Category: Sweetest in the Gale

In hindsight, I wonder if the name I chose for this column was too wishful. I took the phrase “Sweetest in the Gale” from Emily Dickinson’s poem, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” in which a bird stands for hope in dark times. “And sweetest - in the Gale -… SEE MORE

I’m not from Maine, but I’ve talked to many people since I got here. There are other ways I could open this piece, to introduce myself as the new editor of The Working Waterfront and Island Journal. But as I try to fill the big boots left by outgoing editor… SEE MORE