The interconnectedness of the panelists fit perfectly with the location of the event — a nexus of the waters connecting Brunswick’s downtown to the coast through the winding paths of Merrymeeting Bay and the Androscoggin River. Last week’s event, held on a clear April evening complete with a full moon shining above the historic, yellow […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A Baxter State Park winter expedition, Part II — challenging climbs
On the third day of our six-day Baxter State Park expedition, eight of us awoke in the midst of a stormy northeaster. We were occupying the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond in the northeast sector of the park. Five inches of fresh snow had accumulated and mixed precipitation was predicted for the remainder of the […]
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Diocese of Portland hosts discussions on annulment process
The Diocese of Portland’s Office of the Tribunal will hold presentations and lead discussions on the annulment process in the Catholic Church at four locations in the coming weeks and months. All are welcome at any of the gatherings, which will include question-and-answer periods as well as the opportunity to speak privately to a canonist. […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Are you paying technology penalties?
By “technology penalties,” I don’t mean when your computer shuts down, your internet connection drops or a three-paragraph email “disappears” before you could send it. A number of years ago, Professor Royal Van Horn wrote about what he called the technology penalty: what happens when you do something using technology that you could do easier, […]
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Intertidal: Gefilte fish a traditional example of minimizing food waste
There are many ways to eat fish, and grinding it up whole does not sound particularly appealing. But gefilte fish, which is, in essence, a whole ground fish, is one of the traditional foods served during Passover, which starts at sundown Wednesday, April 5. Long before I developed my deep fondness for all things fishy, […]
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Your Land: A memory links art and Earth Day
This Earth Day column begins with the lingering imprint of a meeting a long way from home, even as it will end with an Earth Day opportunity brought to us by the Cathance River Education Alliance and the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. It’s a cold March day in Asheville, North Carolina, where a weather front has […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A Baxter State Park winter expedition, Part I — the adventure begins
A winter expedition into Baxter State Park begins months in advance. Last Nov. 1, Allen Gaskell and I traveled to Baxter State Park headquarters in Millinocket to participate in the winter reservations lottery. Our goal was to obtain a six-day reservation at the South Branch Pond bunkhouse in the northeastern sector of the park. Allen’s […]
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The Recycle Bin: Climate risks prompt changed behavior
Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean and in the frozen and living parts of the Earth surfaces have occurred since 1990. Human-caused climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Sea level has risen an average of 7.7 inches over the whole Earth and is […]