Bee & Thistle chef Kristofer Rowe focuses on bird photography when he's not in the kitchen

Kristofer Rowe spends most mornings hanging out by the water, dressed in camouflage, holding a camera. Most evenings he spends at the Bee & Thistle Inn and Spa in Old Lyme, dressed in his white chef's coat, wielding his favorite knives -- the uniform and tools of his double life.

Notes from a Cancer Mom

First-time author Leslie W. Jermainne often kicked-around the idea of writing a book. Maybe a light romance novel, she thought, never imagining that her first book would be born from the life-changing spiral of her son Brian’s cancer diagnosis at age 15.

The Book of Noticing

Author Katherine Hauswirth’s new work, “The Book of Noticing, Collections and Connections on the Trail,” features essays inspired by frequent walks, family and an ever-present thirst for learning.