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Table of Contents – 2002 Island Journal – Volume 19
From the Helm— page 4
“It’s about the Music”
Can music create community, or is it the other way around?
By Nathan Michaud — page 6
The Spirit of the Grass
With 400 horses, how could life on North America’s remotest island ever get lonely?
By Katie Vaux — page 12
A Bowline in the Dark
William Thon didn’t retire when his sight failed him-he changed his palette
By Steve Cartwright — page 18
Local Knowledge
There is more than one way to bring a ship into port
By Naomi Schalit — page 22
The Lobstercatchers
Making ‘The Fisherman of Mackerel Cove”
By Joe Goldman — page 26
Brothers on the Rock
With time out for war and a long walk, Doug and Harry Odom have devoted seven decades to one Maine island
By Colin Woodard — page 32
Folio:
Bartlett’s Island, 1945
Kosti Ruohomaa photographs a weekend with Phillips H. Lord
By Deanna Bonner-Ganter — page 38
A Messy Mix
Portland struggles to understand its waterfront
By Joan Amory — page 44
“It Hasteth Away”
A marriage survies island gossip, but not war
By Randolph Purinton — page 50
The Long and Curious Career of the CORA F. CRESSEY
By Steve Cartwright — page 56
Washing Ashore
and finding a niche in Corea
By Muriel L. Hendrix — page 64
Tied Up
After 72 years, the elegant DOUBLE EAGLE may have outlived her fishery
By Ben Neal — page 68
Summer Ice
In the Arctic, a few degrees make a difference
Introduction by Philip Conkling — page 74
The Quoddy Region
A marine oasis in decline
By Janice Harvey — page 82
Maps for the Future
On a very local level, GIS technology offers great promise
By Chris Brehme and Nathan Michaud — page 88
Looking Beyond the Obvious
To Gretchen Dow Simpson, architecturenis a surrogate for the human presence
By Carl Little — page 90
