For me, having grown up here in New England, apple picking is a ritual as iconic as country fairs, sugar on snow, cutting your own Christmas tree, and fishing opening day of trout season. Not I do any one of these things annually, exactly - though most, most years. But they mean enough to me, [...]
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Past couple of night’s Reach the Beach and Baystate Marathon training runs have been sweet, cool and fast. Gets me thinking… Here’s my list of fall running favorites. Feel free to add yours!
1. The temperature’s perfect (most days)
2. There are a ton of great races, from 5Ks to marathons and ultras
3. You’re probably peaking in [...]
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We used to visit Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton all the time when we lived in Concord (David was little then, and Sofia just a baby!). Now we still try and get up there once or twice a year. It's a great vibe for a fall, day especially because even though it's always busy it [...]
I wish I had taken a picture of David helping stack wood today. Two cords in the rain. Wet, dirty work, and him in a long sleeve T-shirt, soaked and stained in the front from toting wood, a soggy black cap on his head, a big grin on his face as he selected the "just [...]
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