Selected stories and photo essays from This New England, edited by Robert Whitcomb, a feature of the Providence Journal on-line edition.
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All stories and photographs by Charles Pinning, unless otherwise noted.
President and Mrs. Kennedy watch the America's Cup Race, 1962. (Wikipedia Photo)
WHEN WE WANTED GRETEL TO WIN. The inspiring story of how Newport embraced the first Australian challenger to the America's Cup.
Milkweed seeds spewing forth from pod.
Under Milkweed: Responsibility for Small Things, explains why it's important to protect "weeds."
Under Milkweed. Responsibility for Small[...]
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Galatea Returns Home
The warm summer waters of Buzzard's Bay, in Westport, Massachusetts.
Horse Country
Naked branches have their charms.
Past Hearts
THE VALENTINES OF FORT ADAMS. An ammo box stuffed with the teen valentines shows up decades later at a flea market.
To Higher Ground
Going to worm school, where we secretly made absinthe from wormwood. The benefit of an education.
Lost Limb
Satin Playboy Bunny ears. Demented grins. Bloody Kotex. A boy is scarred for life on Easter Sunday.
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The Boy In The Wall
Medusa, let me not see you as I hurry through the buttercups and fog.
Thicket
The wild creatures need so very little, and we?
Bloody Tea
Hibiscus tea on a chilly day in May.
Fragrant flowers, warm sunshine, all is not lost.
Glasses On The Ground
I looked down at the earth, and she looked up at me.
Walking With The Dead
Something scary and strange happens one Halloween night, and the father forbids the family to ever speak of it.
Into the Sunset
Dangling legs and wishful thinking....Trespassing again.
The Little Executioner
Rare semen produces unusual results in Newport's Swiss Village.
Fanny
Life's a beach after all.
Bright Buoys
Down where the buoys are.
First Aid Station, Horseneck Beach
It was the end of the day, and everyone had left the beach, except us.
Balloons and Briar
You see balloons and you think, "Oh, happy! Birthday party!" Then we got closer and saw it was just the opposite.
A Bike Hanging
It was only a bike, minding its own business!
The Hair, the Doorknobs, the Salubriousness of it all! Alas, in publication I mistakenly identified this as The Elephant Rock Beach Club. Close, but no cigar. A thousand apologies!
Quelle Cheveux!
From my persepective, it was a gorgeous day!
Gourds Honking
A busy bunch by the side of the road, no one on my tail, so we pulled off.
It's the picture of humble honesty. Always beautiful. Filled inside with useful things, well-used and well-loved.
Spirits
It's all becoming an eBlob!
Randy Picnic Table
Nothing is immune to the call of spring!
Oh, Deer
Make a left on Hudson. It's a blue house with a deer head mounted on a....
Walking Old 195
A piece of history is overtaken by history.
The difficult decisions of a summer day.
Ice Cream Agonies
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