Seagulls: Interesting and Fun Facts

Seagull fun facts Seagulls may not be the “nicest” of birds, but I think they are often under appreciated. They have such interesting individual personalities, and I love observing their behavior. Have you noticed that you can walk really close to a seagull on the beach, and as long as you don’t look at it,

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First Day of Spring and Other Celebrations

What a week! Not only do we have the first day of Spring, there’s a long list of other great reasons to celebrate! First Day of Spring on March 19 No sooner have we returned to amber-colored beer and natural-colored rivers after St. Patrick’s Day than it’s time to celebrate another green event: the arrival

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Slow Living in Annisquam: A Winter on Goose Cove

Slow Living in Annisquam Part 1: October – December In the 6 years that we have lived this slow living “Slomad” lifestyle (= slow nomad), we have stayed in some pretty cool places. One of those was Annisquam, where we spent one of our first winters on Cape Ann. To be honest, I wasn’t crazy

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Fall Afternoons at Wingaersheek Beach

Wingaersheek is a beautiful little beach at the end of a long, winding country road in Gloucester, Massachusetts. We actually don’t go over there a whole lot, it feels like such a long drive, but whenever we do, we love it! And it’s a pretty drive – the road goes past small farms, cute New

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Piping Plovers at Good Harbor Beach

The Piping Plovers are back! I look forward to their arrival every spring, and it might be the same adult birds I see year after year. According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, many Piping Plovers return to the same sites to breed, and individuals that return with the same mate often nest within 128

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Morning Meditation

Morning meditation by the ocean. Do you meditate? I tried it so many times and so many ways I lost count – standing up, lying down, sitting, walking, eyes closed, eyes open, guided, self-directed, morning meditation, evening meditations – you name it. But for one reason or another, none of the methods worked for me

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The Soothing Power of Water

Water… life, movement, freedom. It has always intrigued and inspired me. The constant flow, the changing shapes and patterns, the fleeting quality of everything you see. Water has so many personalities and is never the same. That perfect wave you saw yesterday is long gone and is never coming back. That circle of reflected light

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