Seven Coyote Pups and One Big Dog
. . . Munchie gently picked up and carried every one of the seven fuzzy coyote pups back to the den and nudged them inside. ...
The Stories
Hen of the Woods, a Sears Island conversation
"It's a mushroom. It's called hen of the woods. And it's really good. It usually grows on the foot of the oak and comes out this time of year. So this mushroom, this 'hen' is the fruit of mycelium, right? It's the fruit of a really big organism that connects all those trees. And...
It was Wonderful. Just Wonderful, a Sears Island conversation
We spent days swimming, skipping rocks, chasing each other, and eating a lot. We collected driftwood for huge campfires and told scary stories at night....
Gertrude Gordon's home on Sears Island rendered into a hooked rug by her daughter, Barbara Merry. Courtesy of the Penobscot Marine Museum. Penobscot Marine Museum
A Sears Island Childhood
Sometimes we had a clambake on the shore with a campfire and we'd sit around the fire telling stories or perhaps singing. I played the mandolin ... , ...
Child’s Discovery Links to Island’s Deep Past
As we explored the island’s rocky shores, we stumbled upon an extraordinary find—a Native American ax head artifact…...
I Come to Recharge, a Sears Island conversation
Sears Island is the only close place I have to recharge myself. It's quiet, no traffic. It's beautiful. I love being here. It's an amazing place....
A Treasure for Animals and Birds
My first Maine island experience occurred almost eighty years ago when friends invited my family to stay for a month in their house on an island in the middle of Casco Bay....
Sears Island Song
The island has been singing For so long, so long — Slowly, we learn to hear — Slowly, we learn to sing....
Boy Scout
When I was in my early teens (in the mid-1960s) I was in the Boy Scouts and we used to go camping on Sears Island....
Talking to the Wind
When turning turbines, does Wind become tired and stressed and become an ill wind? Will Wind change course when faced with sharp blades on tall towers massed in lines like old-time...