Issue 193 Table of Contents

The Maine I Love—Matthew Billian
A visit to Western Maine in ski season

A Fisherman’s Tale
A saltwater fisherman shares helpful advice for weathering the long cold hiatus before the stripers and blues return.

Dorothy, Oh Dorothy
A brief encounter with a salty looking workboat leaves an artist wondering about what might have been.

Ice Time in Rockport
An old-fashioned ice harvest

Junk Journeys
A Gouldsboro Point sailor plies the coast on her junk-rigged sailing barge, Great Auk

Kennebunk
Kennebunk’s streets and mansions reflect the fortunes made by shipyards and mills in years gone by.

Luders 16s Reprise their Championship Regatta
After a nearly two-decades-long pause, the Luders 16 class rallied in Northeast Harbor to crown an international champion.

Reading, Writing, and Outboards

Salmon, Shrimp, Whale Pods, and a Chowder Race

Summer Brings Music to the Fox Islands
The Fox Islands summer concert series delights residents, visitors, and musicians alike.

Susie

The Alchemy of Granite to Gardens
Peace and harmony abound in the rocky nooks and crannies of a Lincolnville Japanese garden.

Thurza Foss and Her Photos from Harmony
Left with a farm to run and a family to feed, an early 20th-century woman created photo postcards that offer a glimpse into rural living in northern Maine.

When Cattle Pounds Kept Strays at Bay
In rural Maine, the town cattle pound helped keep the peace.

Winslow Myers in Motion
In his paintings, Nobleboro artist Winslow Myers seeks to represent the mystery of reality.

“Man plans. God laughs.”
Maine Yacht Center in Portland was never meant to build one of the hottest sailboats on the international offshore racing circuit—but that’s exactly what happened.