The latest issue of Upper Valley Life is on the newsstands now and I have an article in it on “Serene Kayaking,” the kind Jay and I like to do.

Our favorite spot in the Upper Valley is Grafton Pond, a manmade body of water that straddles the Enfield/Grafton town line. We were there on Saturday morning, July 4, to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The air and water were so still and we had a thick overcast so the reflections on the water were perfect.

This is a bleached stump sticking out of the water and its reflection. Looks alien when you turn it, doesn’t it?