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 …
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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 …
Sundown at Marshall Point Light
Random thoughts during a visit to Marshall Point Light near sundown... The ebb tide tugged hard on time – pulling hand over hand not only brine, but what remained of daylight into a dark swathe of …
Giving Back to the Lights
The preservation watch over our lighthouses has no end. This fact inspired me to write the following… We don’t know where our lighthouse trails lead in the time ahead, but we do know we won’t be …
Rockland Breakwater Intrigue
The following was inspired by the circular shape - or "turn" of the granite and a lighthouse steadfast... The turn of time, for certainly there was a time. A grand time. Today tells me so. My eyes …
Pondering the Mystique of Nubble Light
A wondrous aspect of Nubble Light is that the sentinel stands just beyond the bounds of the admirer’s enfoldment. On the edge of it all, a vivacious strip of brine serves as a moat to cordon off any …