by Amy DuFault | Pond Stories
I love the Coonamessett Pond in Falmouth. As a longtime Coonamessett Farm member, I’ve watched many a sunrise, sunset, and that almost unearthly full sun that lights it up like a spectacle midday. I’ve canoed with my kids on it, daydreamed staring at it,...
by Amy DuFault | Pond Stories
Have you ever seen a picture of what our ponds look like from space? NASA has some great shots you can check out here. Think about Cape Cod like a big slab of Swiss Cheese with nearly 1,000 freshwater ponds breaking up solid pieces of land. The Cape’s ancient ponds...
by Amy DuFault | Pond Stories
I asked my neighbors nicely for years about clearing trees and dumping their yard refuse at the edges of the pond. As usual, the refusal to admit they were doing anything wrong with their super green grass became status quo. It was “organic.” But then the...
by Amy DuFault | Pond Stories
I was recently co-hosting a natural dyeing workshop in Ventura, California with the company I work for. California is no stranger to me being married to a man born and raised in LA and many trips all over California throughout our marriage. What I guess has changed is...
by Amy DuFault | Pond Stories
I’m not sure if this story I’m about to tell you is one of my more negative or positive learning experiences. It involves the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, a rainy night on Commercial Street in Provincetown and everything you miss when you...
