Slow Life Chronicles

Part 2. Derby Wharf Light and Fort Pickering Light

Part 1. Bakers Island Light

Nut Island is surrounded by Quincy Bay on one side and Hingham Bay on the other side, both being parts of Boston Harbor. It is one of those non-island islands, nowadays connected to the mainland.

Here is the story of one of those who has not made it: Deer Island Light. Though sadly the lighthouse is gone, the light itself and the fog horn have survived and still help the navigation in our harbor.

We are in the East Puerto Rican city of Fajardo, embarking on a week-long sailing trip to the Spanish Virgin Islands, traditionally called the Passage Islands—a group of Caribbean islands sitting between Puerto Rico on one side, and the US and British Virgin Islands on the other.