Monthly Archives: November 2019
This book is all about rural Maine
When I got a copy of Chasing Maine’s SECOND by Michael Norton, I assumed it was all about the Second District Congressional race between Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden. After all, the subtitle is A Fight for Congress in Paradise. Michael does give us a great story about that race which was decided by ranked […]
ATV Task Force Tackles Lots of Issues
Tom Doak, executive director of the Maine Woodland Owners, serves on the ATV Task Force created by Governor Janet Mills. In the November issue of MWO’s newsletter, Tom provided a good report on the task force and some of the major issues they are tackling. With Tom’s permission, I am sharing his column with you […]
This guy snowmobiles in all of Maine’s best places
Even though I don’t snowmobile, I really enjoyed Matt Weber’s book, Making Tracks, published by Islandport Press. Although he lives on Monhegan, he snowmobiles all over Maine, and his stories are very entertaining. His book’s subtitle is How I Learned to Love Snowmobiling in Maine, and given the number of difficult trips he’s experienced, he […]
Deer Stories #4 Swimming for my buck
This is my fourth column of favorite deer hunting stories, posted every Friday. Today I’ll tell you about the time I tried to swim out into a pond to retrieve my buck. Moose Pond in Mt. Vernon is not far from my house. The shoreline is completely undeveloped and the pond is surrounded by forests, […]