Massachusetts

Stodders Neck Park Two very different shorelines, one October afternoon: a quiet harbor at Stodders Neck in Hingham, framed by oaks just starting to turn, then a mile of mirror-flat sand at Nantasket Beach in Hull at low tide. Wolly and Jasper came along, and both stops were made for them. Stodders Neck, Hingham This is the softer half of the day: a grassy, 23-acre peninsula where the Back River meets the bay, with an easy, mostly flat 0.7-mile gravel loop. Walk down to the p

A Memorable Evening in Quincy Honest confession: I almost didn't go. It was a Saturday evening, the humidity was creeping in, and Flag Day didn't exactly feel like a calendar event that demanded my presence. But something pulled me toward Quincy — and I am so glad it did. I got there just as the Hingham Militia was rounding the corner — colonial dress, tricorn hats, drums keeping cadence, flags catching the last of the golden hour. I found myself stopping mid-stride. There's