Category: The News of the Day

  • Visitors from the Big City

    Photographs copyright of Joe Lippincott 2009. Passers by sometimes stop a while. We have had the chance in the last 10 days or so to meet a few people who have come to the lighthouse on a mission. Joe Lippincott is a Professor of Journalism at Boston University and he was here on Sunday June…

  • Colors (again)

    Only a prism has as many colors as we are finding here. I wrote on this before but had to return to it because of the photograph that accompanies this post. On Sunday night, at around 6:30, the sun came out below the clouds (thanks to my art teacher friend Michelle for that phrase) and…

  • Doings

    A great number of events to report on this week. There are foxes in the neighborhood and Julie and I spent an hour watching them play in the yard across the way.  It was like an episode of Wild Kingdom.  Running and tackling each other, on each others backs and down into holes.  I am…

  • Limos

    There are a lot of limos. Ruth Downton had told Julie and I that there would be a large number of wedding parties here and we had believed her as once upon a time Julie was a wedding photographer who took her couples up on the rocks or down on the beach for photographs. Ruth…

  • Ticket Stubs

    I am a big sports fan and this week has been a treat. The Celtics just finished a tremendous first round series with a ten point win last night. Every aspect of the series had a spectacular nature. Ben Gordon made shot after shot. Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and Brian Scalabrine of all people, were…

  • Cleaning up

    Gardens and grime this week here on the Point. Planting has begun on a small perenial garden that will wrap around two sides of the utility wing. Hosta, Seedum, Daisies, Hydrangea, and some mystery plants were put in place on Friday and Saturday past. A vegetable garden will be in place by this upcoming weekend…