This is a long honored tradition in Carlisle, MA…adjacent to Concord but with a population of roughly 1/3 and a very conscious rural character…Old Home Day happens annually to celebrate and treasure this. Every year since 1912 there has been Old Home Day. With much effort and no small amount of stubborness the Carlileans have [...]

This is our first official lazy hazy day of summer. My girls decided it was time to have a picnic. In their view summer doesn’t truly begin until you have had a picnic on the grass and gone swimming (tomorrow we go swimming). Fortunately, for the picnic we don’t have to go far. One of [...]

This is as close as you’ll get to Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond. Early morning, sun cresting and the pond itself utterly pristine. If one plans to spend some time at Walden Pond it is well worth the trip. The best time to go is before Memorial Day. You’ll get the truest sense of what [...]

It’s done! We rushed head long into the end of the school year and now, time finally doesn’t feel like it’s accelerating at an alarming pace. My six year old got off the bus today happy to officially begin her summer vacation. The day, with it’s blue sky, traditional June temperatures and a hint of [...]

This is Historical Concord Center in early morning. The quiet streets surely give away the time of day. And although the picture conceals it well, there is a hum to this time of the morning. I’ve dropped my 4 year old daughter off at preschool down the road and swing into town to capture the [...]