St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada: Breakwater Publishing, 1992 Although Random Passage is not a brand new book, this fictional account of one family’s emigration from England to a remote outport in rural Newfoundland nearly 200 years ago has a habit of staying in print and selling regularly. The book’s popularity is in part due to its
Waiting for Time
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada: Breakwater Publishing, 1994 Waiting for Time is the sequel to Bernice Morgan’s Random Passage, but it does not pick up where the first book left off. Instead, Morgan begins her next part of the story about the Cape Random people in modern Ottawa, a few generations later. Readers of the first
2 Books Reviewed: Cape Cod’s Lesson for Maine
Rowing Forward, Looking Back: Shellfish and the Tides of Change at the Elbow of Cape Cod By Sandy Macfarlane Published by Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 845, South Orleans, MA, 02662, www.fopb.org. $22.95 Scallop Season: A Nantucket Chronicle By Jim Patrick and Rob Benchley Published by Autopscot Press, PO Box 2177, Nantucket, MA 02584,
The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook
200 Fresh Simple, and Delicious Recipes from Appetizers to Desserts illustrated by Edward Koren New York, NY: Broadway Books The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook brings to the table some of the restaurant specialties of the famous Cambridge-based, family-owned chain. The restaurant’s motto is “If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t Legal,” and this emphasis on
The Long View: An Open Letter to Governor Baldacci
Dear Governor, One of the good things about being Governor, especially of a small state like Maine, is all the valuable free advice you get, and I’d like to add to your trove. Several otherwise unconnected events of the past month need to be highlighted in the hope that you will see an important connection
Institute Picks New Programs Manager
Nathan Michaud has been appointed Programs Depart-ment Manager at the Island Institute. Michaud grew up in Turner, Maine, and joined the Institute staff in 2001 after completing an Island Institute Fellowship on Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay. He studied at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and had previously lived on Frenchboro and
O’Leary’s Best Christmas Present
Dark was just approaching that Christmas Eve when 11-year-old James was helping his grandfather and uncle get in some wood for the stove. The three were hurrying to beat the encroaching darkness, because in 1924, Little Travis’s Cove, part of the settlement of Argentia, Newfoundland, had no street lights. In fact, Argentia had no electricity.
Canada ratifies Law of the Sea Convention
Canada has ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Prime Minister Jean Chretien called the move “a good thing” for the country, but a Member of Parlia-ment from Newfoundland/Labrador saw it as Canada’s loss. On Nov. 6, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham signed the document, and it was deposited with the
Popham Ship Replica to be Built at Bath
After a three-year search for the best site to build a replica of the VIRGINIA, a pinnace constructed by The Popham Colony in 1607, (WW …) board members of Maine’s First Ship have forged an agreement with Maine Maritime Museum to build the vessel at the museum on Washington Street in Bath. The decision is
Journal of an Island Kitchen: 20,800 Christmas Cookies
At the rate of 1,600 a year, plus or minus, Pauline Byrd must have made 20,800 Christmas cookies during the 13 years at least that I know of. A few days before she packed up her car to drive to New Jersey to spend the holidays with her daughter, Pauline would deliver to all her