This past weekend a casual birder was at the Brunswick Executive Airport. Ironically, she was standing in the very same spot that we were birding at the week before when we added upland sandpiper…

Anyone who visits Blue Tin Farm (always call ahead) will instantly notice the soothing karma of happy animals. You very well may be greeted, as you enter the driveway, by two enormous…

As Marie Wolf takes a visitor around her garden, she opens with an apology. “I’m very boring.” She makes that comment while pointing out the 300-plus varieties of rhododendrons crowding the…

OK, I promise I’ll be hitting the pavement next week on my journey with Traveling Tuna from some of our amazing restaurants on this peninsula.

One word – strawberries – yummy! It’s one of…

As summer begins in full swing along with all our outdoor activities, I would be remiss if I didn’t once again remind you of the importance of wearing repellent and preventing tick…

In last week’s column, we described our Father’s Day trek to the Orono Bog, in an unsuccessful search for a Lincoln’s sparrow as we continue our Maine mindfulness Big Year. The quest for that…

Some photographs need no explanation. They are just what they are—a moment in time that is. Little else.

So that is why I won’t bother you with how I came to make this week’s image…

Welcome to Windjammer Days.

We hope you will enjoy a celebration of our maritime heritage.

We also hope you will spend some time wandering through our community. Our restaurants…

The Garden Club of Wiscasset held its annual meeting on June 6 at the newly renovated upstairs room in the Montsweag Farm Restaurant in Woolwich.

Over 30 members, many donning lovely…

Wiscasset Senior Center will hold its annual membership meeting on Saturday, June 29 at 8:30 a.m. at Wiscasset Community Center.

A breakfast of egg casserole with potatoes, onions, green…

For Father’s Day, Dad’s indulgence (well actually, Mom’s, too) was to try to find a Lincoln’s sparrow — a bird that we had missed during spring migration this year. In pursuit of our mindfulness…

Starting off with thanking all the people with the ongoing support for me writing this column. Every day someone approaches me and tells me how much they are enjoying reading my recipes. I really…

Occasionally, when I am not looking, something will slip into my field of view unexpectedly, and with it will come a batch of recollections. Memories. And there will be a moment of remembering…

Conventional wisdom says when bankers retire, they travel, they tune up their golf swing, dust off their bridge skills, and enjoy the good life.

When Dick Alden retired from the banking…

The monthly meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter took place at the Lincoln Home Library, June 11 at 11 a.m. Regent Audrey Miller welcomed Associate Members Nancy Dean and Shirley Peverly, and members…

House wrens — do they inspire joy, or do they annoy? You could say that the song of these tiny, short-tailed, streaky brown birds is “bigger” than a bird this small has a right to. Some have said…

I have a very dear friend who travels almost constantly for business. As a road warrior, during any two-week period she might be in Europe or Asia or both, carrying her suitcase and laptop.…

Wow, what a beautiful stretch of weather. We kind of went from winter to summer, LOL. I’m hoping everyone was able to enjoy a little of these past few days outside. Lots of good things happening…

What a wonderful stretch of days! The weather. The weather. The weather. It seemed so much better, too, because of constant wet and chilly. A welcomed change.

And there was plenty of…

The other day, the Library of Congress chose East Boothbay writer Richard Ford as the winner of their annual prize for American Fiction.

In case you are not a fan of literary awards, it is…

It is hard to not get angry when you hear the things that people are sharing with you. Things that their medical providers are telling them. Its hard to believe that its 2019 and as much publicity…

Summer is almost here! The Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department and the Community Center have plenty going on to keep you and your family busy during the summer months.

Coffee (and…

We couldn’t resist going birding again this week at a new favorite spot, the Harrison Avenue Nature Trail in Gardiner, which…

Whoohoo, what an awesome weekend! My twinners and I bought a Highlander Scotty camper  (we think the year is 1969) and we attended my cousin Paula Reny Warford’s vintage campers weekend at Shore…

I first met Ella Beauregard at Hendricks Head Beach on Southport. I was enjoying low tide and making some photos when Ella came walking down from her house with a chicken under each arm. Ella and…

This week, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the successful Allied D-Day landings in Normandy.

