How to Be a Man (if You’re a Woman): Second in a Series »
Our second installment from “What We Talk About,” a book of memories and anecdotes from women over 60 by Coastal Connecticut’s Sherri Daley and her... more
Up and Down the Music Scale and the Coastline »
Music on the shoreline is as diverse as the shoreline. As always, it starts in New Haven. These days the best part of The Scene in New haven focuses around... more
Mrs. Caldwell Goes to Washington »
Hillary Clinton came to Madison recently. Which is as close as I personally will ever get to the woman, being that the sum total of my professional... more
Against the Tide: Heather-Jo Purcell »
I had entered the New York City pageant in 1953 without telling my folks. If I didn’t win, well, I tried. But if I did, they would be thrilled. I borrowed... more
Rumors of the Bookstore’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated »
There must be something in the water. Something about sand and sunshine that inspire us to throw magazines and paperback books in our canvas bags when we head... more
Look Good Wet »
Living on the shoreline doesn’t mean dressing for every season. It means having enough clothes for all the variables during every season. And so it goes for... more
Robert Stone’s Victory Lap »
When the subject of “best living American novelist” comes up, Robert Stone is on the short list. As long as Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, and... more
Chet Reneson In Living Watercolor »
Chet Reneson’s leathery face is etched by the outdoor life. It has seen its share of blinding sun glare reflected off the crystal waters of Bahamian bonefish... more
The Dunk Rock Roadie »
It was a midsummer early evening last July when about a dozen cyclists gathered alongside the Guilford Green, the designated meeting place for the weekly... more
How To Buy Transplants »
While purchasing vegetable transplants from the nursery or garden shop is much easier than growing them, buying blindly could mean a poor harvest, or even... more
The Winter Garden »
Talk about laying on a guilt trip on home gardeners. The fall Brussels sprouts are barely harvested when the new mail-order seed catalogs start arriving,... more
Winter & Spring’s Staple »
As Webster’s defines it, “comfort food” is food “that is satisfying because it is prepared in a simple or traditional way and reminds you of home,... more
Rethinking the Raid on Essex »
The raid was no small affair. The damage inflicted by the British amounted to the costliest maritime loss of the entire War of 1812. Now, historian Jerry... more
Guilford: 375 and Counting »
On September 29, 375 years ago, a group of newly arrived Puritans, led by the Rev. Henry Whitfield, sat down in a barn near the Quinnipiac River with the local... more
The Sound in Winter »
Edward Hopper never lived on the Connecticut shoreline. But he had the place right. From his venues in Cape Cod and the North Shore of Massachusetts he... more
Sea Food Hear Music »
Fried clams and Tuxedo Junction. Grilled swordfish and the Shiny Lapel Trio. Shrimp scampi and the Cartells. Those are just some of the seafood and music... more
Chimney Sweeps »
Nothing like a nice fire to warm the chill as cold weather descends. And the Connecticut shoreline has no shortage of fireplaces with chimneys in various... more
Fifty Shads of Grey »
At the very moment you are reading this article, hundreds of thousands of American shad are gathering in the salt water at the mouth of the Connecticut River... more
Richard Thompson’s Valiant Struggle to Remain Obscure »
Rock music is littered with the almost famous—not so much a “who’s who?” as a “who’s that?” of familiar-sounding names with largely undiscovered... more
