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birdwatching in south county rhode island

Birdwatching in South County, Rhode Island

Charlestown is uniquely positioned to offer a good day of bird watching in South County, Rhode Island. The grass meadows and woods and the shoreline provide abundant and safe nesting places for varieties of species. Ornithologists and amateur bird watchers (a.k.a. citizen scientists) from all over New England travel here to catch seeing birds and/or

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T.S. Eliot for VDay

In short, I was afraid: Ode to J. Alfred Prufrock

T.S. Eliot for VDay I’m not exactly sure why without fail Elvis Costello’s “My Comic Valentine” pops into my head every February.  Humming Richard Rodgers’ lyrics, believing in Costello’s rendition (though Chet Baker and Stan Getz works too) makes me  happy, even as the years slip into decades.  I hope that you too, dear Reader, 

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Charlestown Residents Socially Distance for the Sake of Our Salt Ponds

On August 28, a dozen of Charlestown residents gathered at BoP to brave the elements, namely those of mosquitoes and a mask wearing world, to discuss the condition of our salt ponds. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties and other end user mishaps, we missed the Salt Pond Coalition’s Zoom discussion, headed by Alicia Eichinger, its

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