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June 10
How to shop at a farmers market
‘Freshly grown’ is both new and a throwback
If you enjoy frustration, grab a recipe card for a dish you can’t wait to try, and then prowl among vendors at a farmers market. Likely you won’t find everything you need for your recipe at one time. That’s a kind of top-down market experience that you just can’t get in the produce section of a grocery store. Alternatively, wander…
June 10
Casting line, casting words
Fishing essays hook the reader
Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters By Ryan Brod; Islandport Press (2023) Years ago I had a friend who liked to fish. Actually, it went way beyond “liking.” He was…
June 10
Blue Butterfield’s paean to Maine
Illustrated memoir is heartfelt and dazzling
Maine, A Love Story Self-published, hardback, 192 pages Standing in line at a community lunch at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor back in February, I overheard two neighbors talking…
June 10
In hot water, in a good way
Photographic motivation to seek deep relaxation
Hot Springs: Photos and Stories of How the World Soaks, Swims, and Slows Down By Greta Rybus (Ten Speed Press, 2024) Greta Rybus, photographer and author of the new book…
June 10
No surprise: Bad weather causing outages
Twofold increase 2014-2023 compared to 2000-2009.
Severe storms (other than tropical cyclones) and winter weather accounted for nearly three-quarters of these outages. Hurricanes and tropical storms accounted for 14% of outages...
June 7
James Fitzgerald at Katahdin
Uncle Clarence recalled the Monhegan painter
One of Clarence’s predecessors, William Wingate Sewall, took on a sickly young Teddy Roosevelt at the camps and built him up to be a vigorous young man...
June 6
A way forward for marine economy: Small-scale aquaculture
Owner-operated farms are responsible, panelists say
Near the end of an April 24 panel discussion in Stonington, a speaker described what he hoped the harbor would look like 50 years from now. Today, early mornings see…
June 6
Remembering an island icon
Musical, mischievous memories inspired by late friend
Delly—whose full name was Dallas Levi Anthony—was a pianist, a wonderful baritone, a terrific cook and baker, precipitously mischievous, and a help to all. A friend recalls that Delly let…
June 6
Those who served at back of the boat
Sternmen provide colorful fodder for stories
I’m reposting an abridged version of a column from May 2012. I smile thinking of all the different people Bruce and I recalled and what fun we had doing it.…
June 6
Stark reminder of need to support children
An island is not a refuge from common social ills
Some of the kids in our program don’t have a stable home life or the certainty of knowing where their next meal is coming from.
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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