Pay less attention to the political leanings of the title and pay more attention to the 10 x 100, which loyal readers know is something I do six to eight times per year, when I give 10 updates on somewhat unrelated content, with each update being 100 words or less. Here we go: Primaries are […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: White Mountain whitewater rocks
The White Mountains in New Hampshire have more to offer than great hiking, climbing and skiing. In the spring, melting snow drains into the steep streams and rivers flowing out of the tall peaks. For a few weeks in late April and May, they provide some of the best whitewater paddling in New England. Over […]
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Intertidal: Remarkable, anadromous sturgeon still leaping
“Is that a penguin?” asked the daughter of a friend of mine as they passed over the Androscoggin River last week. This was a particularly funny question given that her parents are both very well versed in the natural world and that penguins certainly don’t live in Maine. But the oddity of seeing a giant […]
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Stories from Maine: The unmerciful end of a rope
In the late night hours of Monday, Sept. 3, 1883, while most were asleep in the city of Bath, a history-making tragedy was about to occur on Broad Street. Two men, lurking in the evening shadows of the Commercial Wharf, began to pry and finagle their way into the D.C. Gould Chandlery, a general store. […]
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Pet Prattle: On ‘no-kill’ shelters
“Are you a ‘no-kill’ shelter?” Midcoast Humane employees are asked this question on a regular basis in a variety of contexts. We are asked this when we are adoption or admission counseling, out in the community attending events, or even when we go to Hannaford on our way home from work still wearing our Midcoast […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Challenging falls on the Machias River
Four of us were on the third day of a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society Machias River expedition. We had just spent the night camping at Holmes Falls and were headed for Little Holmes Falls, a complex, challenging whitewater rapid. For the third consecutive day, we benefited from sunny skies and mild temperatures. While fishing […]
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From the Chamber: Summer shout-outs — and a few events
I’m still diligently working on the 2024 Calendar of Events that (though I’m well-intended) never gets out until mid-June, though I always strive for earlier. With that, there are some upcoming June events that I want to highlight. However, I also wanted to give some thanks and appreciation for things I have witnessed in the […]
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Intertidal: Time to see the sea ducks
It’s really hard not to write about eider ducklings at this time of year. It is one of my favorite signs of impending summer to see the flotillas of multiple moms surrounding numerous fluffy chicks. Watching them herd into tidepools to feed and then float out to clumsily practice flight is a stark contrast to […]