Recently, I read about philosopher Albert Borgmann’s concept of “focal” things and practices. A focal thing is something that provides

I keep my eyes focused on a distant, imaginary point on the horizon, trying to trick my inner ear…

I love the whole concept of taking a month of vacation at the start of the year…

Giving thanks works

To the editor:

I really connected with Barbara Fernald's piece on “tacking toward the positives” in life (Cranberry Report, November issue).

Areas along the Maine coast get an average of 46 inches of rain a year…

Three of our boys, newly graduated, assume their customary drinking station on the stern.

Winter is our time of potential energy. We’re not at rest; the island keeps ticking…

Even though I don’t snowmobile, I really enjoyed Matt Weber’s book, Making Tracks, published by Islandport Press. Although he lives on Monhegan

The stunning Island Funeral, 1939, offers a bird’s-eye view of boats arriving at Teel’s Island…