Lynn Plourde is my favorite children’s book author. She captured me years ago with A Merry Moosey Christmas in which the reindeer take the night off and moose pull Santa’s sled. Lynn has written more than 20 kids’ books and her latest, At One In a place called Maine, is a keeper. The illustrations by […]
I’m inspired by a Mainer in a wheelchair who shot a 300+ pound bear this fall. This fellow is in the same ALS support group as me, and I love to hear his hunting stories. He hunted out of Camel Brook Camps in Fort Kent. They constructed a ground blind for him. And he made […]
Thank goodness West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec is not haunted like the many in Taryn Plumb’s intriguing book, Haunted Maine Lighthouses. Well, it would be kind of neat to have a conversation with my great grandfather who was the keeper at West Quoddy from 1900 to 1932. Maine has the second most lighthouses in […]
Many years ago, when Angus King was governor, I decided to try to get some public money for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. I worked for the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine at that time and recruited Maine Audubon to be our partner. Chris Potholm did a poll for us, showing that the public’s […]
Kristin Krause put me right in that small boat drifting across the Pacific Ocean for 43 days with very little to eat and drink and almost no hope of surviving. Krause’s book, Last Voyage Of The Hornet, tells an amazing and troubling story about the clipper ship Hornet that caught fire and sank in the […]
Jared Golden is a wonderful young man and a real straight shooter. I am appalled at the dishonest ugly attack ads that Congressman Bruce Poliquin and his allies have launched against Jared. Check out Jared’s new TV ad, in which he shoots a gun. Here it is: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jared-bullseye?refcode=em_fr_2018.09.10_b1_tg_all&recurring=auto&amount=15&amounts=15%2c25%2c50%2c100%2c250%2c500%2c1000 If you would like to read my […]
I don’t know how a policeman becomes an awesome novelist, but Bruce Robert Coffin has quickly become one of my favorites. Bruce’s novels put you right into situations that are both dangerous and frustrating. I wonder – did any of these things happen to him during his 27 years of law enforcement in the Portland […]
I had no idea that so many people died on Mt Katahdin and throughout Baxter State Park. We have a camp on the edge of the park, and have enjoyed everything from it’s brooks and ponds to its mountains. Randi Minetor’s book, Death on Katahdin, published by Down East Books, includes fatalities from falls and […]
Lions eating Maine deer
The Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council adopted a last-minute rule significantly changing the way traps can be set for bears. DIFW noted that the purpose of this rule is to limit bear trapping methods that may accidentally capture the federally threatened Canada Lynx. More specifically, the rule prohibits placing bait and/or lures below […]
