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Light Hearted ep 255 – Boston Light Keeper Sally Snowman and the end of an era, part 1 of 2
In 2003, the active duty Coast Guard personnel that had been assigned to Boston Light on Little Brewster Island, America’s oldest light station, were…
2 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 254 – Laurie Perkins, Tawas Point, MI; Dan May’s new book “Preserving America’s Lighthouses”
RADM Dan May, USCG (ret.) Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Daniel R. May graduated with a degree in ocean engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy…
2 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 253: Gary Kalan, Stamford Harbor, CT; Judianne Point, Pomham Rocks, RI
Stamford Harbor Lighthouse in May 2023. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
The entrance to Stamford Harbor in Connecticut, on Long Island Sound, is obstr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Light Hearted ep 252 – Alysa Hardin-Lapp and John Havel: Cape Hatteras, NC
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Alisa Hardin-Lapp andi “Light Hearted” host Jeremy D’Entremont. Photo by Jo…
2 years, 6 months ago
Light Hearted ep 251 – Carolyn Wellman, Bodie Island, NC; travels with Guinevere
Bodie Island Light Station, North Carolina. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Bodie Island (pronounced “body”) is a long, narrow peninsula at the northe…
2 years, 6 months ago
Light Hearted ep 250 – Rachel Balderson, Old Cape Henry, VA; “Lighthouse Keeper Wars”
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
There are two lighthouses at Cape Henry in Virginia, marking the south side of th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Light Hearted ep 249 – A family sails to lighthouses in Long Island Sound; a Florida lighthouse historian’s journey in Maine
The Povyshevs family with their 34-foot sailboat Ellls in the background. L to R: Valeriia, Anna, Stanislav, and Darina.
This episode is dedicated …
2 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted ep 248 – Jennifer Anielski, Mariners’ Museum of Newport News, VA; Ghosts of St. Augustine, FL
The first-order Fresnel lens from Cape Charles Lighthouse in the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
The co…
2 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted ep 247 – The Twin Lights of Thacher Island, Massachusetts
The historic twin light station on Thacher Island, off the east side of Cape Ann in Massachusetts. is one of the small number of lighthouse sites in …
2 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted 246 – Cristina Alonzo: O Camiño Dos Faros (The Lighthouse Way) in Spain
O Camiño dos Faros, or The Lighthouse Way, is a 125-mile hiking route in Galicia in the northwest part of Spain. The route passes nine lighthouses, a…
2 years, 7 months ago