Sarah Laurence

March is capricious in Maine. After an abnormally warm winter, six inches of snow fell on the second day of spring. On Monday I put on sk...

This month my daughter started college in Vermont. The so called "Febs" at Middlebury take a gap term after high school. It...

I hope you're enjoying the grand finale of 2014. It has been a year of strange weather: a cool summer, a summery October and a whit...

Gemma has written a song, "Flooded to Black," which was recorded for a documentary on tar sands oil:

You might remember the photo from my Oxford Sabbatical Highlights post. I never thought this whimsical image would end up on the cover o...

Sick of snow and ice? Play wave tag at One Mile Beach. No crowds in February, Silver sealines are yours alone. Without snowdrifts, Only t...

A book club at a pub? Only in North London! I was in Kentish Town last month doing research for my novel, NOT CRICKET (A MATCH FOR EVE). ...

This farmers’ market sunflower is my first photo with my new Nikon D80 SLR camera. The rest of the shots were taken with my small point-and...

Don’t you just love gargoyles? Actually this Merton one must be a “grotesque” as it doesn’t spit water. These little monsters crawl over ...

“Oh-my-God-oh-my-God, it’s Professor Kitch!” shrieked a Bowdoin blond. When Aaron Kitch isn’t teaching Renaissance literature at Bowdoin Co...