The Stories

I enjoy walking the shoreline, choosing the most interesting pieces among the plethora of driftwood the island has to offer to make artistic hiking/walking sticks adorned with wood burning and leather grips....

We just skied the Loop Trail! It’s like an enchanted forest, so dreamy. I just floated through....

On October 10, 2024, when a magnificent aurora borealis show hovered over the north, we knew that the best night sky view in the area would be from Sears Island....

I was talking to a friend about the movie Lost on a Mountain in Maine, and my friend said, "And you, you got found on an island in Maine."...

I could tell a hundred stories about my magical experiences at Wassumkik, but one stands above all as the most mystical and breathtaking moment of my life....

Each rock, each beached tree trunk, every rockweed mass,...

Sears Island is a place which has become my friend, a place to bask in the beauty of the island meeting the sea, a true friend I can rely on, a place of beauty and wonder. ...

We’d go to Sears Island almost every day and Zeke would swing on the rope swing. One day we found that it had broken. Zeke was so sad. We went back to the house and I gathered some rope and a 2x6 board and made a whole new swing for my kids and anybody...

As his eyes searched for our approach, it was the flash of water reflecting on our paddles that he first saw. A wave of emotion and pride came over him......

I felt an energy. Yes, a green energy flowing into my senses with an almost heavenly sensation. I was the only one around, but I somehow felt one with all creation. The fact that such a place as Sears Island exists is somewhat of a miracle in itself....