summerWishing For Post-Pandemic Normalcy — Everywhere But HereThis place had been my oasis during the early pandemic, writes Traer Scott. That ended when the crowds returned.CognoscentiSep 17, 2021I Went To Camp For The First Time This Summer At 40. Here's What I LearnedCamp didn’t beg me to be a different person, it just asked me to try to get out of my own way, writes Kendra Stanton Lee.CognoscentiAug 4, 2021Summer Tourism 'Not As Catastrophic' As Expected On Cape CodVisitors booked much longer stays than usual, and vehicle traffic to the region increased as the summer progressed, according to the Cape Cod Reopening Task Force. Local CoverageOct 1, 2020These Books Are Making Waves On 2019 Summer Reading ListsThrillers to memoirs. Great escapes to illumination. We’ve got your hot summer reading list all cued up. The best beach reads of 2019.ResumeOn Point47:09Jul 15, 2019Dreaming Of Summer At Winter's EndDuring the summer I forget the everyday effort to make a living, writes H.L.M. Lee, in this ode to Cape Cod.CognoscentiMar 5, 2019AdvertisementThe Waning Days Of Summer — And ChildhoodSunburnt shoulders, pinked cheeks, they were growing up, despite our best attempts to freeze time, writes Wendy Francis, about her son and his lifelong friends.CognoscentiSep 14, 2018For The Love Of Beach DaysBeach days are more than salty air and ice cream, writes Laura Shea Souza, they're about making memories.CognoscentiAug 24, 2018Howling At The Moon: Why I'm Taking My Children To See The Solar EclipseWhen the solar eclipse touches Wyoming this summer, H. L. M. Lee is determined to haul his family across the country to be among the millions who will see itCognoscentiAug 17, 2017Fully Accessible Summer Fun, At The Water ParkInspired by his daughter, Gordon Hartman just opened the world's first fully-accessible water park for people with disabilities.ResumeOn Point07:49Jul 11, 2017Vanishing Summer Jobs For TeensThat rite of passage, the teen summer job, is disappearing. We’ll ask why and probe the costs beyond the missing paycheck.ResumeOn Point46:34Jul 3, 2017Summer Slide? There's No Such ThingWhat if the children who allegedly experience summer learning loss never really learned at all? asks Kerry McDonald.CognoscentiJun 28, 2017Preventing Lyme (And A New Disease) As Ticks SpreadThe worst tick season ever is here, and experts warn that there’s a disease deadlier than Lyme lurking in the woods. What you need to know.ResumeOn Point47:24Jun 13, 2017The Kids Who Clown: Circus Smirkus Summer TourEvery summer, a traveling youth circus performs nearly 70 shows in small towns across New England. We talked to two young performers from the Boston area. ResumeRadio Boston03:39Aug 9, 2016The Sounds Of Summer: Worrying About Noise In The Sultry SeasonIf there’s anything that pits neighbor against neighbor, human against human, it’s errant noise. CognoscentiJul 21, 2016Where Did All The Chaos Go? A Yearning For Summers The Way They Used To BeHolly Robinson on a surprising nostalgia for the days when summer meant having no time to herself, but seemingly limitless time for her kids. CognoscentiJun 29, 2016Head West For These Summer StagesFor those in pursuit of groundbreaking theater—both classic and contemporary—the Berkshires have plenty to offer this summer. Local CoverageJun 2, 2015The Must-See Theater In Boston (And Beyond) This SummerThis summer, Boston—and its coastal environs—will see a season of bold theatrical events, ranging from Shakespearean tragedy to world-premieres.Local CoverageJun 1, 2015Loving Them, And Letting Them GrowWe owe it to our children to let them experience life without us. Only then can they become the people we truly want them to be. CognoscentiSep 18, 2014This Was Our Life: 50 Glorious Vineyard SummersYear after year, decade after decade, this was how it went. Until this summer, when everything changed. CognoscentiAug 8, 2014The Tomato Mishigas: A Mother, A Daughter And Carloads Of Tomato PlantsI can still see the curving vines crammed into my car — wagging and listing and wilting as I drove thousands of miles, worried they would die in the heat,...CognoscentiAug 7, 2014Next Page
