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​Considering the spectacular Sheepscot

By Catherine Schmitt There is a break in the ragged Maine coastline between Seguin Island Light and Damariscove, a widening where the Atlantic Ocean floods into a rock-ledged bay, and through a complicated network of glacial-scoured back rivers, side channels, and islands. As the tide turns and the wind shifts, birds… SEE MORE
Boats in a protected anchorage on Grand Manan

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Maritime Canada as Maine’s cousin

By Tom Groening One of my college professors, Louis Simpson, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1964. He was a wonderful teacher, and I sought out his work, even after graduating. One of his poems from the early 1980s has lingered in my memory. It’s from the perspective of… SEE MORE
A portrait of Nancy Hopkins-Davisson that was featured in the exhibit

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​Three love letters to North Haven

By Courtney Naliboff The sun is dipping down to the horizon earlier and earlier these days, and the air is suddenly cool. Summer, though over, was notably filled with three loving homages to the island, opportunities for us all to pause and marvel at the human ecosystem we occupy. The… SEE MORE