Autumn Comes to Grand Lake Stream
A great many roads surrounding Grand Lake Stream are best negotiated in first gear.
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Piper
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
The Offshore Islands
A Poem by Ruth Moore The Offshore Islands The offshore islands belong to themselves. They stand in their own sea. They do not inherit;...
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Piper
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
"That's Where they Burned Her Heart"
By Sarah L. Thomson "That’s where they burned her heart.” Haley pointed toward a low stone wall that ran along the edge of the Chestnut...
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Piper
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Fruits of the Garden
By Roy Barrette One of the more pleasant tasks of late summer is the harvesting of the fruits of the garden. In these days, when freezers...
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Piper
- Aug 5, 2022
- 5 min
High on the Land
By Kathryn Olmstead August 5, 2000. Millie has been in the family almost six months. Friends who endured the agony of my decision-making...
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Piper
- Jul 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Uplander
An essay from Where Cool Waters Flow by Randy Spencer Take someone from the sprawling cities, someone whose feet are accustomed to the...
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Piper
- Jul 2, 2022
- 2 min
Maine has Moxie
An excerpt from Downeast Genius by Earl Smith As if Maine had not already contributed mightily to satisfying the nation’s taste buds, its...
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Piper
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
Explore Maine Lighthouse History
From The Islandport Guide to Lighthouses in Maine by Ted Panayotoff Depending on your source, there were 10 to 11 lighthouses built in...
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Piper
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
Strange Acadia
From Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine. by Earl Brechlin Acadia National Park sprawls across nearly fifty thousand acres on Mount Desert...
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Piper
- May 31, 2022
- 6 min
Start at the Low Point
An excerpt from Blue Summer by Jim Nichols Tampa, 1995 We’ll start at that low point: a trailer park in Tampa, Florida. It’s early in the...
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Piper
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
Solitude at Camp
From Evergreens by John Holyoke For years, “camp” has existed as a strictly seasonal retreat, with all the attendant perks, anda few...
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Piper
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
March and Mud
By May Davidson March mud is different from mere surface mud and shallow puddles. It isn’t just driveways and dirt roads that cause one’s...
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Piper
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
Watching Ice Leave the Bay
"The great gray ice mass moved quietly, and behind it was the sudden softness of open water, tickled by the wind." By John N. Cole The...
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Dean Lunt
- Feb 24, 2022
- 7 min
Finding a New Life in Maine
"We did not come to Maine to escape anything, but to find something." By Roy Barrette A hundred and twenty-five years ago a man whose...