Historians tell us it was the beginning of the end of the Nazi dream of world domination.…

Survivors of domestic and sexual assault experience ongoing, long-term trauma, and as those who work in violence response and prevention understand, survivors have an increased risk of…

On Wednesday, June 5 at 5 p.m., the Wiscasset Senior Center will be serving veggie lasagna with or without meatballs, broccoli soup, salad, garlic bread and  birthday cake for dessert. Chicken may…

We can’t help but be feeling a little greedy this spring.

Greedy for warblers, that is.

This spring in particular it seems like there have been multiple locations and dates that…

Last week, I wrote about working closely with Senator Collins’s staff and her strong interest in taking up the fight against Lyme and tick-borne disease that her people of Maine were facing. I…

I was “working out” on the riding lawnmower (where I do much of my “creative” thinking) the other day, and recalled how many times I thought it would be fun to do a picture book about the Browns,…

Wow, what a busy, awesome, wonderful weekend. Lots of amazing people helped me celebrate my birthday weekend. As a kid, having your birthday on Memorial Day was a bummer. Being in a tourist town,…

As I drove back to Boothbay from Portland the other day, I noticed a line of cars parked across the street from Ms. Pigette’s mailbox.

Of course, I stopped. There she was, surrounded by…

In the 2018 Report to Maine Legislature – Lyme and other Tick-borne Illnesses (dated January 31, 2019), which happens to be the tenth annual report and includes updates on activities conducted…

The many town meetings held during May and June are a showcase for the hard work that’s carried out by volunteer boards and committees during the rest of the year. Citizen leadership looks…

The Jacob Pike will be 70 years old this year, just like me. Happy birthday to us. But, unlike me, Robbie Begin, Linc Simmons and a crew headed by Tony Finnocchiaro, the Jacob Pike…

Okay, back to a real Maine dish – baked stuffed haddock (fresh from Pinkham’s, of course) topped off with a lobster Newburg (once again Pinkham’s, just picked a half of pound of the freshest…

What are your plans for this coming three-day weekend?

Will you catch up on yard work? Clean the car? Maybe fire up the grill, catch the Indy 500 race on TV, or just relax with an adult…

On Wednesday, May 29, the Wiscasset Senior Center dinner will be pot roast with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots, soup, salad, biscuits and a peach cobbler with ice cream for dessert. Chicken may…

A sobering report released last week made its way into media stories — perhaps you heard the news. A United Nations body called the I…

Mother’s Day … I hope everyone enjoyed their “Mums” this weekend. I’m incredibly happy that our children are so thoughtful. It’s hard when your mom is gone. It’s been 11 years in July since my…

Last week, the current occupant of the White House invited the Boston Red Sox over for a chat. The president said he wanted to honor the team that won the 2018 World Series.

In earlier…

We headed over town from Southport around 8 o'clock in the evening Sunday, amazed by how much light there still was in the sky. We spend winters in our bunkhouse/barn on the property which is…

By proclamation of the Governor, May is recognized statewide as Lyme Disease Awareness Month, because of the increased risk when immature ticks emerge in the springtime. But for those of you who…

A sea of migrating birds is flowing into and over our state right now. That’s what happens every spring as the billions of birds that winter in the southern U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, and…

Listening to the caroling songs of American robins echoing around the neighborhood during a lull in the rain showers in the evening as we wrote this column, we started thinking about how adaptable…

I’ve been trying to remember when I first met Rupe Neily, and I can’t. But, in one way or another, we have crossed paths many times over the years, initially through his father, Rupe, at Mainco…

A recent press release from the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens said a new executive team was taking over.  The last paragraph mentioned that Bill Cullina was leaving and thanked him for his…

When I started writing this column, I knew people wouldn’t always agree with me. Well, last week I said I was going to write about fish but my baked stuffed haddock with Ritz crackers topped with…