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Sep 1, 20202 min read

Q&A | Nonfiction for Kids with Anna Crowley Redding

Anna Crowley Redding is the author of several nonfiction books for children, including Rescuing the Declaration of Independence, Google...

Aug 31, 20207 min read

And Then We Said Goodbye

An Excerpt from Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island by Dean L. Lunt I don't know when my grandmother forgot who I...

Aug 14, 20203 min read

Old County Woman

by Kathryn Olmstead Aroostook County lost one of its treasures when Glenna Johnson Smith died August 8 at age one hundred.

Jun 17, 20203 min read

Rhubarb-a-Go-Go

I know, some folks are using this time to learn a foreign language. I’m doing rhubarb. And Charlie doesn’t know what hit him.

Jun 9, 20203 min read

Writing Maine History: Every Day of the Year

What a perfect use, I thought, for the menagerie of random information about Maine that had been milling around in my brain

Apr 29, 20203 min read

Me, John Prine, and One Glorious Weekend in Maine

Prine was one of the finest and most acclaimed songwriters ever, a remarkable folk-country performer, and a major musical influence.