I seem to be stuck on light, as inspired by the shift to the growing amount of light this time of year. What I realized is that it isn’t just the amount of light in the day but its quality. This is particularly noticeable after spending too many hours indoors under artificial lights while staring […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Joys of the first day of skiing
I didn’t learn to Nordic ski until I was in my 40s. Busy raising a family, there was insufficient time to learn a new sport until my sons grew older. Thirty years later, I’m no more than a mediocre classic skier. I took a couple of skate skiing lessons in the early 2000s, but in […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Now what? Make a great start with your new device
Congratulations! Are you enjoying your new (or at least new-to-you) tech device — smartphone, tablet, smartwatch or computer? Whatever device you have, you want it to be useful, fun and engaging, and most of all, a tool that doesn’t drive you crazy. For that to happen, you need to learn how use your smartphone, tablet, […]
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Intertidal: Seaweed uses go beyond food and skin care
It would be an unusual Christmas at our house if it didn’t include some nautically themed gifts. This year, fish place mats were among them as well as an assortment of tinned seafood, which are always favorites. The odd player in the mix was a sweater. It doesn’t feature sea creatures and isn’t of the […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Hiking the other Pleasant Mountain
Stormy weather negatively impacted our plans for a western Maine mountain hike. My son, Adam, and I intended to climb lofty Number 5 Mountain in a remote wilderness area southwest of Jackman. When we met in West Forks on a gray, foggy morning with a threat of light rain or snow showers, several inches of […]
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Intertidal: Fog provides stillness and focus
This is the last column of 2023. This time of the turning of the year is often a reflective one — the year in photos, the year’s best and worst, the year’s celebrations and regrets. This recounting of last year along with concerns about the coming one, in combination with the flurry that surrounds the […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A Camden Hills traverse
One of the finest hikes in the Camden Hills is a traverse of Maiden Cliff and Mount Megunticook. The expedition encompasses three of the most scenic locations in Maine: Maiden Cliff, a towering escarpment on Scenic Trail and Ocean Overlook. I try to arrange a Camden Hills adventure each fall. When I suggested a Maiden […]
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Intertidal: Massive rainfall showcases power of local waterways
Today is officially the winter solstice, and while I wrote about ways to celebrate it last week, the poignancy of darkness brought about by this week’s storm made it seem worthy of another week’s focus. How untimely it was to have massive power outages on some of the darkest days of the year. It certainly […]
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