Maine is a veritable cornucopia of songbirds, colored birds, cute and gymnastic birds and opportunistic birds. Once you’ve seen the eagle swoop majestically through the forest, the hawk hunt small things, the humming bird do gymnastic routines while drinking through a long, thin beak, the sand piper do his little dance along the edge of […]

The waitpersons, or waiter and waitress, as we used to call them, take their job just as seriously as you and I take ours. Perhaps for differing reasons, but nevertheless, they want to please their customers just as much as you and I want to please those who come to us for help. Beyond that […]

When the tide was in and the sun was shining, I was out on the river rowing up and down the Kennebunk River – from beyond Durrell’s Bridge, past Picnic Rock, along the first fairway of the Cape Arundel Golf Club, to the rapids and footbridge behind the clubhouse where the river turns southeast through […]

After the (a recent) snow, I dutifully cleared my driveway on Route 9 in Kennebunkport, clearing more to allow the USPS to have clear access to my mailbox. This morning, I found the granite post and the mailbox clipped off, lying in the snow. A few other mailboxes up the road from me were also […]