Tag Archives: Maine
The challenge of the Brothers at Baxter State Park
Back in April, as we weathered the COVID pandemic at home, I scored a Labor Day weekend campsite at Baxter State Park in northern Maine. I had visited Baxter several times before, always for the same reason: to climb Maine’s … Continue reading
New Wilderness Voices: November 7 reading at RiverRun Books
On that morning after the ice storm, I left my chilly powerless house to warm up in the forests of Mount Agamenticus. My goal: to hunt down a tiny aphid-like insect, the woolly adelgid, that kills hemlock trees. I had … Continue reading
The town at the end of the world
My windows overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay are open on this early July morning, but when I first woke up, I thought they must be closed, so silent is the morning at 7 a.m. On a Maine lake, the silence would seem normal, … Continue reading
