Before exploring the Cunningham farm, I’d like to share a brief experience regarding my flawless memory!

Several months ago I lost or misplaced my favorite…

The Red Sox had a day off the other day, and I flipped through the alleged news shows to catch up.

The talk show hosts and their rented experts went on and on dissecting the mass shootings…

There is something gratifying about seeing young birds, hatched earlier in the summer, learning about the big, wide world and how to survive in it. We’ve been pleased to see quite a number of the…

Clamshell Quilters will be meeting on Monday, Sept.. 9, at Faith Baptist Church,  Mills Road, Newcastle, at 2 p.m.

We will be making an under-sewing-machine-mat. Even if you can't make it…

All too often as I sit to write my column, it takes on a life of its own. I am fed all my material to write about from personal experiences and interactions with patients and medical providers.…

To die for.

That phrase pretty much sums up how much I love the show of tapestries exhibited at Brad Betts’ Down East Gallery in Edgecomb – and in that gorgeous old barn, the perfect venue…

Last week during a visit to Mom Wells, we heard the piercing “pit-see” whistle of a broad-winged hawk from somewhere nearby. We stepped out to see if it truly was a hawk or if it could be an…

The weather is crisp and dry with a little nip in the air. It truly is my most favorite time of the year. It’s when we all can slow down a little and enjoy some quiet time. Fall, yes, bring on…

Line cook Roxroy Smith has been working in the food service business since his teenage years. He has spent over 10 years aboard cruise ships cooking his way around the world.…

I guess it is the latest thing. You know, Amazon, Walmart, and others are now delivering groceries to customer’s homes.

All you have to do is, well, you can look it up for yourself if you…

In his 1989 inaugural address, President George H.W. Bush shared his vision of "a thousand points of light" — individuals and organizations across the nation helping others through…

Ah, fall.

Nature’s breather between summer frolicking and winter shoveling. And the time of year when we begin to think about the shorter and colder days to come.

In the spirit of…

Last day of my stay home vacation. Didn’t do much but spent lots of quality time with my grandchildren and daughters. It was truly what my soul needed. We enjoyed lots of dinners out, which is…

Last week we wished bon voyage to our family friends Kate, Sage, Jim and Jenifer Elderkin-Wickline as they prepared for their return to New Zealand. This week we continue our worldly adventures…

This is a column I wish I didn’t have to write.

Lea Wait, one of my favorite people, finally lost her battle with cancer and passed on on Aug. 10. Just like the characters in her novels,…

Some readers may remember a column we wrote last year about an Indigenous leader named…

The August meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution took place Aug. 13 at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle. There were nine members, three guests and four associate…

Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, I love to listen to Rachel Platten’s song, “Stand By You.” The lyrics are so supportive for whatever I am going through in that moment, I feel like somewhere,…

While at a recent event, we met a wonderful family who, when they discovered our interest in all things avian, shared with us some of their bird stories. One of these was about finding, here in…

I’m so excited to be on my new adventure … breakfast. Yes, I’m traveling around to some of my favorite places. I’m on vacation this week and so is my very dear friend Kris Hepburn. Now there is no…

When Googled, Maungatapere is described as a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangarei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the southwest. A…

Wow, I can’t help but love this beautiful weather we’ve been having. Get out in it, LOL.

I told you all I was going to find more tuna but it didn’t happen. I was going to Pinkham’s to get…

What an odd title for a column about ticks and tick-borne disease. Or is it? It’s a part of my daily existence. As an advocate, I am always supporting people who have been affected…

Sandhill cranes are imposing birds, one of Maine’s largest, as we wrote about here a few years back. We…

I don't claim to be a writer. I have known quite a few writers and they are well educated, smart and disciplined. I have been disciplined, but it’s usually for being a bad boy! I prefer to think…

On Sunday, Aug. 18, my all-time favorite Boothbay event will take place for the eighth time. It is “Set for Success.”

