Down a road once taken, through a field once mown, lies a house built by hand of thick fieldstone walls set in cement and intersected by beams. This Belgrade construction was prompted by the marriage break-up of artist Cecily Diamond. More…

Some of Belgrade’s history is designed to leave the area. I am referring to souvenirs of Belgrade. The Belgrade Historical Society received a glass paperweight with an 1890 photograph of the Central House in Belgrade Mills. More…

I stood at the end of the creaking, aluminum dock, scanning my eyes across the sapphire blackness of the lake. Even in the dying embers of a Maine August the night was remarkably warm. More…

I just came in from surveying our Loons on Long Pond and observed another example of human interference: a paddleboarder went right up to the nest and around it and of course, not seeing a loon on the nest nor in the immediate vicinity, considered her activity perfectly inquisitive, educational and “normal.” More…

I like England, but I can do without their weather! It looks like we may have turned a corner despite the forecast for 1.29″ of precipitation for the next 10 days. It looks like Hurricane Debbie will be going out west of us, but that remains to be seen. We did luck out this past ten days with just 0.6″ of precipitation, so let’s see if our luck continues to hold! More…

Four snowflakes with their differentiated six points are on the cover of the novel About Grace by Anthony Doerr. The main character is a lover of snowflakes and snow and quite the scientist, full of pages and pages of crystal water info along with strange abilities to see the future. More…

Many of the roads entering our watershed have welcoming signs that describe it as a place “where memories are made.” There was definitely a lot of that going on last week. The kids are ignoring the back-to-school ads and getting out for some end of summer hiking. I visited several trailheads that were packed with cars from all over More…