“I learned to love Boston from the banks of the Charles River”

"Through my years living on its banks, the Charles has lifted me up with its resilience, its beauty, its constancy. It has permeated my experience of Boston and enlarged my understanding of where I fit within it. The accumulated memories and meanings I’ve taken away have enriched my sense of place. And it can do the same for you. The river makes the city yours," writes Fred Hewett in an illuminating, heartfelt column for WBUR.

This is what it's all about. Spend some time with this one.