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Coming in the fall of 2027, my book about two young Cotuit whaling captains, who married each other’s sister, then sailed separately 20,000 miles to the coast of Russia where one was wrecked and survived a winter in Siberia at a Russian prison camp before…

I first met Om Prakesh Malik in 1995 in New York City when I started Forbes.com in a borrowed office at the magazine’s headquarters on lower Fifth Avenue.

from the June, 2026 newsletter of the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit Cotuit was the epicenter of American psychiatry in late 19th and early 20th centuries when it was the summer home of several eminent psychiatrists and psychologists; pioneers w…

Chris Cunningham, an editor at WoodenBoat Magazine, asked me to submit some photos of my Cotuit Skiff, the Snafu II, for the magazine’s “Launchings/Re-Launchings” section.

Every afternoon the dog appears beside my desk and starts nudging my thigh with his snout.

Yesterday a friend with good taste in boats asked me if my Tashmoo 18 skiff was for sale.

The artist Bethany Collins was the subject of a recent (2026.03.04) story in the New York Times about her four-month transcription of Moby Dick with a nib pen on onionskin paper.

Beginning this spring, most operators of a motor boat in Massachusetts must pass a boating safety class and have in their possession a certificate/license.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Sunday New York Times (2026.02.08) published proof that A.I. has finally found its true calling: Ms.

I wanted to put a plug in for Cindy Nickerson’s “Curator’s Corner” in the monthly newsletter of the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit.