The first light of morning slants across the trees
From the steamy shower window
After days of unending rain
A line of sparrows sits on a fallen rod …

In February of 1971 I was released from high school on a work study program and began printing at Gordon College Press in Wenham as a general apprentice. It was exciting for me to have real work, and I quickly learned …

I happily admit to being a hard-wired traveler, I blame it on my early years growing up in Southeast Asia, where my father served as an international liaison for US interests. His pursuit of adventure was contagious. ...

Long before I arrived, I held in mind a captivating image of Gloucester, instilled by poet Ed Dorn’s “From Gloucester Out.” Contact replaces conjecture and so it was for me. When I first drove north from Allston, in the winter of 1986, I walked the grounds of an old estate on which sat two houses ...

"The term athenaeum conjures up centuries past, but our founders were forward-thinking leaders of their time who gathered a community of curious thinkers to share ideas, culture, and literature. Well over two hundred years later, our mission hasn’t changed, it’s expanded."

A wonderful attribute of our professional retirement is having time to travel to far-flung parts of the world. Last fall we embarked on a tour of the Stellenbosch region of Southern Africa, sponsored by noted landscape designer Karen Chapman, …