Building Hudson Yards
On the job at Hudson Yards, the mammoth West Side development in New York City. You can walk right up to the construction site on the Highline, a few blocks…
Lisa & Simon
A joyous Danish/Jewish/Vermont wedding held last summer in a hayfield in Marshfield. What's with the cutting of the socks in the bottom picture? Ask a Dane!
Hockey in the Field
Never been to a field hockey game until last week, when I watched the University of New Hampshire versus the University of Vermont in Burlington. Intense game. Hard played. Soccer…
Session Americana/ZenBarn
The Boston band Session Americana at the ZenBarn in Waterbury last week. Jim Fitting on harmonica, Billy Beard on drums, Dinty Child on beer, etc. What I'd like to know…
Catching Up on Oregon
It's dramatic wherever you go in Oregon. Above, grass seed growers near Salem burn off the fields after harvesting seed and straw. Below, Silver Falls State Park and Tumalo Falls…
Painted Hills #2
Even without the spectacle of a total solar eclipse, the Painted Hills of Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are a striking piece of high desert. Scroll down for…
Painted Hills: Eclipse 2017
Finally getting back to the eclipse, August 21: On the Path of Totality, total solar eclipse, Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon. The top two photos are…
Bad Day at Crater Lake
Ash from forest fires was falling on Bend, OR, a few weeks ago and smoke from more fires shrouded Crater Lake National Park, an hour and half's drive south. The…
NYC-NJ
New York City's busy Hudson River Park promenade on a late August day. Across the river, New Jersey: Hoboken, and the growing high-rises of Jersey City.
US National Biathlon Roller Ski Championships
That's a mouthful, but biathlon is cross country ski racing and stopping periodically to shoot at targets with a very sophisticated rifle. If you do it in the summer, it's…
Stretching Shadows in Helsinki
The morning commute for bird and man, Helsinki Railway Square, April.
Airline #2
Back to Maine's Route 9, The Airline, a northern highway straight across northeastern Maine.
Nouveau Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Canada's Maritime Provinces: so close and so different. These are from a recent expedition to parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. When the tide is low in the Bay…
Airline Travel
Eats on The Airline, the section of Maine Route 9 between Bangor and Calais, a traditional route from northern New England to Canada's maritime provinces. Accounts differ on why it's…
Meanwhile, in Lapland
Well, actually it was back in early March, after the Lahti World Nordic Ski Championships. We ski toured in Lapland, northern Finland, in the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. Basically inn-to-inn skiing,…