There is something endearing about small things. Passing by a shop window with items for a dollhouse, I thought that even a tiny can of beans or a tiny pillow for a bed is enchanting. Perhaps that’s why I was so taken with a display of photographs of tiny marine organisms that is tucked away […]
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The Recycle Bin: How to reduce your carbon footprint
Most of the world’s nations are meeting this week in Egypt for the COP27 (Council of Parties) annual international Climate Conference to negotiate the steps each nation must take to lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow the rapid rate of Earth’s warming. Former Vice President Al Gore spoke passionately of the opportunity African nations have […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Biking historic Quebec
My Maine outdoor companions and I have enjoyed adventures with our Quebec friends for about 30 years. We’ve visited them to paddle whitewater, sea kayak, ski, hike and bike. On many occasions, they’ve joined us in Maine for similar exploits. The pandemic resulted in a three-year border-crossing hiatus. Recently, six of us retired Mainers were […]
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Intertidal: State has a lot to offer in local seafood
“Make sure your seafood was caught by a Maine fisherman,” said local food writer and editor of Edible Maine Christine Rudalevidge. “We have to reward them for sticking to such stringent regulations.”
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A surprise ending on Scarborough Marsh
Scarborough Marsh is the largest saltwater marsh in Maine. The 3,100-acre, exceptionally scenic estuary is home to numerous species of birds, fish, mammals and shellfish. When Shweta Galway announced a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society paddling trip on the marsh, my wife, Nancy, and I enthusiastically signed on. Six of us met at the Audubon […]
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Your Land: A salty song for traction on winter roads
When I was in high school, we had a teacher who walked the school between classes humming fragments of classical music to himself. We, of course, nicknamed him the Hummer, fodder, as adults are, for occasional teen-comments about their weirdness. “We’ll never be like the Hummer,” was the always subtext. But I’m guessing that you, […]
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Intertidal: Maine’s coast is foggy this time of year
Somehow it is November. We have had an unusually balmy fall that makes it hard to believe that this weekend we will set our clocks back an hour and submit to it being dark at 5 p.m. It is always difficult to adjust to the late-day darkness, but I do appreciate the additional early morning […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Out of the echo chamber
No one likes to think we are biased. We all like to believe that we are open-minded. But are we? It’s less than one week to the 2022 midterm elections and I’m exhausted. I vowed not to watch any political TV ads this year, whether local, state or national, and I’ve done pretty well sticking […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Whitewater exploits on the Magalloway River
Twenty-six years ago, my late friend Bill Kaiser recruited me to represent the Appalachian Mountain Club in dam relicensing tests on the Rapid and Magalloway Rivers in western Maine. I was one of perhaps a dozen participants from several regional paddling organizations. The purpose was to navigate the two rivers in canoes or kayaks for […]
