October is my favorite month of year, and this year has been even more spectacular than usual. My husband and I celebrated our...

Last week I made a candle delivery to Wells, Maine, and decided to drive a few extra miles down the road to visit Ogunquit. (Thank you,...

My husband and I took advantage of unseasonably warm weather to visit Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine, this past weekend. While...

June in Maine, in my experiences, has usually been damp and chilly. Not this year, though! Yesterday my husband and I had an excuse to...

The news this morning was terrible, full of death, anger, accusations, and dire economic predictions. I have been blessed, or perhaps...

Spring comes very slowly to Maine. It is nearly April, but our crocuses are only now beginning to bloom. Still, because winter lasts so...

There is no better medicine in the world than to stand at the edge of the ocean, admiring the sunset. I am even more thrilled to watch...

I love living near the ocean. Nothing clears my head or helps me center myself more than simply standing on the shore, listening to the...

Every year I have one huge pre-holiday meltdown, when there's too much to do and everything seems to be going wrong. This tradition was...

Last week my husband and I met my brother and his wife for a pre-holiday vacation, in Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is my mother ship; I...

On Friday we woke up to find a coating of snow which we had been told would not hit our part of the state. Surprise! Winter is here, no...

My husband and I played hooky this past weekend, and visited one of my favorite spots on earth, Pemaquid Point, Maine, on what might be...

It's Leaf Peeping season in Maine. I remember family trips to New England to see the foliage when I was a kid, and after twelve years in...