Lighthouses have a way of enticing our admiring glances skyward. Stately in appearance and possessing a presence magnified by history, we naturally look up to these radiant sentinels of the sea. Their …
Blissful Hush at Squirrel Point Lighthouse
There is a blissful hush that entwines itself with the charm of Squirrel Point Lighthouse. Maybe it is the feeling of remoteness or the inexplicable aura that clings to a light and home once deemed …
Light on High
Light on high. But why? History recounts stories of keepers climbing spiral staircases – some quite considerable, to tend to the light aloft. And we too have retraced these very same steps today for …
Lighthouses in Time
What once was is now but ripples in lost epochs traversed. Disbursed back when and promptly indexed within the annals of memory, the anterior gleams of our lighthouse past are deemed frozen ridges of …
A Shroud of Snow upon Lantern Panes
Here are some thoughts inspired by a visit to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse on January 20, 2023... Oh keeper of yore, I know there was a time when winter’s storm-sewn curtain of white would not have been …
Lighthouses from a Distance
A lighthouse admired from any distance is akin to delving into a book and absorbing every page and chapter synchronously. For the plot of the lighthouse story is steeped in seaborne triumphs and …
Old Man Winter Rides in Out of the North
From out of the north did an old friend come a-calling today at Owls Head Light. Little has been heard of Old Man Winter this season, though the calendar emphatically points to this as the time when …
Visit a Lighthouse, but Explore too!
A visit to a lighthouse is always a lot of fun, but don't forget to make time to explore the surroundings of a lighthouse. The lighthouse presides over a beautiful natural realm replete with …
Saddleback Ledge Light Stirs the Imagination
Over the years, I have admired this lighthouse from both the water and up-close. Whether climbing around its craggy ledges or looking down upon this desolate rock from the top of the lighthouse, the …
Still Tending the Lights
U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse technicians are not considered lighthouse keepers, though they keep a good light. They do not reside at a lighthouse yet they retrace the keeper’s every step. It is said …