Monthly Archives: May 2025

perfect weather day

Some S’mores Setting out from Dunes Edge Campground on a gloriously warm and sunny day on a relatively short 30 mile-ish day was a great welcome back to the group.  We headed out of Provincetown toward the center of Cape … Continue reading

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short day back

Pleased to Be Back The first day back was inevitably going to be short as the touring group was coming into my hometown and I was going to rejoin them at the Provincetown ferry terminal at the Boston Seaport.  My … Continue reading

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urgently transition away

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week The climate crisis is threatening the future of the world’s most popular fruit, as almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit … Continue reading

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has to change

A Streak of “The Luck of Job” I’ve been back at home in Boston the last four days. I’ve had a streak of “the luck of Job.” In case you’ve forgotten, over the course of 1,146 miles from Key West, … Continue reading

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there is life…

… please stand by… What I’m Reading: Fear or something brighter than fear. Sharp and close. — Anne de Marcken / The Accident 

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in this (my) neighborhood pt. 95

What I’m Reading: There will always be a gap to see through And when the clouds seem to separateSo far, that the sky isAlmost embarrassingly present There won’t be any place to lie down. — Michael Benedikt / “The Way … Continue reading

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slow draining blinking 

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week But now, capitalism has entered a radical and apocalyptic phase. There is no utopian vision in any of this. Instead, there’s a final battle. And this is where it gets really dark. The people … Continue reading

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no no no

What The Hell? Why? Fair enough start leaving Bar Harbor. Chilly again, in the low 40’s with a “feels like” temperature of 36 degrees at 7:45 am. Climbing out of Bar Harbor on Eagle Lake Road,  next to Acadia National … Continue reading

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loop day first

Sun Makes Another Appearance As you see at the base of the Precipice Trail, in Acadia National Park, above the sun made a rare appearance this week. It spent most of the mid-morning g to mid-afternoon putting on some Vitamin … Continue reading

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yes it might

another day, more of the same this is a dreary weather pattern to be stuck inside of: fog, rain, 40 degree weather, just enough of the sun peeking out to dash one’s brief hope i swear the atlantic ocean is … Continue reading

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