Rhode Island
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New England
Retreat Yourself
Whether your interest is an individual silent retreat or a group program or workshop, spiritual centers around New England offer numerous options. Here are several additional places to nourish your soul.
New England
New England Retreats: Seeking the Silence
In the Absence of Words I arrived at Gonzaga: Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Massachusetts, at low tide and sunset. Behind the large house, a Jesuit-run spiritual center since 1958, kelp beds were aglow with the day’s last light. Inside, the ocean smells gave way to those of dinner: pork, potatoes, and corn on […]
Maine
Where to Stay
Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main St. Rates: $125-$305. 800-342-6423, 207-865-9377. harraseeketinn.com Applewood Inn, 8 Holbrook St. Rates: $160-$190. 207-865-9705. applewoodusa.com
L.L. Bean: 4:48 a.m. It’s nearly 5 a.m. and you’re standing at the gateway to Maine’s North Woods. Well, actually you’re wandering through the hunting and fishing annex of the vast L.L. Bean retail empire in Freeport, joined by bleary-eyed, coffee-fueled hunters who have been driving all night from Connecticut and New York and have […]
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DAPPLE DACHSHUND WITH ONE BLUE EYE AND BLUE HEALER COLORING. PICTURE TAKEN AT 7 WEEKS. HE IS NOW 3 YEARS OLD AS OF 2/2/04
Rhode Island
Point Judith
Photo taken by Point Judith Lighthouse
Rhode Island
Support The Troops
Photo is taken of a silo in Lincoln, RI. with American Flag draped down the silo
Rhode Island
Water Fire
Just before water fire in Providence
Connecticut
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
Schoolchildren know Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as one of the most influential inventions in American history and an icon of Yankee ingenuity, but its purpose was simple: Remove seeds from cotton. The cotton gin’s impact on the South was complex and profound. This gin, patented in 1794, is the earliest known working scale model in […]
New Hampshire
Is Squam Lake Still Golden?
Twenty-six years after the film, the image still lingers: Henry Fonda and Kate Hepburn, in the twilight of their lives, come for another glorious summer on Golden Pond. The movie and its 10 Oscar nominations created a valentine to a certain kind of timelessness, and a certain kind of lake. It was based on screenwriter […]
Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island: Waterfront
In a place as bustling as Newport’s waterfront, what can be most memorable is a tucked-away café, a place to sit and watch the boats glide by, or a patch of grass from which to gaze at the drama of sky, clouds, and water. Since Newport is known as the City by the Sea, it […]