Tag Archives: Block Island

A freezing wintry dusk.

Every morning, out on the Island, I would wake up at around 5 a.m., my typical morning ritual. It was still dark out. Freezing. My kitchen window faced north. There was a deep ravine in between my house and the … Continue reading →

Not to brag, but I kind of can’t believe I took this photo. Actually, no reason to brag: All I did was point and shoot. This is what I actually saw that day.

I miss being out there. Here is the frozen pond up by the North Light. It’s sunset. Snow coats the ice on the pond. The reeds in the foreground, the silhouetted house – I really saw some amazing things at … Continue reading →

It was a sunny cold day. There were way more passengers on the boat during my ferry ride back to the mainland, and certainly more cars, maybe 10, 15 cars, which made the whole “back your car up onto the … Continue reading →

When I took the ferry out to Block Island, Rhode Island was in the middle of a crazy snowstorm. The wind was fierce. I wondered if the ferry would be canceled (they were reporting that the winds would get to … Continue reading →

In Rhode Island, it is an extremely rare occurrence. I personally have never seen it, and I grew up in that state. While I was out on Block Island, one day the temperature plummeted. It was always cold when I … Continue reading →

I wrote about my first exhilarating visit to the North Light, which is at the very northern tip of Block Island. Block Island is shaped almost like a tear drop, a bit of a wonky-shaped tear drop, and at the … Continue reading →

Pretty much everything is closed on Block Island during the winter. In the summer, the place explodes with inns and bars and shops and sandwich places, but in the winter, all of that is scaled back. The grocery store is … Continue reading →

I kept seeing hearts everywhere on the Island. It became kind of a joke.