Rambles and Reflections

This book weaves stories and observations about the local landscape and backroads of New England. Whether describing the intricacies of a wildflower or the musings from a weathered slate in a neglected cemetery, the reader is left to ponder the beauty and mysteries of local surroundings. These are stories full of humor and pathos about the Yankee way of viewing our world. Rambles and Reflections will open new and challenging insights into the commonality all around us that we so often take for granted.

Don Waterman has spent most of his working life as a sales engineer in precision metal components and as a public school teacher. He has served as a naval officer on an Atlantic destroyer and as a riverine advisor in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. He presently lives with his wife and Newfoundland dog in Harrisville, Rhode Island. A long time member of the local Burrillville Land Trust, he delights in leading nature and wildflower walks.