Heywood Meadow has survived over 370 years in Concord and is a link to Concord’s pre-history as an area used by Native Americans and later to the first English settlement of Concord in 1630’s. Its survival has not been without incident. It was originally part [...]
The North Bridge has been painted and photographed from numerous angles, but there is hardly a more striking view than that from atop Minuteman National Historical Park at the height of summer. The winding river, sloping landscape and blanket of purple [...]
My daughters and I have enjoyed a summer of trail exploration. On days of brilliant sun they skip in and out of the shadows created by arching tree limbs and compete as to who will spot the next chipmunk burrowing [...]
This is one of those unusual spots around town that attracts a combined universe of locals and visitors. Miles of rivers, the same that were traveled by Henry David Thoreau in his time, are open for exploration. The South Bridge Boat [...]
In Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic book, Anne of Green Gables, the protagonist, Anne, describes an impossibly beautiful route as the “White Way of Delight”. This footpath is our very own White Way in early Spring. Starting across the street from [...]
Today is the first day of Spring 2008. My eyes are craving green and my feet anxiously await a trail to walk that is not ankle deep in mud. Finding evidence of Spring was a challenge today so I [...]
Spring is not quite officially here, but the tell tale signs have started and that includes metal buckets appearing on some of the grand old maple trees of Concord. The nights are still very cold but with day temperatures [...]
Having just come back from Miami Florida, as much as I love New England I knew the palm trees and warm skies were going to be hard to part with. Fortunately, our second day back greeted us with a [...]
Stark beauty best describes this valley off Monument Street. The winter sun seems most brilliant on the coldest days, as today most certainly is. While the view itself is supremely peaceful and attractive, I would venture that a [...]
My daughter Emily and I took a long hike down from the Visitor’s Center at Minute Man National Park, over the Old North Bridge, until we were at the river’s edge and looking toward the Old Manse. It’s [...]
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