Homes

A Tipsy Rooster and Horse Whispering
The writer recalls the time the family’s rooster got drunk, and his grandfather’s winning ways with draft horses

Painter Abe Goodale Comes Home to the Sea
This descendent of Charles Dana Gibson pays homage to Maine fishermen in remarkable watercolors

Modern, Net-Zero, and Very Livable
Peaks Island home combines modern lines and net-zero footprint

From Farmhouse to Summer Retreat
Blue Hill's Curtis house and F.L. Olmstead

Governor Baxter and the Making of a Historian
Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth explains how early encounters with Gov. Percival Baxter inspired his career.

Precisely Maine
Greta Van Campen and Mary Alice Treworgy practice a modern-day Precisionism in their paintings.

Trailer Makeover
A renovation transforms a rundown mobile home into an elegant living space.

A Few Ideas for Winter Reading
From the bookshelf

Canine Quarters at Sea
Photographer Ruth Montgomery, Way Back When

The Do It Yourself Dock
It took two summers, but he managed to build his own dock, complete with pilings.