Lowell’s Boat Shop

By The Bowlegged Blogger Weathered Beauty I attended a Holiday Open House at Lowell's Boat Shop and Museum in Amesbury Ma. yesterday. After decades of passing by this place, I finally took the opportunity to feed my curiosity. Established in 1793, Lowell’s Boat Shop is the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the United States …

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Signs Along the River

“This isn’t a political reflection. It’s a story about recognizing the moment when ego loosens its grip on the shifter and the soul takes the handlebars.” I took a cold weather bike ride along the Merrimack River today, bundled up and feeling good to be back on familiar roads. Amesbury, Newburyport, West Newbury, and Merrimack …

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Legends without oars….

At Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury Massachusetts, history flows as deep as the Merrimack River. The tide rises and falls beneath the dockside embrace. On this crisp morning, three painted dories rest on the weathered dock, their stories etched into their wooden frames. Each its own personality, its own life, was as much alike as …

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