MONHEGAN AUTUMN The air is cooler now, And summer’s search for Frantic pleasures has slowed To heavier clothing, more gulls, And shorter days, In our little splash of time. The mists are bathed in Golden fall glory, so Except for the coming season, Nothing much has changed: Art and beauty remain constant, As do the […]
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A Birder’s View of Monhegan
Brian Willson of Rockport has recently returned from a birding trip to Monhegan. His blog http://www.birdreport.com/blog/ gives a great review of bird species found on the island. See posts: http://www.birdreport.com/blog/?p=4448 http://www.birdreport.com/blog/?p=4434 http://www.birdreport.com/blog/?p=4419
Wind Power Comment Period closes Oct. 5
The comment period on the Monhegan wind power project is about to close. Story Here
Lady on the Boat with Flowers – Sally Woolf-Wade
LADY ON THE BOAT WITH FLOWERS The October sea is rolling and the Laura B backs away, full power astern, then swings around. On deck is a white-haired lady with flowers. The summer waitstaff sailed out on an earlier boat among friends waving wildly from the shore. They scattered flowers over the rail to […]
Wind After Storm – Carol Tashijian
Wind After Storm The wind tears at the shutters And rattles the doors. The wind converses in many voices, Low and reverberant. The wind tosses the crows Up the incandescent sky. The gull teeters on the cliff’s edge And plunges into the wind Which bears it away. The wind polishes the day And dries the […]
Pebble Beach – Betsy Bunn
PEBBLE BEACH 2010 The pebbles are still here, of course, Piled up as they have been for eons- Stone against enormous stone Heaped on the edge of the world. I like to think that giants once played ball with these rocks or marbles, or bowling- […]