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The Northwest Wind
By John N. Cole Of all the winds that blow, I like the northwest best. It is rare as a summer wind along this upper corner of the...

Piper
Oct 27, 20204 min read


Things that Go Bump (or Howl) in the Night
By Earl Brechlin With ninety percent of the land area covered in forest, Maine is the most heavily forested state in the country. With...

Piper
Oct 20, 20204 min read


Tell Me the Landscape
By Glenna Johnson Smith For nearly seven decades the geography of Aroostook County has become a part of me. Now, after reading Dakota: A...

Piper
Oct 13, 20204 min read


The Wilderness of Our Childhood
By John Holyoke The stream was narrow. It was shallow. Several times a summer, after we had climbed every tree we could climb, were...

Piper
Oct 6, 20204 min read


Peek into The Door to January
The house was a sad thing in the daylight. It sat on a hilltop, a sagging pile of weathered clapboards and crumbling brick...

Piper
Oct 1, 20204 min read


There Hain't No Deer
By Dean Bennett Every year the mill shut down for a reason that most have forgotten, or never knew. Of the few that have heard of it,...

Piper
Sep 29, 20206 min read
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