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Colin Novick
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Hiker, Backpacker, Conservationist, Deacon
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October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Autumn Evening Light
Cook's Pond
Worcester MA
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October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"...in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025
"The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking," "Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges. She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community." Pope Leo XIV Dilexi te, 2025
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Cold, breezy with gusts, clear, no clouds overhead, crisp, sunrise.
Sun popping up above the cloud deck at a very orange sunrise Mount Monadnock profile against a pink, salmon dawn sky with green trees in the foreground
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Went up Mount Wachusett this morning. Clear, light haze, Boston/ Monadnock/ Worcester all clearly visible, gusty wind, up at the top.
Princeton MA
Profile of Mount Monadnock from the summit of Mount Wachusett
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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My 2025 Hike Worcester Week:
1. Middle River
2. Parsons
3. Puffer Heninger -> Spring Ledge Farm
4. Holbrook -> Donker
5. KinneyWoods
6. Cascades Falls Loop
7. Coes-> Hadwen
8. Broad Meadow Brk
9. Asnebumskit Briarcliff
10. Moreland Woods
11. Asnebumskit N
#hikeworcesterweek
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Montage of photos from each of my 11 hikes from Hike Worcester Week and this year's t-shirt moto: "Why Aren't You Hiking Right Now?"
September 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Messing about on Commonwealth Ave. and enjoying the area on a beautiful morning.
Boston MA
Boston's famous CITGO sign The MBTA Green Line Trolley as seen through the catenary and utility wires Courtyard of classically styled apartments off Commonwealth Ave, overshadowed by a large Boston University building immediately behind it The Prudential Building as viewed looking down the Green Line tracks with an outbound trolley in the center lower frame
September 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Taking the girls out to Pasture C this morning at Donker Farm, a Worcester MA conservation area managed by @gwlandtrust.bsky.social
Photo of 7 sheep in a rotational grazing field that used to be dominated by invasive plants.
September 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I had always wondered, assuming the time, weather, energy, all lined up perfectly, would I be willing to take on The Knifes Edge on Mt Katahdin? The odds against everything lining up to find out were long, but they happened, and we did! It was definitely a wild stretch, but I'm glad we did it!
The arête between Baxter Peak and Pamola Peak on Mt. Katahdin Hiking east along the Knifes Edge on Mt Katahdin Rock wall to the south, sheer drop to the north, as I traverse the Knifes Edge headed east. Ryan hiking the spine of the Knifes Edge headed east as the camera looks hack west.
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Got to enjoy the Trails End Festival in Millinocket Maine Saturday morning, complete with a parade, live music, and cool booths of vendors and organizations! Totally loved it!
Ryan and ai standing in the main aisle of the Trails End Festival in Millinocket Maine The Trails End Festival poster listing events and sponsors with a Katahdin peak image in the background The band stand with a guitarist and a singer performing The East Millinocket Police cruiser with a giant yellow inflatable duck on the roof. The officer played duck noises over the PA system as he led the parade.
September 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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For those of you who knew about Ryan & my trip north to Baxter State Park to climb Katahdin and reach Baxter Peak, yup, we summited Friday and in a blue bird blue sky day! Perfect!
Colin and Ryan on either side of the Katahdin peak wooden sandwich board sign that marks the end of the Appalachian Trail with the horizon and a blue cloudless sky behind
September 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Ducks at dusk on Cook's Pond
Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA
September 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Sunset atop Pakachoag Hill for an outdoor viewing of "Pakachoag: Where the River Bends" at the College of the Holy Cross, projected on the side of the Prior Center for the Performing Arts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Happy Wilderness Day!
9/3/64 Pres Johnson signed Wilderness Act
“A wilderness, in contrast w those areas where man & his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth & its commnty of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain”
September 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Worcester Massachusetts
Municipal Preliminary Election
Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4
City Council At-Large Elimination

Let's do this Worcester! Vote!
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Yesterday Boston, Worcester, & Monadnock were all clear as a bell!
Not much of a breeze, but the lack of haze is beautiful!
From the summit of Mount Wachusett in Princeton MA
The Boston skyline on the horizon The Worcester skyline in a valley Mount Monadnock's profile against the sky with puffy white clouds
September 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Tatnuck Square view of the double rainbow this evening!
August 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition is an invaluable group of conservation staff from nonprofits that share technical knowledge, support one another, organize around critical issues, and build a sense of community across the rural places, suburban areas, and cities of our state 1/3
Photos of new board members to MLTC: Laura Johnson, Kathy Sferra, Rob Warren, and Colin Novick We’re pleased to welcome Laura Johnson, Colin Novick, Kathy Sferra, and Rob Warren as the newest members of our Board of Trustees! They bring valuable experience from current and past conservation roles in the non-profit and public sectors, and we look forward to working with them to advance our mission. You can read more about their accomplished backgrounds on our website at https://massland.org/about/our-team photo: Bartholomew's Cobble The Trustees
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Worcester Natural History Society: 200th Anniversary Lyceum Series
"Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"
May 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Worcester from Wachusett
Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.
May 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The South Wilcox Adirondack shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts' Beartown State Forest was built in 1933, and the classic lines of the design are still just as awesome today almost a century later!
2 photo collage Top: Front view of a log Adirondack shelter Bottom: Rear view of the same shelter
May 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Appalachian Trail hike in Beartown State Forest with Gene generously acting as support crew for my one-way 8-ish mile hike. Best part, sighting a Bear on Beartown Mountain Rd in Beartown State Forest! So cool! #Tyringham #AppalachianTrail #Massachusetts
Four panel collage Upper left: Colin and Gene ready to hike Upper right: Two pink lady slippers in bloom Lower left: Native laurel in bloom with pink flowers (possibly Lamb's Ear) Lower right: A black bear crossing Beartown Mountain Rd in Beartown State Forest
May 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A week of DC by tent at the NPS Greenbelt Park was really great (even if it did rain a lot at night)
US Capital building against a blue sky with white puffy clouds The Greenbelt NP facility sign at the low key entrance Tent set up in the campground tucked under an extra tarp (it rained a lot!)
May 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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More from Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Worcester.
Deacon reading the part of the narrator in the Passion. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. The bishop, the lector, and the deacon read the parts of the Passion with the congregation joining in. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. All kneeling during the Passion when we reach the place where Jesus dies. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. The bishop closes the Mass with the final blessing. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.
April 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Worcester MA
The bishop offers the opening greeting with the assembled liturgical ministers. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. The deacon seeks the bishop's blessing before reading the processional gospel with the assembled liturgical ministers. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. The deacon uses the thurible to reverence the Book of the Gospels before proclaiming. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments. The deacon invites the assembled to go in peace and process to the church with their blessed palms. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.
April 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM