Step into Ravishing Recalls in Rockland when owner Jonette Rockett is working and, on occasion, you may feel as though you’ve entered an old-fashioned salon – where people once gathered to discuss great literature and philosophy – located in the midst of a consignment shop for women. Yet both women and men engage in diverse
In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain’s Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History
The Lyons Press, 2003. $22.95. 288 pages. Rescue at sea and the salvage of foundered shipping are as old as sea travel itself. The book of Isaiah speaks of the “dragon that is in the sea.” Literature is full of references to the sea and its dangers, from Homer’s “wine-dark sea” to Melville’s Moby Dick.
Frankie’s Place: A Love Story
New York: Grove, 2003. Hardcover, 273 pages. This book serves as a guide, not only with recipes for good eating but with personalized examples of the good life, as witnessed by the author where he summers on Mount Desert. His how-to for happiness, in an over-simplification of the book’s storyline, might read as a recipe.
Journal of an Island Kitchen: The social refrigerator
My friend Sharon called up one day and asked me if I had some canned water chestnuts on hand. I didn’t, but she was in the midst of making a Chinese dinner and found she was out of this particular ingredient and the store was closed. Sharon went to the social refrigerator looking for what
The Long View: Where one size doesn’t fit all
Ever since this summer, lobster landings have been substantially down all along the coast of Maine. But prices have been higher, and the usually make-or-break fall lobster run is still in progress, so the net impact of any downturn will not be apparent for several months. Still, any hiccup in this last crucial sector of
Sandy Thomas to leave Institute
We are disappointed to report that Sandy Thomas has decided to step down as Vice President of Programs at the Island Institute. Beginning in November she will take up full time work with IGERT, the organization for which she currently holds a part time management position. The Island Institute’s innovative programs department is a credit
Taking Care
Last April, a month or so before heading up here for the summer, Rutherford Lodge, aged 99, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, settled down in his study to reflect on the passing of Hannibal Brown, who had died during the winter at age 101, and on the long history Hannibal and his descendants shared with Rutherford
The Cranberry Report
For more than 10 years we’ve published the Cranberry Report, authored periodically by our estimable correspondent on Islesford, Ted Spurling Sr. As Ted’s many readers know, the Report is a journal of community goings-on, summer and winter, in the Cranberry Isles. Recently Ted informed us of his intention to retire; he’ll continue contributing stories to
From the Deck: Some launching!
On a foggy September 27, Hodgdon Yachts of East Boothbay launched the 154-foot ketch SCHEHERAZADE for Bill and Barbara Stewart of New York and Mt. Desert. She is the largest sailing yacht in New England, indeed on the east coast and some say in the western hemisphere. She has been four years a-building and she
The Walking Waterfront
Many assume that the waterfront between the high and low tide line is common ground, accessible to all. Customary use over time, some waterfront owners believe, obligates them to tolerate those who enjoy the beach and who explore the area below the high tide line. Other shorefront property owners, however, become anxious when trespassers appear