MONHEGAN SUMMER DAY Reflections from the Pierce House Porch Primroses Chrysanthemums, Phlox Artemisia Marsh grass yellow, brown, green Swallows’ orange breasts, slate gray backs Seascapes Crashing surf Lobster traps Stacked five high Laundry on lines Graveyard stones Face the village and harbor From 18th century Brackett Pierce Trefethren Fir trees Starling Orne Wait staff time […]
Month: June 2011
A Summer Afternoon in the Black Duck – Matt Kiell
A SUMMER AFTERNOON IN THE BLACK DUCK (In Memory of Mandy) The cat wants in and The dog wants out A summer resident from Boston pops in to catch up The cat slips in but The dog curls up A day tripper from Kittery wants a cappuccino, sweet The dog finds her frisbee The cat […]
So long, it’s been good to know yuh
So long, it’s been good to know yuh; So long, it’s been good to know yuh; So long, it’s been good to know yuh. This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home, And I got to be driftin’ along Monhegan Commons will no longer be up dated on a daily basis, and the plan […]
George Joseph ‘Bud’ Murdock
Rockport — George J. “Bud” Murdock, innkeeper and proprietor of The Ocean House Hotel in Port Clyde, passed away June 9, 2011, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center after a brief but intense battle with cancer. Throughout his ordeal he was attended and supported by his loving family. Full Obituary Here
Hiking Monhegan – Susan Davis
HIKING MONHEGAN A deer trail tapers to a dead end. No view of the harbor, nor of the ocean. Such a small island, I must be somewhere. No map. Surrounded by tall pines and a soft carpet of brown needles. I’ve been lost in these woods before, following a thinning path as the thicket closed […]
Monhegan Trails – Susan Davis
MONHEGAN TRAILS Each year, the General Store sells a map marked in black dashes or solid, distinguishing ‘good’ from ‘fair’ to ‘poor’ trail, ‘moderate’ from ‘difficult’ path. I travel all the same, not judging flat, or steep and rocky, seeking the best place to view the horizon, never knowing what’s beyond the edge where the […]
