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Light Hearted ep 324 – Darlene Chisholm’s lighthouse adventures around the world
Tom and Darlene Chisholm on a Texas trip in 2022. Photo by Carol Nettleton.
Darlene Chisholm of Albion, Michigan, is a veteran of many U.S. Lighth…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted Lite 26 – Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, CT
Tim Pettee at Greens Ledge Light, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Greens Ledge Light, which was built in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1902, is a cast-iron…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted 323 – Moses Calouro, Portia Calouro: How lighthouses are helping to save right whales
AIS (Automatic Identification System) has been used for years to monitor the movements of ships and aircraft in real-time, helping to ensure safe and…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted Lite #25 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC
Jim and Evelyn Bruton, courtesy of Elanie Bruton.
This is an edited version of a conversation with a lighthouse keeper’s daughter in British Colum…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted 322 – Greg Goldstein talks about his grandfather, Keeper Frank Schubert of Coney Island, NY
Frank Schubert – a native of Staten Island – spent 43 years as a keeper and caretaker at Coney Island Light Station in New York. When he passed away …
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted Lite 24 – Ian Duff, Scottish lighthouse keeper
This is an edited version of an interview that first appeared in episode 79 in September 2020. Ian Duff worked as a keeper at 13 Scottish lighthouses…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI
With foreign trade blossoming from Newport, Rhode Island, local merchants petitioned for a lighthouse at Beavertail Point at the southern tip of Cona…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted Lite 23 – Don Terras, Grosse Point, Illinois
Grosse Point Light Station.
Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Grosse Point Lighthouse, located at the southern end of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinoi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 320: Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder: Remembering Seamond Ponsart Roberts, part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two part interview with Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder, the daughters of Seamond Ponsart Roberts (1940-2023). Seamond was the da…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 319 – Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder: Remembering Seamond Ponsart Roberts, part 1 of 2
Young Seamond in front of the keeper’s house at Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.
The guests in this episode are Gloria Coder and Lorna Pierce. Glor…
1 year, 3 months ago