This was the last outing of the season with my girls. A bright, hot summer day and my two partners who have journeyed with me through the past two months of explorations for The Concord Life, will be heading back to school next week. So for our last outing we chose to go back to [...]

The Toy Shop of Concord is, like so many other shops in Concord, one-of-a-kind. A fabulous alternative to the big box mall toy stores, it resides at the corner Walden and Main Street. The Toy Shop has been in continuous operation for over sixty-two years and it encourages children to be fanciful, creative, inquisitive and [...]

I enjoy passing this structure in Carlisle. It is many things, bold, whimsical, artistic and very intriguing. This barn clock is one of the interesting eccentricities I love about Carlisle, MA. It is set back and woven into the landscape; a curiosity alongside the road. The clock itself is so seamlessly worked into the barn [...]

As someone who is from the area, I pass the girlhood home of Louisa May Alcott year round when I bring my youngest daughter to preschool off Meriam Road just beyond Orchard House. Since it is a part of my routine landscape, I found myself only taking note of it when the film crews arrive [...]

One of the treasures of Carlisle is its extensive Conservation Lands. The Cranberry Bog Reservation totals 310 acres, 151 of which are in Carlisle. 40 of those acres in the Carlisle parcel hold the last continuously working cranberry bog in Middlesex County, MA. It was started by two brothers in the late 1800′s and bought [...]