Tag Archives: life
To the graduates of this ‘lost’ year
To those students that graduated this year — Bravo! You’ve done it. Not only did you navigate years of hallways, books and sometimes socially awkward situations, you persevered through this haze of microbes disrupting life right now. Because of your parents, classmates, teachers and a supportive community, we all are one step closer to a […]
The Bird Artist …Book Review
Time and place lost in today’s world
Imagining island life
The creak is a distinctive sound— wooden oars kiss the oarlocks, wood rubs green bronze and squeals before it settles into a silent groove. A stroke, pause, water drips and then another stroke. Head moves side-to-side, wary and cautious. A cadence forms between boat and rower. The trip across the water varies in time, dependent […]
In communion with trees
When you were young did you have a special tree? I did. Maybe you still do, and together, you and the tree continue making stories. Living here in Maine, it is easy to love the landscape. The rocky shoreline runs for some 3,000 miles through nooks and crannies of inlets, harbors and channels— its goodness […]
Finding Maine by way of Montana, Vermont and a friend’s voice
The Overstory …Book Review
A Christmas wish for everyone living life, Downeast
The other day while rummaging through boxes of Christmas decorations, I happened upon a bag of holiday cards received over the years from friends and family. There is something about cards and notes we receive during the holiday season that makes them almost sacred and not to be thrown away. Upon opening one of the […]