A Yankee Notebook
—my weekly column which appears in several New England newspapers.
2010
- August 29
- Post This On The Inside Walls Of Your Mind
- August 22
- Who&Rsquo;s Afraid Of The Big, Bad Lestrygonians?
- August 15
- The Quiet Summer That Hasn’t Been
- August 8
- A Presidential Traverse
- August 1
- The Dead Diamond Isn’t Quite Dead
- July 25
- An Ancient Island, Quiet Woods, and Red Ants
- July 18
- How Tough Can It Be?
- July 11
- Making A Living From The Sea
- July 4
- Afghanistan: Time To Stop Poking The Beehive?
- June 27
- Royal Treatment On The Connecticut
- June 20
- Partying With The Vikings
- June 13
- The Bellevue Boys Sacrifice To The River Gods
- June 6
- The Language Changes, But I’m Resisting
- May 30
- Dogs – Somewhere Between Children And End Tables
- May 23
- Not Quite To The Sea, But Far Enough Today
- May 16
- Moose, Trout, And A Four-Wheel-Drive Magic Carpet
- May 9
- Wandering Bewildered Through Time And Work
- May 2
- Congress Stalls, And The States Begin To Take Over
- April 25
- The Attack Of The Robins
- April 18
- A Nincompoop By Any Other Name...
- April 11
- Two Yankees In Texas With The Top Down
- April 4
- A Random Scoot To Lonesome Lake
- March 28
- The Health Care Storm Will Pass – Or It Won’t
- March 21
- Logging – Using Your Head Instead Of Your Skull
- March 14
- Levi Who? – The Unknown Financier
- March 7
- L’eau Du Vermont in the Open Window
- February 28
- Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and New England
- February 21
- River Driving Memories
- February 14
- Hijacking The Boy Scouts of America
- February 7
- Big Things Afoot in The Woods of Maine
- January 31
- Mount Washington Observatory In The Winter
- January 25
- The Joys – and Necessity – of Manual Labor
- January 18
- The Electronic Revolution Presages A Political One
- January 11
- Everest Is Where You Find It
- January 4
- To Explain My Country, I’ve First Got To Understand It
2009
- December 27
- It’s A Dog’s Life, But What’s It Worth?
- December 20
- Small Schools And Community
- December 13
- Different Strokes And Different Folks At Christmas
- December 6
- Hospitality Is Our Duty, But It Can Bite Us Back
- November 29
- Midwinter, Darkness, Remedies, and Crossword Puzzles
- November 22
- France: Looking On The Bright Side
- November 15
- Ice, Old Friends, And Stars At Hell Gate
- November 8
- Being French– The Road Warriors
- November 1
- Celebrating Fifty Years On A Topless Beach
- October 25
- Cave Time, Ancient and Modern
- October 18
- Hunting Catalogs
- October 11
- The Falling Waters Everywhere Trail
- October 4
- The Religious Argument For Health Care Reform
- September 27
- Chasing Cryptobytes Out Of Their Homes
- September 20
- A Long Night And A Long Day On Top Of Maine
- September 13
- Lakes Of The Clouds
- September 6
- Loafing On Labor Day
- August 30
- Home Alone
- August 23
- What Are We Afraid Of?
- August 16
- Bloody Falls
- August 9
- Beside The Kendall River
- August 2
- Patternicity: The Everlasting Riddle Of Why
- July 26
- Just An Old Carpenter At Work
- July 19
- Mont Ventoux: Seeking Adventure In Provence
- July 12
- Sarah Palin – You Just Gotta Love Her!
- July 5
- Saying Good-By To Brother Bill
- June 28
- The World’s Greatest Traveling Companions
- June 21
- The Toadstools of Hate
- June 14
- Olympia – Life In The Fast Lane
- June 7
- Here There Be Monsters
- May 31
- Besieged And Bedeviled By Birds
- May 24
- The Gentle Art Of Bushwhacking
- May 17
- Downsizing
- May 10
- The Sun Returns!
- May 3
- Mr. Donovan and Sir Hugh
- April 26
- Pests– Neighbors We Can Live With
- April 19
- We’re Going To Have To Talk About It Sometime
- April 12
- Scrambling To Be First
- April 5
- ¿Cuba Libre?
