Nautical charts bring a sense of travel, weather and lived history to a living room. Their fine lines, faded coastlines and place names create visual interest…
There's a particular pleasure in lining up small jars on a wooden board, lifting each lid in turn, and discovering what a preserve maker has captured inside.…
The shoreline at Lincolnville in Maine draws a particular kind of visitor, one who walks slowly, eyes down for sea glass, and who knows that the right blanket…
A wave of picture books and early chapter titles is helping young readers fall in love with the strange creatures and shifting waters of the North Atlantic,…
The drive north out of Camden curls along a coast that will feel familiar to anyone who has spent time around Port Fairy or the lower stretches of the Great…
A picture postcard the size of a playing card can carry more truth than a thick history book. Tip a handful of them onto a café table and the sequence of…
A good coastal novel can make a beach towel feel like a front-row seat to another shoreline. This season’s strongest fiction set along the Atlantic seaboard…
Every December, Sydney living rooms fill with crinkled paper that gets torn open, crumpled, and shoved into landfill bins within minutes. Australians have…
Buying for a relative who already owns everything can turn a pleasant shopping trip into a search for something meaningful, useful and just distinctive enough.…