Maine

White on White, Southwest Harbor, Maine; July 11, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.41) The Clark Point Road runs from the center of Southwest Harbor out to the Coast Guard station at the end of the point. To get there you follow…

Bob’s Camp, Trenton, Maine; Independence Day, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.38) Fourth of July in Bar Harbor is about as close as I’ve ever gotten to living in a Norman Rockwell painting. The parade starts at 10am, wandering down Main Street,…

The Bar Harbor Yacht Club is a small, uninsulated cabin perched precariously on a rocky outcrop over a substantial dock. There is no sign marking the steep, unpaved drive. It is frequented by people in practical clothes and sensible shoes…

The Bluffs, May 29, 2010 (Beachcombing series No.34) A typical day of beachcombing: three rock crab shells, a green crab shell, blue mussels, sea urchins, bits of nylon rope, birch bark, sea glass, periwinkle shells, a sprig of rockweed, and…