Marsden Hartley’s Maine: Must see at Colby College Museum of Art
Lobster! Katahdin! Portland Headlight! Crashing surf! One would be hard pressed to create a travel itinerary taking in Maine's icons better than that presented...
Keepers of the Flame: saving lighthouses
Saving lighthouses is not easy task. Credit the Maine Lights Program, launched in 1996, and the National Historical Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, for...
Elephants at my doorstep: Satao Elerai Lodge, Kenya
I’m sitting on the deck of my Satao Elerai tent gazing over the savannah grasslands at snow-capped Kilimanjaro, when I hear a rustling.
Elephants!
Since I...
Postcard from Edinburgh: Forsyth’s Tea Room
While gadding about Great Britain by rail (especially easy with a BritRail pass) a few years ago, I stumbled into the delightful Forsyth's Tea...
Roaming Northern Ireland’s Antrim Coast
I attained enlightenment in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Not the lights-flashing, God-appearing, Hallelujah! type of enlightenment, but rather a far-more-subtle, restorative, all's-right-with-the-world kind. This...
Postcard from Vienna: Gaststrube Pürstner
Where: Gaststrube Pürstner, Vienna, Austria; operated by the Purstner family for three generations.
Menu: Traditional, prices from 9-26 Euros (most in the 15-18 E range)
Dish:...
The Maine Coast Chocolate Trail: A chocoholic’s guide
Maine has an official art museum trail, a maritime heritage trail, an architecture trail, even a garden and landscape trail. It doesn't have a...
A visit with Nova Scotia folk artist Barry Colpitts
It's easy to find Barry Colpitts's home gallery in East Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia. Folk art adorns the house, lawn, barn, shed, fence, car,...
Eight great Maine summer music festivals
Get your groove on at one of these eight Maine summer music festivals. We've gotcha covered, from rock to folk, bluegrass to blues, pops...
Maine-related books for reading and giving
Looking for Maine-related books for your wish list and holiday giving? In addition to my Moon Maine, Moon Coastal Maine, and Moon Acadia National...