Wishing For Post-Pandemic Normalcy — Everywhere But HereThis place had been my oasis during the early pandemic, writes Traer Scott. That ended when the crowds returned.CognoscentiSep 17, 2021
I Went To Camp For The First Time This Summer At 40. Here's What I LearnedCamp didn’t beg me to be a different person, it just asked me to try to get out of my own way, writes Kendra Stanton Lee.CognoscentiAug 4, 2021
Summer Tourism 'Not As Catastrophic' As Expected On Cape CodVisitors booked much longer stays than usual, and vehicle traffic to the region increased as the summer progressed, according to the Cape Cod Reopening Task Force. Local CoverageOct 1, 2020
These Books Are Making Waves On 2019 Summer Reading ListsThrillers to memoirs. Great escapes to illumination. We’ve got your hot summer reading list all cued up. The best beach reads of 2019.ResumeOn Point47:09Jul 15, 2019
Dreaming Of Summer At Winter's EndDuring the summer I forget the everyday effort to make a living, writes H.L.M. Lee, in this ode to Cape Cod.CognoscentiMar 5, 2019
The Waning Days Of Summer — And ChildhoodSunburnt shoulders, pinked cheeks, they were growing up, despite our best attempts to freeze time, writes Wendy Francis, about her son and his lifelong friends.CognoscentiSep 14, 2018
For The Love Of Beach DaysBeach days are more than salty air and ice cream, writes Laura Shea Souza, they're about making memories.CognoscentiAug 24, 2018
Howling At The Moon: Why I'm Taking My Children To See The Solar EclipseWhen the solar eclipse touches Wyoming this summer, H. L. M. Lee is determined to haul his family across the country to be among the millions who will see itCognoscentiAug 17, 2017
Fully Accessible Summer Fun, At The Water ParkInspired by his daughter, Gordon Hartman just opened the world's first fully-accessible water park for people with disabilities.ResumeOn Point07:49Jul 11, 2017
Vanishing Summer Jobs For TeensThat rite of passage, the teen summer job, is disappearing. We’ll ask why and probe the costs beyond the missing paycheck.ResumeOn Point46:34Jul 3, 2017
Summer Slide? There's No Such ThingWhat if the children who allegedly experience summer learning loss never really learned at all? asks Kerry McDonald.CognoscentiJun 28, 2017
Preventing Lyme (And A New Disease) As Ticks SpreadThe worst tick season ever is here, and experts warn that there’s a disease deadlier than Lyme lurking in the woods. What you need to know.ResumeOn Point47:24Jun 13, 2017
The Kids Who Clown: Circus Smirkus Summer TourEvery summer, a traveling youth circus performs nearly 70 shows in small towns across New England. We talked to two young performers from the Boston area. ResumeRadio Boston03:39Aug 9, 2016
The Sounds Of Summer: Worrying About Noise In The Sultry SeasonIf there’s anything that pits neighbor against neighbor, human against human, it’s errant noise. CognoscentiJul 21, 2016
Where Did All The Chaos Go? A Yearning For Summers The Way They Used To BeHolly Robinson on a surprising nostalgia for the days when summer meant having no time to herself, but seemingly limitless time for her kids. CognoscentiJun 29, 2016
Head West For These Summer StagesFor those in pursuit of groundbreaking theater—both classic and contemporary—the Berkshires have plenty to offer this summer. Local CoverageJun 2, 2015
The Must-See Theater In Boston (And Beyond) This SummerThis summer, Boston—and its coastal environs—will see a season of bold theatrical events, ranging from Shakespearean tragedy to world-premieres.Local CoverageJun 1, 2015
Loving Them, And Letting Them GrowWe owe it to our children to let them experience life without us. Only then can they become the people we truly want them to be. CognoscentiSep 18, 2014
This Was Our Life: 50 Glorious Vineyard SummersYear after year, decade after decade, this was how it went. Until this summer, when everything changed. CognoscentiAug 8, 2014
The Tomato Mishigas: A Mother, A Daughter And Carloads Of Tomato PlantsI can still see the curving vines crammed into my car — wagging and listing and wilting as I drove thousands of miles, worried they would die in the heat,...CognoscentiAug 7, 2014