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Down Time
Once the summer is over, the busy lobster season has passed, the holiday shopping, baking and travel are done, many of us who are still on the islands have a whole winter in front of us to figure out, “What comes next?” There are few in the Cranberry Isles who have the luxury of a
Home
Lindsay and Jason were married in the summer of 2007. They began looking at house plans the following winter. Influenced by the framing chisels Jason received as a wedding present, and with the purchase of a sawmill, the young couple worked on their dream of building a house from island wood. They cut trees in
Cranberry Report: Transitions
The pace in August was full speed ahead as we experienced one of the most beautiful summers we have seen in a long time. It was easy to forget that Labor Day was just around the corner when people spent afternoons on the Islesford Sand Beach. A heat wave accompanied the first days of September,
Cranberry Report: Recipe Fallback
In the middle of the end of summer I almost forgot to write the Cranberry Report. My deadline snuck up on me, and I started grasping for ideas. The frenetic pace of August in the Cranberry Isles can cause one’s memory to lapse. With so much going on we are bound to forget a dinner
One lobsterman’s 15 minutes of fame
In early June, I received an e-mail from my friend, Shira, the art teacher at the Islesford School on Little Cranberry Island. “I’m writing you on behalf of my husband David, who works for the park. The Today Show is coming to film in Acadia National Park and they want some footage with a lobster
Cranberry Report: Setting the stage for summer
May and June are two of the busiest months in the Cranberry Isles. They hardly resemble the social whirl of July and August, but they are the time when the physical stage is set for whatever drama the summer will bring. Islesford postmaster, Joy Sprague, refers to Memorial Day weekend as the “dress rehearsal for
Cranberry Report: What are the chances?
Susan White, a good friend from Great Cranberry Island, who I met through a similar coincidence, keeps a journal of “small world” experiences pertaining to people from her island. I know her book is full, so I’ll abandon the Islesford exclusivity and give this turn of events a new name. A “Cranberry connection” typically occurs
Cranberry Report: What are the chances?
39 years ago, when I was a college freshman, I was out on the town with my new friends. A few guys from Dartmouth came along and we chatted about the recent summer and where we had been. I said “Maine” to which one of the guys replied, “Where in Maine?” “Oh, Little Cranberry Island.
Cranberry Report: Obsessed by a hummingbird
Over the winter I became a night owl. I developed the habit of staying up until after midnight to read or work in my jewelry studio; to add to my blog or check other blogs; to e-mail or check on Facebook. After almost 31 years of marriage, Bruce and I know that a major component
Cranberry Report: Potluck luck
As I played my phone messages back on Friday, March, 5 I heard a request from Amy Palmer, treasurer of the Islesford Neighborhood House Association: “Would you be willing to bake some bread for the Town Meeting lunch on Monday?” Apparently I had missed seeing the poster at the Islesford Post Office, where island residents