My 2013 Reading List
My goal this year was to finish reading a book every other week. (For the math or calendar challenged, that’s a goal of 26 books.) …
The personal side of Doug Cornelius
My goal this year was to finish reading a book every other week. (For the math or calendar challenged, that’s a goal of 26 books.) …
Christopher Columbus Park by Igor Motov CC NC BY SA
If you have driven along Route 20 in Weston or Sudbury you may have noticed the name of the road is “Boston Post Road”. Most …
When we decided to paddle the entire length of the Charles River, one persistent question was “where does it start?” Our paddling adventure only partially …
How do you like your zombie stories? If your answer is moody, atmospheric, and oozing with metaphors then add Zone One to your reading list. …
On Sunday, I rode in the ninth annual Hub on Wheels, Boston’s biggest bicycling celebration. The big draw for the event is being able to …
Early in the summer, I picked up a new double kayak. My first thought was to put in by the Newton Marriott with The Boy …
The last leg of our Charles River journey was through the basin to the harbor, perhaps even into the harbor. I loaded up the big …
What’s yours is yours (depending on the jurisdiction). Posted on August 20, 2013 by Jessica Hagy in Indexed
The Lakes District of the Charles River is formed by Moody Street Dam in Waltham. It impedes the flow of the Charles, flooding the low …
When I tell someone that The Boy and I are paddling the length of the Charles River, the first response is usually: “Where does it …
When we moved into our new house last year, we wanted to expand our family. It was time to get a dog. I grew up …
See that little blue dot, just above the arrow. That’s you. And me, and the rest of the planet. The Moon can be seen as …
I jumped in the red kayak with The Boy and The Girl to charge downstream with Boating Barry. “Charge” may overstate our efforts. The Girl …
I’ve paddled through the Lakes District of the Charles River many times and approached the Moody Street Dam. I’ve looked over the edge, with the …
Go America! Climb the tallest mountain! But the Brits and Swiss have already made the summit? Yeah, but we beat the Soviets to the top! …
We started our kayaking trek on a glorious Fourth of July day with bright sunshine, high humidity, and average river levels. The starting point was …
The Army Corps of Engineers has done some strange things to our waterways. Rivers can be diverted and pressed into concrete channels, but cannot be …
After the difficult kayaking through Medway, the open expanse of Populatic Pond was a welcome relief. It gave us the opportunity to drift lazily in …
We knew this would be a difficult stretch of the Charles River. The Medway section of Charles River has two man-made dams: the West Medway …