Stunning flowers and wild critters make this a wonderful book
From the stunning flowers to the wild critters and even the insects, A Season Of Flowers by Michael Garland is both beautiful and informative. This is not surprising given that Garland is the author...
View ArticleGuests work to protect Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps
Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps is a wonderful place and not just because the camps are in a beautiful place and the Cobb family are great hosts. They are blessed by guests who love the camps so much that...
View ArticleTime to visit these wonderful Maine places
So near and not so far away. While Linda and I have visited a number of places in Maine featured in Lois Stailing’s book, Nearaway Places, I was surprised by how many we’d never seen. Time to get to...
View ArticleHow To Die Down East
Given that I have ALS, you might expect I would not enjoy Buck Tilton’s book, How To Die Down East, but I did. This is a very funny book, focusing on “50 ways to kick the bucket in Maine.” Those ways...
View ArticleTime to stop arguing about climate change and do something about it
It’s time to stop arguing about whether or not climate change is happening and do something about it. Today I’m going to share some of the things that have already happened because our climate is...
View ArticleWells Beach is a great place for a family gathering
Our three adult children rented the Forbes Cottage in Wells Beach for a long weekend family gathering that included our four grandchildren. It was the perfect place for a fantastic get together. The...
View ArticleGreat outdoor adventures at Claybrook Mountain Lodge
Claybrook Mountain Lodge features great outdoor adventures, very comfortable rooms, and fantastic meals – everything you need for a wonderful get-a-way. Linda and I have been enjoying one of Greg and...
View ArticleAwesome stories in fishing guide’s new book
You’ll want to muckle onto this wicked cocker of a book, Behind the Cast, by legendary Maine guide Dale Wheaton, who owned Wheaton’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream with his wife Jana for 34 years. If you...
View ArticleAnother great birding adventure on Monhegan Island
We fell in love with Monhegan 9 years ago during a day trip there with Maine Audubon. And we’ve been returning every year since then, initially for 3 days, and now for a week in May, ideal time for...
View ArticleYou’ll want to enjoy all the hikes in Aislinn’s new book
Every Maine hiker should have a copy of Aislinn Sarnaki’s new book, Maine Hikes, published by Down East Books. Subtitled Off the Beaten Path, it is all of that and more. One thing I especially like...
View ArticleOur right to enjoy Maine’s beaches must be restored
In 1989, Maine’s Supreme Court took away our right to enjoy our ocean intertidal zones. Looking all the way back to when Maine was part of Massachusetts, the Justices ruled that our opportunities to...
View ArticleEvery Maine family needs this guide to get-a-ways and adventures
Jen Hazard has given us a great list of Maine family get-aways and adventures in her book The Maine Playbook, published by Islandport Press. If anyone knows the best places for family get-a-ways and...
View ArticlePassport to Maine Outdoors is a lot of fun
You should get a Passport to Maine Outdoors and hit the road to visit all the great places included in the passport. Perhaps you got a passport last year and know this is a project sponsored by the...
View ArticleGood News From the Allagash
Last week, Bob McIntosh, president of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation, announced release of the first heritage resource assessment of the famed Allagash Wilderness Waterway. There’s a lot...
View ArticleCan we burn deer ticks away?
Swan’s Island off Mount Desert recently tried to reduce it’s tick population by burning a bunch of fields. In an earlier column, I reported on the special deer hunt set up by DIFW to reduce the...
View ArticleThe Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad never made it to Greenville
The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad by Joey Kelley, and published by North Country Press, is a very interesting history of Waldo County’s railroad. And before you criticize me for thinking...
View ArticleNot sure I’d call this fun
Tim Fahey biked all across the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and shared lots of stories about that challenging trip in his book, The Fun Mover Chronicles. I’m not sure I would call...
View ArticleJanet Mills Captured My Baxter Park
As Maine’s Attorney General, Janet Mills has been a member of the Baxter State Park Authority , along with Doug Denico, State Forest Service Director, and Chandler Woodcock, Fish and Wildlife...
View ArticleSportsman’s Alliance has lots of major achievements
Since it’s founding in 1975, the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine has achieved a lot for those who hunt, fish, and trap, and for all the wild critters in our state. Today I want to take a look back and...
View ArticleIt’s time to get your Passport to Maine’s Outdoors
Building off the 30th anniversary of the Land For Maine’s Future program, the conservation community and LL Bean are encouraging more Mainers to spend lots of time outdoors. The project is called the...
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