“When you read a poem with something going on in it, you get this shiver.” — Tom Moore

My first draft of this piece was terrible. I wrote a nondescript, short essay about projects I was working on...

What’s the word on Monhegan? The answer, offered this summer by an island businesswoman, was to the point—beer, coffee, and chocolate.

As a boy, Carlson, a life-long resident of Swan’s Island, worked as sternman for his father during lobster and scallop season.

Losing Kristin brings into clear focus how heavy a weight is placed on teachers today.

I can’t imagine what they thought, arriving upon a rather somber and not too chatty assemblage…

Those few minutes in his boat were so powerful that they challenged his assumptions about what’s real.

Island caretakers mirror steps they took in May, but with much less stress.

I was convinced there weren’t many songbirds around our property…