OK, so, yes, I admit it, I am a fan of Winnie the Pooh, and today as I write this, I am feeling somewhat whimsical and would like to lighten things up just a bit. The lovable storybook character brought to life by A.A. Milne somewhere along the way seeped into my psyche and has […]
“The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more”— Ralph Waldo Emerson And wonder is what I walked away with after having read The Overstory by Richard Powers. I have always been enamored with trees. In every place I have lived there was a tree that somehow spoke to me. From the […]
There will be something new and different at this year’s 43rd annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 17, 18 and 19, and it has nothing to do with blueberries. Reminiscent of Paul Revere’s ride and his famous warning, “the British are Coming,” these same words will be shouted from one […]
All of us have a special place we like to visit and spend some time. On a recent trip back to Allentown, Pa., the place I was born and raised, I had the opportunity to visit such a place. — A place I have not been back to in a very long time. Growing up […]
To climb Mount Katahdin is a priority for many people living in Maine. Some people believe it is an official rite of passage and that until it is done you cannot consider yourself a true Mainer. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine at 5,267 feet, was given its name, which means “the greatest mountain,” by […]
Another Mother’s Day has passed, and my mom was treated to a week here in Maine. This got me thinking about moms and life here, Downeast. Mom loves coming to visit us here in Maine, Dad too, though not to the same degree. She has always said that this place allows her to take a […]
This book is about a family, the sea, and the art of boatbuilding. Anyone who has spent time in or around a boatyard understands the marriage between family and boatbuilding. Just as wood breathes and expands over time, so does the boatyard. With its workers, its love of an art, generations of young and old, […]
Since the first time I spent any prolonged period of time in Maine, I have always said to other visitors to be sure to see both faces of Maine: the more popular face of blue skies and even bluer waters along the rock bound coast; the other, a misty, cold and mysterious fog-laced face. They […]
The written word is powerful and made more so by time. And if that time was spent manning a lighthouse, and what you have written is eventually found by family, well, there’s no telling the impact it could have on a life lived then and lives being lived now. On Porphyry Island in the Thunder […]
In Maine there is plenty of ground in which to lose oneself and let’s face it, this is a big place. For many that arrive looking for a remote area to experience nature and that long ago life we all once had, well, Maine would be the place to do that. The names given to […]
