I’ll bet you don’t know what gleaning is
I’ll bet you don’t know what gleaning is
This writer captures all that’s good about Maine
The poems and stories about Maine and the Maritimes in Patricia Leach’s book, Crossing Northern Borders, is almost as good as traveling that same path. Published by Maine Authors Publishing, the book is organized into stories and poems about farming and community, fishing and discovery, Cape Breton, and my favorite: Gratitude. The best way I […]
Congratulations to these two winners of Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recently presented 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards to two very deserving individuals: Carol Dyer of Bowdoinham and Gabriel Giguere of Lewiston. Here is the press release I receive from DIFW. AUGUSTA, Maine — Carole Dyer of Bowdoinham and Gabriel “Gabby” Giguere of Lewiston were honored this past weekend with […]
I am honored to receive this award
I am very honored to be receiving an award at this year’s Evening for the Environment sponsored by the Maine Conservation Voters. The award is the 2017 Harrison L. Richardson Environmental Leadership Award for “writing, speaking, advocating, and inspiring all of us to care for the nature of Maine and her wild places.” I’m hoping […]
They need to kill more deer in Eastport
The special December deer hunt in Eastport will be expanded this year, in an attempt to reduce the high population of deer that have become a nuisance there. Last year’s special hunt, during the last two weeks of December, authorized only 30 hunters to shoot one deer each. And just 11 does were killed. “As […]
Another great novel from Barbara Lawrence
Another compelling novel, set on a Maine island, by Barbara Lawrence.
These two young lives on a Maine island bring tears to your eyes
Islands of Time will bring tears to your eyes – many times. Barbara Kent Lawrence’s first novel, published by Maine Authors Publishing, is both profound and insightful. Set on a Maine island, a young “summer” girl falls in love with an island boy. But summer residents are a different breed than the local folks, and […]
They were surrounded by more than a million migrating animals!
They were surrounded by more than a million migrating animals!
DIFW recognizes great work by its staff
Fifteen staffers at Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife have been recognized for their good work. Here’s the agency’s press release. If you know any of these good people, send them a congratulations! IFW Employees Honored With Awards For Outstanding Work AUGUSTA, Maine – Lindsay Tudor, a wildlife biologist specializing in shorebirds, was awarded […]
Retired police officer Bruce Coffin has become an awesome novelist
I figured it out! I figured out who killed the prominent attorney, the drug dealer, and the stripper. Well, ok, I was only about 20 pages from the end of Bruce Robert Coffin’s wonderful new novel, Beneath the Depths, but I did sense who the real killer was before Coffin revealed that information. As the […]
