Shadow leaves

A pair of big-league anchors rest in retirement along the shore of the Kennebunk river

A pair of skiffs await missions along the Kennebunk river on a Maine autumn morning


Low tide in the morning on the Kennebunk river in Maine last week.

The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 4, 2016. What have we learned from the Silent Spring? On a global scale, are we heading for a Silent Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter?

We approached the bog and the ducks flew away. I wandered along the bank and waited twenty minutes for something to happen. Just before I turned to leave, this male wood duck flew in for a landing 10 yards away.