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We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.Dwight L. Moody Lighthouse Obsessed Maine is known for its' varying and stunning lighthouses. When the pandemic hit and I ended up staying [...]
“Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other.” – Virginia Woolf Happy National Lighthouse Day! Hello friends! Happy Saturday AND Happy National Lighthouse Day! Y'all know my love for lighthouses. In fact I just recently shared about my second Maine Lighthouse tour I did in May and [...]
“Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue.” – Thomas S Monson Chasing Maine Lighthouses Part Two Last Fall, I did an impromptu lighthouse tour on my way up to Mount Desert island. (MDI) [...]
"Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other." ~ Virginia Woolf Setting the Record Straight, I am a New Mainerd I only took one trip in 2020 which depresses my wanderlusting heart to no end. But ya know pandemic life. And this truly WAS a trip. I [...]
"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." ~ Frank Borman Tybee Lighthouse Shockingly it was only ten when we left Surf and Song, but it felt like it was noon time. Our next adventure was taking place at Tybee Island Light Station and Museum at Fort Screven. I have a love affair with [...]
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. George William Curtis Sunday Sunday morning dawned with plans of an early morning sail. Alas it was sold out, so we decided to brave the colder temps and do the later one at sunset which worked out much better. [...]
“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer’s best of weather And autumn’s best of cheer.” ~ Helen Hunt Jackson Happy Hump Day! While some might think summer has ended with Labor Day a couple weeks ago, school in full swing now, Pumpkin products strong at Trader Joes, and of course Starbucks [...]
I should clarify at least for me. My happy place feels like the end of the world. where earth meets heaven and you don't know where the ocean ends and the sky begins. Where there is a fierceness and a power, but also an incredible beauty, as waves break against rocks so old that the Land [...]
"A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine." ~ D.L. Moody I have seen a lot of Light houses in my time. Living near the coast you can't help but become familiar with these oddly shaped structures. Resembling a turret from a castle, I picture a mermaid version of [...]