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Oh Canada!
A trip to Nova Scotia by coastal New Englanders may seem unnecessary; simply more of what we’re already used to here, only further north and east. That Atlantic province of Canada does have many interesting connections with us Yankees. But, as they say, vive la difference! Two of us decided to venture from the coast
Museum offers meditations on death, the landscape and a rugged individual
Walk into the Wyeth Center of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland between now and August 26, and you’re in for a bit of a surprise. You won’t think you’re in artist Andy Warhol’s famed “Factory” in New York City per se, but you might forget you’re in small town coastal Maine. A visiting show
Generation Loss
Northampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2007 Second Chance Elizabeth Hand’s new novel is described as a “psychological thriller” and a combination of “Patricia Highsmith and Patti Smith.” Hand has lived on the coast of Maine since 1988, the same year her first work was published. Since then, she’s written many novels and short stories, and
The Colors of Lobstering
Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2007 $15.00 Good pictures that cast no spell Greg Currier is a good photographer and the pictures in this book are nice. For your money you have a souvenir of Maine, or an addition to the coffee table, or a house present to leave with hosts. Besides those positives, it
A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2002 Crafting Our Lives with Our Own Hands Coperthwaite, a Maine native, has traveled the globe extensively over the years, but still calls Maine home, with his handsome hand-built 3-story yurt on Dickinson Reach in Machiasport. Yurts are what Coperthwaite is best known for, that circular shelter originally used like tents by
Amy and Isabelle Abide with Me
New York: Random House,1998, 2006 Stories that Transcend their Imaginary Maine Landscapes Don’t check the map to find the places in Maine where novelist Elizabeth Strout locates her books, because Shirley Falls, West Annett and the Sabbanock River are all fictional. Yet they feel real; testimony to the insight and empathy of Strout, a native
The “Local Science” of Eliot Coleman
The health of the biosphere demands our attention. We are called to consider what we are doing that harms the environment, and how, in turn, we too might be negatively impacted. Our attention has been drawn, large-scale, to carbon footprints and renewable resources. But right in our own kitchens, take a look at the food
L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006 The Business of Personality The New Yorker magazine, in its recent “style” issue, has a cartoon featuring a castaway. Standing alone under the sole palm tree on a small sandy island is a man stranded in the middle of nowhere. An opened box next to him is marked, “L.L.
THE REVOLUTION STARTS HERE
“Store to send lobsters gently into that good pot: Whole Foods waives ban on live sales in Maine.” — Boston Globe, Feb. 8, 2007 MEMO From: Little Bay Lobster Company To: Vinalhaven lobstermen Please note that we have assured Whole Foods we can deliver lobsters guaranteed to be fresh, healthy, and humanely treated. Therefore, their
2 titles on Stone Walls
Stone by Stone: the Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls New York: Walker, 2002 Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England’s Stone Walls New York: Walker, 2005 Set in Stone New England’s stone walls are a ubiquitous feature of its landscape. As with anything we grow accustomed to, it is easy enough