Michaela Coleman reminds us of the most urgent, and orienting activities when returning home: Perfect first day in Maine. Picked blueberries on mount Battie then went for a swim in Megunticook. Feels good to be home.  

photograph by Kathi Bahr My dining room. No 90 degree angles to be found in this state.

photograph by Josh Nagle

text by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors editor Polly Saltonstall  Many years ago I wanted to write a book called “Finding Home.” The plan was to write a series of profiles of people in the state, asking how they knew when they were home and what that meant to them. It’s a rich topic that has engaged many […]

text and haiku by Kristen Lindquist Driving Route One south from Belfast this afternoon, enjoyed the brief, wan sunlight shining on the gray winter waters of the bay and the familiar line-up of islands that I’ve recognized since childhood. Same islands in the bay that as a child I named from my grandmother’s porch.

photographs and text by Jennifer Steen Booher On Saturday we visited Woodlawn Museum, which everyone I know calls The Black House, a reference to its former owners, the Black family. This is a local habit I find endearing – the tendency to refer to places by long-gone names. You’ll get directions to “turn left at the […]

My brother is a Navy pilot and his callsign is The Gentleman. He’s currently He was recently deployed in Afghanistan far, far away from his home in Maine. For weeks my family had only the following brief email as assurance of his safety and the unease of a new, mystery location: Just a quick hello! Letting you […]

My brother is a Navy pilot and his callsign is The Gentleman. He’s currently deployed in Afghanistan far, far away from his home in Maine. This is his current dispatch. If everything goes as planned we should be landing in Bangor tomorrow night around 5PM but thats if everything goes as planned. I will email […]