Tag Archives: New England

New Hampshire: Tale of a Pig

The Great American Road Trip

 

Sy Montgomery and the Good Good Pig

Destination: New Hampshire

Book: The Good, Good Pig:The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, by Sy Montgomery.

Where would we be without librarians? Continue reading New Hampshire: Tale of a Pig

Thoreau, Early American Green Writer

 

Henry David Thoreau

Destination: Concord, Massachusetts

Site: Henry David Thoreau’s Home

“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?Continue reading Thoreau, Early American Green Writer

Travel Secret in Massachusetts

Great American Road Trip: Massachusetts

 

DogTown Book Cover

Destination: Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Book: Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town (2009) by Elyssa East

Here we are in a wild, wooded 3,000 acre area next door to Gloucester MA. It may come as a surprise that we are not visiting Gloucester, a tourist mecca and authentic fishing town, or Cape Cod, or the historic and charming city of Boston. Continue reading Travel Secret in Massachusetts