Pond Stories: Cedar Lake

Pond Stories: Cedar Lake

Cedar Lake By Joyce Bock I have lived on Cedar Lake in North Falmouth for 41 years. Little did I realize in 1980 how much a body of water becomes part of one’s life. Looking out the window every day is a new adventure. There is always something to look at. It might be...
Pond Stories: Musings

Pond Stories: Musings

Musings by Susan Surette      thoughts mercurial as a New England morn thoughts rooted in soil like trees absorbing life thoughts galvanized like an upstream run sun warms, invigorates like supple fingers of a masseuse skies dazzle infinitely blue like an ocean...
Pond Stories: Deep Pond Plunge

Pond Stories: Deep Pond Plunge

Deep Pond is much quieter in wintertime, but fascinating sights and sounds are everywhere. Icy plunges are a perfect way to capture the season’s serenity and calm and observe nature (after studying how to plunge safely). When the earth is this still and quiet, magic...
Pond Stories: The Trash Collectors of Wonderland

Pond Stories: The Trash Collectors of Wonderland

“On the count of three!” Two pairs of legs flipped above the surface of the pond and disappeared.  A long moment later, spluttering and panting, two swimmers emerged with a slimy, decomposing truck tire held between them. As if by magic, a green kayak slid into...
Pond Stories: Crystal Clear

Pond Stories: Crystal Clear

By Wendy Shreve Years ago, when asked to write about Crystal Lake in Orleans, I felt tempted to provide an ecological history of the ups and downs of the lake: fertilizer run-off, acid rain and goose droppings being the main culprits of algae blooms and inedible...