Irish Eyes are Smiling
Vicki Doudera here, ready to pack my bag and my new cross-country skis for a weekend trip to The Birches Resort on Moosehead Lake. The property, in the heart of Maine’s great North Woods, consists of...
View ArticleSome of Our Favorite Maine Places
Even though we spend much of our time chained to our desks, trying to finish books and meet deadlines, the gorgeous Maine summer will drag us outside. Today, we’re sharing part one of our posts on some...
View ArticleLoons and Lakes; Laughter and Longing
Young loons gather in the fall after their parents have already left Maine lakes. They will spend several years on the ocean until they mature and seek out a lake and nesting partner. Sandra Neily...
View ArticleAre Maine Winters Murder? Try Some Of This Stuff!
Sandy Neily sharing here. (And there will be more good winter stuff; look for a special Maine Crime Writers “Cabin Fever” post, January 30th.) My deck, daylight. Before the plow … It was late. The...
View ArticleMaine Writers’ Signs of Spring
Today, we’re taking a break from our works in progress to share some photos and stories about the return of spring. Spring comes slowly to Maine, as the tips of trees grow red and the first small bits...
View ArticleTree Noise, Eagle Conversations, and Other Delights
This summer, aside from hosting waves of family who treat us to lobster (yum, but am thinking just salads now) and beating back waves of bugs (worst insect season in decades, right?), I’ve been having...
View Article“Then The Grinch Thought of Something …”
Snow-woman overlooking Moosehead Lake. This is the time of year I relish quiet snow and seek out other voices: concerts in small Maine churches, the Vienna Boys Choir piped through my computer, and on...
View ArticleSocial Distancing in Maine Means ‘Get Out There!’
Sandra Neily here, admitting I’ve put way too many frozen veggies in the freezer. Given how some things are flying off the shelves as people prepare to stay home more, there does not seem to be a run...
View ArticleKamikaze Gardening. Antler Camp. Black Flies.
(Join me at the Thompson Free Library this Thursday 5/27!) At my Moosehead Lake home (camp) I’ve been Kamikaze Gardening. Kamikaze Gardening is my term for intensely swooping down to remorselessly...
View ArticleYou Can’t Always Get What You Want, But …”
READ ON TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS IMAGE Sandra Neily here: If I had to pick a time to avoid open heart surgery like the plague (oops; useless expression these days), I would avoid it now when Maine Medical...
View ArticleThe Best Gift, Revisited … and Humans Together
Ice setting up on Moosehead Lake Sandy Neily here. It’s December 26th and I am thinking of what might feel joyously human (now that we are headed into some Covid hibernation again) and also a...
View ArticleFiction Does Truth … Better
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.” Doris Lessing “Fiction is the lie that tells the truth.” (From the...
View ArticleMoosehead. The Kennebec. And An Endless Steps Workout
OH MY! Wildlife delivers $1.4 billion to Maine’s economy; $1.9 billion w multipliers. Begs the question, is the Moosehead Region ready to secure this and other nature-based economic assets against...
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