It is an opportunity for more than 300 schoolkids to pick up school…

Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Meals are available at no separate charge to children ages birth…

I read online recently that our culture often times uses Matthew 7:1 “Judge not lest ye be judged” to promote a tolerance that often encourages acceptance of behaviors otherwise forbidden. We have…

Just this past week, Jeff’s mom and younger brother asked us questions about ruby-throated hummingbirds. The brother (let’s call him YB, for “younger brother”) recounted the odd and sad story of…

Summer is really flying by … I can’t believe it’s August, wow. I’m hoping it cools down; I’m a dry and 70 degrees kinda gal.

OK, I love when people come up to me and tell me they read my…

“Where's the beef?” Silly bird!

I know I have mentioned many times the wonderful photographic coincidences encountered while doing non-photographic things. Carrying a camera with me when…

When you drive past Ms. Pigette on Route 27 this week, you will notice she is no longer wearing her cute summer tennis outfit.

Despite the heat and humidity, she is dressed in black from…

“Rise and Shine for America” is the new theme of the incoming President General, Denise VanBuren’s national Administration in Washington, D.C. The July meeting took place at the Lincoln Home…

Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia Miyamotoi), Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, Relapsing Fever, Alpha Gal, Erlichiosis, Powassan,…

It’s amazing how a vastly different world can be so close to us but, for the most part, largely invisible. Invisible, that is, until you hop on a boat.

We joined more than a hundred other…

So consider this.

Your kitchen is a small wooden building at the side of a busy state road with perfectly lovely out in the open exposure to everything. The temperature outside is pushing…

For years, we all have heard predictions from scientists, pseudo-scientists, and folks who sort of read something about science, that the end is near. Climate change is changing the planet, and we…

Traveling Tuna will return soon … busy, busy, busy. I can’t seem to find a night to go searching for more tuna. Trust me, it will happen after this weekend – things will slow down for me and in a…

On March 31, 2017, my very first column was published in the Lincoln County News. This platform for sharing information and educating the public on tick-borne disease prevention and safety tips as…

What is it about potato chips that makes them so irresistible? Could be the crunch. Could be the salty tang. Could be that they are easy to eat.

Or, could be that potato chips are designed…

Anyone here in Maine spending tie outside and paying attention to birds over the last two weeks knows that things are topsy-turvy right now. We and many others have been seeing and reporting yards…

Twenty-five.

There are 25 journeys to be taken through the paintings of Belfast-based artist David Estey at Studio 53 Fine Art through July 28. The works were created between 2015 and 2019…

I feel like this photo could be a “Where's Waldo” puzzle. Only to make it more fun, it could be a summer puzzle for a fog/rain day on a rental porch with a cool iced tea and a mosquito zapper…

I just can’t say enough about the beautiful weather we have been blessed with. I hope all the hardworking people on this small piece of paradise are able to get out and enjoy a little of it.…

I scrolled down the latest Democrat presidential polls and found former Vice President Joe Biden was still in the lead, followed by senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and…

A few weeks ago, the reputable New York Times published an article from a woman who stated that her son had recently been diagnosed with Lyme disease, how it was easily treated and she just couldn…

I want to tell you how grateful I am that Robinson’s Wharf Chef Keith opened his busy kitchen to me. Rachel Leeman, Robinson’s general manager, is one of my oldest and dearest friends. Robinson’s…

As we move into these hot days of summer, the chorus of singing birds begins to change and become less robust. There are still the robins and song sparrows caroling in the morning and the chatter…

Dick Kellogg grew up in Boothbay, where he learned to dig worms from the Back River mud flats, was schooled by the legendary teacher Hope Updegraff, and once tried to mentor Tim Sample.

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If you crossed a chipmunk with a squirrel would the new critter be called a Chipirrel or a Squirmunk? Not sure why it was necessary to share that.

Joe Gelarden is an old friend. Not that…