Rhode Island

Peaceful Harbour

Taken Summer, 2008, while touring the South coast beaches.

Rhode Island

Ceremonial Gate, Brown University

This gate is opened twice yearly, once in the Fall to welcome new students, and once in the Spring for graduation.

New England

Winter is Here

I am suffering from a tad bit of ski blogger writer’s block because I am conflicted by my feelings. I am so excited by the start of winter 2008 – 2009. The ground is covered with snow and the mountains are in great shape (yahoo!!). However, some of my co-workers at Yankee are without power […]

Travel

Winter Adventures: Skiing, Dogsledding, Tracking

Do winter right by getting out in the great outdoors. There are adventures you can’t get any other time of the year! Here are a few suggestions that only take place in New England’s longest season.

Rhode Island

Church, River, And Harbor

The Methodist Church, The Warren River, and Barrington Harbor photographed from the tower of the town hall after a winter snow.

New England

Burlington,VT: Snowkiting on Lake Champlain

See more snowkiting photos I trudge across the ice, following Rachael Miller, my snowkiting instructor, onto frozen Lake Champlain. My classmates tower over me–one with a need for speed, another just looking to shorten a long Vermont winter. Me? I’m a 5-foot 2-inch schoolteacher who’s looking for a new challenge. On the lake, fellow riders […]

Maine

Painting Fabric Patterns in Portland

Alice Spencer has been an important member of the Portland, Maine, arts community for 30 years. In addition to being a fine painter and printmaker, she is a co-founder of the Peregrine Press printmaking collaborative, a former member of the Maine College of Art board of directors, and chair of the City of Portland Public […]

Travel

Skiing Maine: 17 Mountains

The invitation was irresistible: join Ski Maine executive director Greg Sweetser as part of a team of eight with the goal of hitting all of the Pine Tree State’s 17 ski mountains in a single long weekend last January. I agreed as soon as I was asked. We’d travel more than 1,000 miles, with time […]

New England

Celebrating Christmas in Vermont

The most wonderful part of winter in New England is Christmas in Vermont. See how three towns – Grafton, Chester, and Woodstock – celebrate their own Christmas in Vermont.

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