Blog Posts

A man walks up a steep trail carrying a child in a backpack. In the foreground, a gnarled pine tree has a blue paint mark on it

Blue blazes

By Kate Blackwood / June 29, 2024

The descent from Acadia Mountain and the joy of engaging fully with the task at hand when there’s no other option.

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Smoots, Naticks, and glass bananas

By Kate Blackwood / May 2, 2024

Enjoy this quiz of Boston area oddities!

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Five things I know about the Boston Marathon and one I don’t

By Kate Blackwood / March 30, 2024

As Patriots’ Day approaches, I’ve been reading up on the history and lore of this storied race.

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Using the moon as a platform

By Kate Blackwood / February 29, 2024

NASA landed on the moon this month for the first time in 51 years, carrying a radio telescope experiment I’ve grown rather attached to.

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