Why is it that I so strongly desire to cross that distant stone arch bridge that spans over the pea soup colored river meandering beneath it? The view from here is lovely. There is no real reason to find the hidden path that leads down the cliffside to the plateau. The way is probably fraught... Continue Reading →
It is one of nature's cruelest visual puns. We possess a three-pound organ capable of mapping the human genome, inventing Broadway musicals, and calculating the exact trajectory of a spacecraft splashing down in the sea. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the ocean, the Brain Coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) sits there looking remarkably like our own grey... Continue Reading →
Henry David Thoreau greatly admired this natural grotto formation that developed from glacial retreat and milennia of water and grit grinding a perfect bowl out of granite. During his visit in 1839 he wrote, "This pothole is perhaps the most remarkable curiosity of its kind in New England…a fine example of the power of water... Continue Reading →
