It’s no secret that water is central to life in the Ocean State. Narragansett, Greenwich, and Mt. Hope Bays; myriad rivers and lakes; and Block Island Sound, our gateway to the Atlantic Ocean. Muscular ship building, the gentle mainland-to-the-island ferries, riverboat cruises on the Blackstone. For many of us, our connection to water defines who we are as Rhode Islanders in ways that are not possible in land-locked states. The famed New England poet E.E. Cummings wrote, “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea.” We hear echoes of those sentiments from Peter Ansel.
Peter Ansel lives in Hope Valley with his wife and two young daughters. Ansel teaches English as a second language in Barrington and – no great surprise – is passionate about building surfboards.
