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Taking the leap

There’s a saying in real estate: Buyers are liars. It explains the couple that insists they must have a split-level ranch house with four bedrooms

Solace in the sea

It was a tough winter. The weather gods went easy on us in the Northeast, but my two Jack Russell terriers — companions on many

Silence and knowledge

I don’t know about you, but if there are two things I could use a lot more of these days they are silence and knowledge.

Unstoppable spring

Is it a bright, cold day in April? Hang in there. The days are lengthening, and the tepid sunshine of winter’s fraudulent orange orb will

Throw off the bowlines

Adventure. Is there anything better? For starters, it is readily available. As Gilbert K. Chesterton said, “An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” I’ve tried

Vive la différence!

An escape plan is a natural temptation in a political climate that’s as rancorous and divisive as ours has lately become (not that I’ve ever

Winter elegy

I took a detour and slowly drove through the local boatyard yesterday. The sky was low and gray, the trees were bare, and boats were

The better part of valor

As anyone who has experienced a period of boatlessness will tell you, being without one doesn’t mean you think about “yours” any less. It’s a

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