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Lighthouse Keepers Corner

The fog was thick and freezing. Ice crystallized on every spruce branch and ocean-sprayed rocky cleft. Akusha Island was wrapped up tight in an icy...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Unexpected meetings - After a week of grey rain the sun danced on the water today. It seemed the...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Goodbyes are hard. I suppose that is evidenced by my need to write one more time after already signing off for the season. One thing COVID taught us...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

The world around us is changing fast now, with each day shorter than the last. We arrived at Five Finger Lighthouse in Spring to fiery skies splashed...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner: Making Five-Finger Lighthouse accessible

Part of our mission is to make the Five-Finger Lighthouse accessible to the public and to share its historical importance. It’s somewhat like l...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

“How can you describe this to someone?,” my friend asks incredulously, “It’s like trying to describe heaven to us on earth.” It’s early morning and...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Today is a cool and blustery grey day at The Light. But I am reminded that big blubbery whales don’t mind the cold at all. One such whale is b...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Today a videographer asked me, "What is it you like about being out here?" Her big camera lens...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Conservation of resources— That is an eloquent way of saying “how do you save water and electricity and propane when supplies are limited?” At The Lig...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

This week was an experiment at Five Finger Lighthouse. The experiment's hypothesis: "There is much...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

"How do you do it?" People frequently ask me, shaking their heads incredulously. They said it when w...

 

Lighthouse Keepers Corner

Humans come and go at Five Finger Lighthouse. Early on in it's life since 1902 the "365" teams would...

 

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