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Quiet Corner Whispers: Preventing plastic pollution is focus of World Oceans Day
This is the time of year when I begin to think about putting a toe or two into an ocean somewhere.This Friday is World Oceans Day, observed by member countries of the United Nations. It was the government of Canada that proposed the concept back in 2008. The action focus for the 2018 World Oceans Day? “Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean.” Experts have… → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Have supper with a Revolutionary War soldier
When I stopped by the Huntington Homestead in Scotland last week, the green lawn was dotted with golden dandelions and tiny field violets. It was a lovely → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Snowdrops signal approaching spring
Snowdrops bloom in the perennial garden outside my living room window. Friends drop by bearing bright yellow mini-daffodils from the local grocery store, → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Revolutionary War hero is turning 300
The 300th birthday of Quiet Corner hero Israel Putnam (1718-1790) will be celebrated this year.Putnam, who was born Jan. 7, 1718, in what today is Danvers, → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Plainfield Historical Society welcomes gift
Is it bigger than a breadbox?President Ruth Bergeron of the Plainfield Historical Society often considers that question when folks offer their historic → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Lebanon, or Poquechaneed, has deep farming roots
At this time of year, I always enjoy a visit to Poquechaneed. Once a hunting area of the Mohegan Tribe, it is now known as the town of Lebanon.The → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Last Green Valley’s funding is under threat next year
Born as the Quinebaug-Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor in 1994, its official name was changed some years ago to The Last Green Valley → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Staplers have kingly origin in 18th century
Two small stainless steel staples were removed from my scalp last week. They were the result of a fall in which my head collided with my piano. I assumed → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Common house fly, mankind seemingly evolved together
When warm weather arrived last week, so did the house fly. It joined me for breakfast, and together we watched the birds at my window feeder. Then the → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Celebrate Earth Day with trip through region
Saturday is Earth Day. Established in 1970, the day reminds us we must continue to work to ensure a healthy, sustainable environment and, of course, have → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: There have been many historic walls built
If President Trump’s wall along the border of Mexico and the U.S. is built, it will join the ranks of other historic walls. Throughout history, people have created walls to keep someone or something in, or to prevent someone or something from coming in.Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke commented recently that building the president’s wall will be a major challenge because Zinke must deal with… → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Liberty Choruses in region entertained during World War I
Thursday is the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entrance into World War I. There were an estimated 8,500,000 casualties in that war. The U. → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: 'Piece of the World' focus of this year's reading project
Curling up with a good book has always been a favorite activity of mine, and this spring I can read a book dozens of other folks are also reading by participating in the seventh Quiet Corner Reads, a collaborative project involving 20 local libraries.The 2017 book is “A Piece of the World” by Christina Baker Kline. In her novel, Kline imagines the real life of Christina Olson, whom Andrew Wyeth,… → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Setting clocks ahead for daylight savings unlike Doomsday Clock
Earlier this month when setting my old-fashioned clocks ahead for daylight savings time in the Quiet Corner, I also checked on that famous/infamous Doomsday Clock.In 1947, researchers who had participated in the World War II production of the first nuclear weapons established the clock to provide symbolic warnings about how close the world stands to “midnight,” or nuclear or existential… → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Drought causing many of state's trees distress
In late February, my favorite tree, a sugar maple, was felled before it decided to shed another limb and take out my power. The tree had been planted in → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Quiet Corner residents once were stationed at fort on Plum Island
Recently, I received an invitation with a Piping Plover wearing blue swimming trunks. The small shore bird that feeds along sand and gravel beaches, featured on a fundraising handout, urged me to “take the Plum Island Polar Plunge for Piping Plovers.”The plunge, sponsored by the nonprofit Connecticut Fund for the Environment, will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Old Saybrook Town… → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Older adults can learn about impeachment and more
The impeachment of a U.S. president, a Marine platoon’s war horse during the Korean conflict and hot topics in senior health will be among the more → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Sunny winter day offers chance to explore
Remember that delightful, sunny Monday earlier this month? It was Feb. 6, a day or two before all those snow, ice, rain and wind storms began proving we → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Presidents' messages haven't always come via Twitter
President Trump’s favorite method of public communication is proving to be the social networking service Twitter. Established a decade ago, it is → Read More
Quiet Corner Whispers: Don't forget our veterans this Valentine's Day
Next Tuesday is Valentine’s Day and there is more than one strange tale out there about the day’s origin.Encyclopedia Britannica reports → Read More