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Reef Shark rolling in the sand (to remove parasites-maybe?) (This photo was entered into the Clearly Cayman Dive Resorts Photo Contest for the month of April. Please vote if you like it!)  We recently returned from a dive trip to Little Cayman , British West Indies. This was our 21 st visit to this small island south of Cuba. Little Cayman is primarily a vacation spot for SCUBA divers. It doesn’t really have long stretches of sandy beaches but what it does have is Bloody Bay Wall. Our trip trip was booked with Reef Divers , we've been diving with them for years, they are the BEST! Bloody Bay Wall in Little Cayman is a world-renowned scuba diving site featuring a dramatic vertical coral wall that plunges from about 20-40 feet down to over 6,000 feet. Located within the Bloody Bay Marine Park, this site offers high visibility, vibrant coral reefs, and frequent sightings of sharks, turtles, and rays.  Containing about one-third of the dive sites in Little Cayman, Bl...

Bruce Springsteen didn’t ease into the moment—he detonated it. Standing center stage at Newark’s Prudential Center on April 20, 2026, in front of 19,000 fans, Springsteen turned what could have been just another stop on a tour into something far more urgent: a call to conscience wrapped in the language of rock and roll. For an artist whose career has been defined by chronicling the American experience—the working class, the restless, the hopeful, the disillusioned—this wasn’t a departure. It was a sharpening. “The America I love,” he said, pausing just long enough for the weight of the words to settle, “the America that I’ve written about for 50 years… is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous administration.” The arena didn’t erupt right away. It absorbed. Then came the roar. Springsteen has always understood something many performers don’t: that a concert crowd isn’t just an audience—it’s a temporary community. And on this night, he leaned i...

  This winter was, without a doubt, the BEST we’ve had in a long time—at least for those of us who love being on skis (sorry to the winter skeptics out there!). Volunteering with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports made the season fly by. I spent most weeks out on the mountain 2–3 days teaching adaptive skiing, and it’s been incredibly rewarding. I first started teaching at Mount Ascutney back in 1987 alongside Laura Farrell, the founder of Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports. Even during the years I stepped away from skiing, I stayed connected by helping with special events. Three years ago, I returned to the slopes—and I haven’t looked back. These days, Pico is my home mountain, where Vermont Adaptive is based. It’s amazing to see how much the program has grown—now offering year-round recreation for EVERY BODY, with programs at Pico/Killington, Bolton, Sugarbush, and now Stratton and Bromley as well. One of the highlights of my winter is every Wednesday from January through March at S...