodyssey
2019
- Dec. 30, 2019
- Grampa in the Sky
- Dec. 23, 2019
- Looking Back in Joy
- Dec. 16, 2019
- Modern ROMEOs
- Dec. 9, 2019
- Light Shining in Darkness
- Dec. 2, 2019
- The Scrooge in All of Us
- Nov. 25, 2019
- Lying
- Nov. 18, 2019
- Prayer and Dissonance
- Nov. 11, 2019
- Veterans Day – Snow
- Nov. 4, 2019
- The Joy of Running
- Oct. 28, 2019
- November Blues
- Oct. 21, 2019
- What a Great Job!
- Oct. 14, 2019
- Ausable Club
- Oct. 7, 2019
- Divisions and Mediation
- Sept. 29, 2019
- Of Trout and a Trumpeter
- Sept. 22, 2019
- Drifting the Bighorn
- Sept. 16, 2019
- A Week in Scotland
- Sept. 9, 2019
- Voices of the Earth
- Sept. 2, 2019
- Packing to Go
- Aug. 26, 2019
- Laughin’ Places
- Aug. 19, 2019
- Once More into the Breach!
- Aug. 12, 2019
- You Want Change?
- Aug. 5, 2019
- Beating the Heat
- July 29, 2019
- Who’ll Bell the Cat?
- July 22, 2019
- The Wind or a Tiger?
- July 15, 2019
- The Bugs of Hellgate
- July 8, 2019
- A Roadster, a Dog, and a Notch
- July 1, 2019
- Lettuce and Brass Knuckles
- June 24, 2019
- Air, Fuel – and Spark
- June 17, 2019
- A Weekend Zoomie
- June 10, 2019
- The Wise Ones
- June 3, 2019
- Tornadoes and American Art
- May 27, 2019
- Old Man and the Earth
- May 20, 2019
- A Rising Tide
- May 13, 2019
- Visceral Memories
- May 6, 2019
- Confused in the Woods
- Apr. 29, 2019
- Do Justly, Love Mercy…
- Apr. 22, 2019
- Once More into the Breach!
- Apr. 15, 2019
- A Weekend with Ghosts
- Apr. 8, 2019
- Cockroaches in Washington
- Apr. 1, 2019
- Lying
- Mar. 25, 2019
- Dog Party!
- Mar. 18, 2019
- Not Going Quietly
- Mar. 11, 2019
- The State of Vermont
- Mar. 4, 2019
- The Iditaski!
- Feb. 25, 2019
- Uphill Skiing Into a Time Warp
- Feb. 18, 2019
- Dogs – In From the Cold
- Feb. 11, 2019
- Socialism?
- Feb. 4, 2019
- Ever Looking Forward
- Jan. 28, 2019
- A Priceless Metaphor
- Jan. 21, 2019
- Ka-Boom!~ and It’s Done
- Jan. 14, 2019
- Cold Noses, Warm Memories
- Jan. 7, 2019
- Embracing the Future
2018
- Dec. 31, 2018
- The Best Gifts of All
- Dec. 24, 2018
- First Christmas Alone
- Dec. 17, 2018
- The Inuit Shuffle
- Dec. 10, 2018
- Scrooge on my Mind
- Dec. 3, 2018
- Love Is on the Way
- Nov. 26, 2018
- Can We Just Get Along?
- Nov. 19, 2018
- Old Cabin, Old Guys
- Nov. 2, 2018
- A Perfect Day and Dogs
- Nov. 5, 2018
- Into the Unknown
- Oct. 29, 2018
- Saga of Minik
- Oct. 22, 2018
- A North Woods Getaway
- Oct. 15, 2018
- Armistice Day
- Oct. 9, 2018
- All God’s Critters
- Oct. 2, 2018
- Last of the Old Guys
- Sept. 24, 2018
- Lessons from Norway
- Sept. 15, 2018
- Islands
- Sept. 8, 2018
- Packing for the Trip
- Sept. 5, 2018
- The Elusive Mercury Dime
- Aug. 27, 2018
- A Trail of Islands
- Aug. 20, 2018
- A Mount Washington Wedding
- Aug. 13, 2018
- Nurse Kiki
- Aug. 6, 2018
- A Defense of Journalism
- July 29, 2018
- Ometepe Kids
- July 22, 2018
- A Northern Refuge
- July 15, 2018
- Old Guys on a Porch
- July 8, 2018
- Open Boats and Youth
- July 1, 2018
- The American Neverland
- June 25, 2018
- Beware the Child
- June 18, 2018
- Building Jerusalem
- June 10, 2018
- Seeing with a Child’s Eyes
- June 3, 2018
- Black Fly, the Little Black Fly…
- May 28, 2018
- Defining Patriotism
- May 21, 2018
- Growing Into It
- May 14, 2018
- Time to Grow Up
- May 7, 2018
- Politics, Dogs, and Trout Lilies
- Apr. 30, 2018
- My Favourite Foolishness
- Apr. 23, 2018
- Saving the Colorado?
- Apr. 16, 2018
- Bye, Bye, Sweetheart
- Apr. 9, 2018
- The Moribund Colorado
- Apr. 2, 2018
- Quotes from Dad
- Mar. 26, 2018
- Advice from Grampa
- Mar. 19, 2018
- Dogs, Late Winter
- Mar. 12, 2018
- Mother Takes on the IRS
- Mar. 5, 2018
- The Kids Are Coming!
- Feb. 26, 2018
- Bobrun Days
- Feb. 19, 2018
- Cowboy Culture
- Feb. 12, 2018
- Beating Our Chests
- Feb. 5, 2018
- Xenophobia Lives
- Jan. 29, 2018
- Winter Poetry
- Jan. 22, 2018
- Getting to Know You
- Jan. 15, 2018
- How Many Enemies Do We Need
- Jan. 8, 2018
- Sixty Years a Chef
- Jan. 1, 2018
- Out of Ammunition
2017
- Dec. 25, 2017
- Eighty Christmases
- Dec. 18, 2017
- Time for Amateur Hour
- Dec. 11, 2017
- A Long-Lived Obsession
- Dec. 4, 2017
- Old Age: A Cavalry Charge
- Nov. 27, 2017
- Rising Tides
- Nov. 20, 2017
- Thanksgiving Changes
- Nov. 13, 2017
- Kiki Goes To Camp
- Nov. 6, 2017
- November Sleep
- Oct. 30, 2017
- Saving The Condors
- Oct. 22, 2017
- A Hidden Gem Of A Park
- Oct. 15, 2017
- Smart-Ass Car
- Oct. 9, 2017
- Afro Outdoors. 'Bout Time
- Oct. 2, 2017
- An Unspoken Bond
- Feb. 6, 2017
- What A Game!
- Jan. 30, 2017
- The Vanity Of Walls
- Jan. 23, 2017
- Call This A Winter?
- Jan. 16, 2017
- Bard Of The Yukon
- Jan. 9, 2017
- A Little Patch Of Old New England
- Jan. 1, 2017
- Elwood P. Dowd
