State Representative Gary Hilliard (R-Belgrade) is our guest on the episode of Wildfire that begins airing tonight. Much of the show focused on deer, as we questioned the sharp 60 percent increase in any-deer permits issued this year by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Gary is on a working group that is partnering […]
My Dad, Ezra Smith, was a prolific writer of letters to the editor. After he died, I found every letter he’d ever written to our local newspaper, in files by decade. What a treasure! He once wrote a letter to the editor about the outhouse at our camp on Nesowadnehunk Lake just outside the western […]
This week I’m sharing with you my three favorite columns about camp. This is the third column. It is in my book, “A Life Lived Outdoors,” published by Island Port Press in Yarmouth. The imperfections are obvious. They’re also numerous. On the porch, a gap between the screen door and frame allows pesky mosquitos inside. […]
This week I’m sharing with you my three favorite columns about camp. This is the second column. It is in my book, “A Life Lived Outdoors,” published by Island Port Press in Yarmouth. Our camp in Maine’s North Woods on the shore of Sourdahunk Lake is relaxing and restorative. And after 22 wonderful years there, […]
This week I’m going to share with you my three favorite columns about camp. Today’s column was published in the “My Maine” section of the July, 2011 edition Down East magazine. This column is also in my book, “A Life Lived Outdoors,” published by Island Port Press in Yarmouth. Every Mainer has a camp. It […]
Yesterday I posted the results of a bunch of questions posed in the Sportsmen Say Survey section of my website, sponsored by Moody’s Collision Centers. Today I’ll give you the results of more of those questions. I started the survey to give readers of this outdoor news column a chance to express their opinions and […]
A few years ago, I started the Sportsmen Say Survey on my website, sponsored by Moody’s Collision Centers, to give readers of this outdoor news column a chance to express their opinions and be heard on some of the issues I write about. I’ve been pleased with your response, ranging as high as 858. I […]
Charlene D’Avanzo has come up with a clever and entertaining way to teach us something about climate change: a novel featuring an intriguing who-done-it, plenty of tension, and a compelling story that kept me glued to the book for two evenings. Cold Blood, Hot Sea, published by Torrey House Press, puts oceanographer Mara Tusconi in […]
“A man walks into a bar – no, wait, this is no joke. A man walks into a clinic with an embedded, engorged tick, a tender, one-inch red rash forming around it. He is not offered treatment because the tick was attached less than 24 hours.” So begins a really informative column by Emily Bracale […]
I’ve had fun reviewing books with my grandsons, Addison and Vishal, and was looking for some kind of game we could try when the message arrived from ZUME games. I’m usually skeptical of offers of products to review – and have had a long-standing policy of only writing about products and books I genuinely enjoyed […]
