Visiting Walden Pond was a surreal experience. The trip granted me one of those rare opportunities to step into the reality of a place I had only ever imagined. I hold the same reverence for the grounds that most reserve for Holy sites in the East. One can...
In late autumn of 2011, I had the great fortune to be invited on a trip to Concord Massachusetts, arguably the epicenter of contemplative literature in New England. From the moment the trip was planned I felt as though I was making a literary pilgrimage. It was...
The Late Train Home by L.M. Browning Featured Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity: Journal of a New England Poet Image Train Window © Bernt Rostad When I plan a journey, I never mind long travel times or layovers. Most cringe when I tell them I recently...
Departure from Avery Point was written from the deck of the Enviro-Lab vessel as it crossed Long Island Sound. I was accompanying the students from my sophomore Oceanology class to a bird sanctuary named Flat Hammock Island. Over the voyage to the island the...
Occasionally this New England girl ventures outside the Northeast. In 2010, I was invited south to visit a friend. This venture was a lengthy one, including stops in Washington D.C. and Virginia, finally ending with a gathering in the mountains of northeastern...
There is a hidden away spot in Stonington, Connecticut named Barn Island. It is a tidal salt marsh along the shores of Little Narragansett Bay—an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean converging with the estuary of the Pawcatuck River along the southeastern border of...
