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A worldwide effort is underway to chart the bottom of the seas, from coral reefs to miles-deep trenches, by 2030 no less. That is proving no easy matter, as Laura Trethewey recounts in “The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans.”

Set sail with legendary mariners: explore the best books that celebrate the pioneers, explorers, and visionaries of the sailing world.

Unexpectedly, I found a copy of Billy Collin’s book, “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems,” in the Goodwill store near Lowe’s north of town. For a mere

On June 27, 1898, experienced seaman Joshua Slocum stepped ashore at Newport, Rhode Island, and nautical history was made. He was the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, and

Captain Joshua Slocum sailed solo around the world on a ship rebuilt in Fairhaven. Sadly, he never returned from his final voyage in 1909.

Featherstone Center for the Arts welcomes back former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins for a night of poetry, as well as a poetry writing workshop. Collins first came to Featherstone in 2007 and has returned on a biennial basis since. However, that tradition was put on hold since 2019 due to COVID. Now, according to […]

30 years ago, Captain Bill Pinkney finished his solo around the world voyage via the Great Capes and entered the record books. He recalls his groundbreaking circumnavigation

The sky was wild this morning, Monday, when I looked out of our east-facing bedroom windows. Bright red with yellow streaks that turned a psychedelic chartreuse, then a neon green. By the time I sat downstairs with my coffee, it had resolved itself into the dull ochre-gray that has persisted through the morning as I […]

My recommendation is "Forged In Crisis" by Nancy Koehn. Koehn, a historian at Harvard Business School, profiles five famous leaders: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. Each of these individuals faced a profound and personal crisis. Koehn profiles how they navigated those crises and how their experience in crisis fueled their resolve; she does a great job articulating the specific—and often subtle—lessons each learned. Its a wond...