Blogs

The author at Blue Hills Reservation. For years I’ve been aware of the Blue Hill Reservation, which spans parts of Quincy, Braintree, Milton, Randolph, Canton and Dedham. I’ve written about […]

–> The Teeple, Morey, Beal and Bernstein children prepare for a walk at Willow Brook Farm Preserve in Pembroke. Anyone who reads this column regularly knows that I enjoy a […]

–>  Summer vacation is short this year – only eight weeks. At the end of June, I make a list of the things I want to do with my son […]

–> Abel explores the banks of the Cut River in Green Harbor.   My son, Abel, just finished first grade at South River Elementary School in Marshfield, the place where […]

A view of the marsh at Camp Wing. –> I continued my exploration of Duxbury’s open space parcels this month with a trip to Camp Wing Conservation Area on Franklin […]

The Lansing Bennett Forest is one of many local conservation areas with significant tree damage.  But don’t let it stop you from visiting! –> February’s blizzard, and the several springtime […]

Whitney and Thayer Woods in Cohasset is one of the South Shore’s many serenity-inducing forests. –> You’ve heard of sunbathing, but what about Forest Bathing? Neither involves water: just like […]

Readers may recall that last year, at age 40, I decided to try snowboarding for the first time. My son, who is six, enrolled in lessons through the Mountain Munchkin […]

–> Consider your routines. On the roads you travel with some regularity, are there places you’ve always intended to stop, but never have? Do you pass signs for parks and […]

–> Ode’s Den at Whitney and Thayer Woods, Cohasset Thanks to The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR), Cohasset and Hingham boast some of the largest and most interesting open space areas […]