by Amy DuFault | Oct 18, 2021 | Pond Stories
Kudos to the women in the video below! These ladies are led by Susan Baur, aka “the turtle lady.” Her love of swimming in the Cape’s ponds has inspired her to be an advocate for our ponds. To that end, she has written and illustrated several books,...
by APCC | Oct 10, 2021 | Pond Stories
Here is a poem and illustration from Susan Baur’s book – “How Swimmers Dream” that she offered to us. The poem is her sister Jean’s and the collage is by Susan. We’ve written about Susan before and her connection to the Cape’s freshwater ponds (which we...
by APCC | Jun 1, 2021 | Pond Stories
This video, by Monte Ladner who graciously volunteered his talent and time to APCC, tells the story of Susan Baur and her connection to the Cape’s freshwater ponds. Monte has two more videos in the works. We can’t wait! Dr. Susan Baur is an 81 year old clinical...
by APCC | Feb 8, 2021 | Pond Stories
One summer I was invited to spend several days on Naushon Island, the almost mythical vacation home of the Forbes family, established in 1842 and located across the water from Woods Hole. I was on the lookout for turtles. Specifically, I wanted to know if the painted...
by APCC | Feb 3, 2021 | Pond Stories
When I first started swimming in ponds, I was afraid of snapping turtle, and sure enough, on the shore of every pond on Cape Cod I encountered a teen-age boy whose job it was to scare me about the snapping turtles living in that particular pond. “There’s a sunken car...
