Janet Mendelsohn
Beyond Backyard Birdwatching
Birdwatching in Maine is about learning, appreciating nature, venturing to new locales, and seeing those spectacular birds.
Wells Reserve
The town of Wells is home to the only National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maine, which is open to the public and the site of scientific research.
FDR's Beloved Island
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was happiest on Campobello Island, which straddles the border between Maine and Canada. The 50th anniversary of Roosevelt-Campobello International Park, the centerpiece of which is the former first family’s 34-room, red-shingled summer “cottage,” was in 2014.
The BrightBuilt Home
An architectural firm partnered with a modular homebuilder to come up with cost-effective and energy-efficient homes.
Book Review: Favorite Mittens
Not just hand-warmers, these patterns replicate the mittens once worn by Maine and Maritime fishermen and farmers. They are bits of social history captured in wool.
Art of the Polar Regions
Exhibits at the Portland Museum of Art and the Peabody Essex Museum present Antarctica and the Arctic as seen through the eyes of explorers and artists.
Book Review: A Place Called Maine
An anthology of work by some of the best writers in the state.
Review: Here If You Need Me
Wilderness chaplain, single mother, writer: Kate Braestrup's memoir
Review — Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes
Bear Bourguignon? Maple Moose Barbecue? Learn how to cook wild game at home from Kate Krukowski Gooding's new cookbook.
