Barbara McGillicuddy Bolton’s book, When They Took Dad Away, published by North Country Press, brought back many of my childhood memories, but not because they took my dad away. Barbara’s dad suffered from mental illness and spent a lot of time in the mental hospital in Augusta. The first time he was admitted they lived […]
Given that I love food and Downeast Maine, when I saw the book title, A Culinary History of Downeast Maine, I quickly ordered a copy. And I’ve got to say author Sharon Joyce did a wonderful job with this book. Sharon starts us off hundreds of years ago with the Wabanaki, who lived off the […]
Great news! A legislative committee has voted unanimously for a resolve to void CMP’s public lands lease for their destructive corridor through western Maine. The resolve also notes that Maine’s constitution requires approval by two-thirds of the legislature for public lands to be substantially altered. CMP claims it is not substantially changing our public lands, […]
I want to thank Islandport Press for republishing John Cole’s wonderful book, In Maine – Essays on Life’s Lessons. John was an exceptional writer, and the guy in the 70s who inspired me to become a writer. In Maine was first published in 1974 and afterwards, John wrote a dozen other books. His articles appeared […]
I did a podcast with John Hagan for the Maine Climate Change group, and included some funny stories. You can hear the podcast here. The Climate Common Be sure to read John’s column about our visit, also available at that location.
Russell Dole has written a very interesting novel titled In Search Of Honor Book II: Bowdoin, published by North Country Press. I was very impressed with the details of life that Russell included in this story, from what folks had for dinner to the difficulties of traveling in Maine. Many people lived in poverty. As […]
The University of Maine alumni association will be presenting me with an award on April 24. Here is the information: 2020 Alumni Achievement Award Winners Announced
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife issued an interesting and helpful ice fishing report recently. The report is organized by region, so you can focus on – and get helpful information about – the places you ice fish. You can access this report here: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/news-events/podcasts/index.html
The legislature’s IFW Committee had a long discussion about deer feeding, and received extensive reports from DIFW on these issues. The department recommended no changes to the existing laws, but did say they had plans to address all the issues and concerns. One handout I found interesting was wildlife biologist Nathan Bieber’s briefing paper on […]
Tom Doak of the Maine Woodland Owners Association was a member of the ATV task force and has written a good explanation of their recommendations, which are being considered by the legislature’s IFW Committee. Here is Tom’s column. ATV Task Force Submits Recommendations By Tom Doak As I have been discussing in the past several […]
