Tag Archives: Block Island

Today, the Sheila Variations turns 22. wtf.

The above pic of me – taken by Michael – graced the top of my original blog, when I set it up 22 years ago today. I never should have put my picture up on my site – it led … Continue reading

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#TBT Sisters on an island

This picture was not posed. And I just happened to be there. This isn’t a cell phone picture. It was a “real” camera, so I’m just glad I got it. My sister Jean taught school out on Block Island for … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Graveyard by the sea

One of the places I spent a lot of time during my month out on Block Island was the sloping graveyard overlooking the sea. It was such a beautiful peaceful spot, and the gravestones are old, like historically old. The … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Snowy rowboat

Another one of the photos I took during my time out on Block Island. It was FREEZING. So cold that the ocean around the harbor actually froze – something I have never seen in all my years as a Coast-living … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Frozen sunset

This is a glamorous sunset over Sachem Pond, out on Block Island. It was January and the pond was frozen solid, an expanse of white. The weather out there is crazy vivid. In your face.

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Photo of the Day: Lighthouse

I can’t take any credit for this. Okay, I can take credit for the framing. This was during my time on Block Island. It was a freezing cold winter sunset. I was driving around, soaking up all the different sights. … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Black clouds, sun shining

In January of 2010 I lived out on Block Island. I was out there for a month. I had been let go of my long-time job at the end of 2009 (economic crash), and had been there for 11 years … Continue reading

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Corn Neck Road, Block Island

Taken January, 2010

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Standing Watch

Standing next to The Southeast Lighthouse, Block Island, freezing wintry sunset, looking out to sea. It began to snow in earnest about 10 minutes after I took this picture.

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Frozen Pond

This photo is from last year, close to this time, when I was out on Block Island. I had arrived on the Island in the teeth of a bitter snowstorm (snow accumulating is rare out there), and was housebound for … Continue reading

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