Category Archives: New Hampshire

Star Island – My Favorite Place

Star Island – My Favorite Place

How exciting to see a post and link to a story about my favorite place in the world.  Star Island, is part of a cluster of islands known as the Isle of Shoals. It is just off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine, it is a place of such simple beauty and peace. A Facebook post alerted  me to an article see the link here.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2012/06/16/new-hampshire-isles-shoals-spend-night-oceanic-hotel/at0xDwQTNeDV18GcqldJWK/story.html

Brigadoon like mist over Star Island as viewed from New Hampshire shore

I plan to look for 2 days we can escape to Star Island for a personal retreat. My luggage  will have binoculars and spotting scope, bird books, fishing gear, musical instruments, sketch pad, journal for writing, photography gear, a kite, swim suit and – oh I’ll need more days!!! I’m ready to go right now!

Star Island Slide Show  far better than my photo!!
http://starisland.org/media/slideshow/
                              

Here is their Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/StarIslandCorp

Contact Star Island

http://starisland.org/

Phone: (603) 430-6272
Fax: (603) 430-6270
Island Phone: (603) 601-0832
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Star Island Corporation
Morton-Benedict House
30 Middle Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Get directions to the office
Content © 1999–2012 Star Island Corporation. Clouds photo © Axel Rouvin.
Other photos © their respective owners.

Journey of a Thousand Goodbyes

Journey of a Thousand Goodbyes

          My father passed away last week. He was a captive of Dementia or Alzheimer’s for several years and in passing over that journey has ended and another begun. Herman F. Marshall was born July 19, 1929 in Manchester, New Hampshire. His story is our family memory now and I’m reading the things he wrote… Continue Reading