The Tempest

Day 8 This is the quintessential Maine roadside lobster roll joint. This is Hazel's, and Hazel's is everything that is rig...

Day 7 In the week that I have been here, two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, have been shot dead by police officers. And now...

Day 6 Last night was a great night for a fire. By mid afternoon the temperature had risen to a vacation-high of 81 and on brief occasio...

Day 5 ( We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog post to bring you the following spleen-venting rant) So, for the 116th time in m...

Day 4 Another splendid day in Maine. Paula and Ron arrived around noon. There was beautiful weather, swimming, fishing, kayaking, floating o...

Day 3 Miss Lucy is getting the hang of Maine. On day 3, she was introduced to the reality of Hobbs Pond rather than just the possibility and...

Day 2 Our second day of travel was better than the first, since there was no rain...but it still consumed 7 1/2 hours, once again confoundin...