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MONHEGAN MUSICALS: SOME REMINISCENCES

February 17, 2010February 17, 2010 Marjorie Mir

A collection of reminiscences. I first arrived on Monhegan in June 1950 to work at the Island Inn to earn money for college. There was an organization known as MYSO – the Monhegan Youth Social Organization. Everyone was strongly encouraged (ordered, I guess, – there was no way to say no) to join. Ruth Grant […]

Tracking

February 17, 2010February 17, 2010 Peter

Also tracking

February 16, 2010February 17, 2010 Peter

Monhegan’s possible wind futures.

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Peter

A gentleman living on the shore of Lake Michigan ,who loves that great freshwater sea, sent these surrealistic possible futures of Monhegan and Manana, should they becomes a locus of Maine wind generation. After all, if one or two windpoles have ‘no significant impact’, why should 3 or 4? Or…more? Take a look at what […]

Island Worship – David Reece

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Marjorie Mir

ISLAND WORSHIP Small white church, divine in its simplicity, radiant in the sun, but still so new. Come nightfall, this island, ancient, elemental, harkens back to older gods. Walk the trails, long after midnight. Stare hard at the waves, breaking in the moonlight off Green Point. Is that Poseidon, striding through the surf, waving his […]

Swim Beach Brook

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Peter

Filling in the interstices: lunar power industry wishes to join wind wannabes in planned Monhegan energy test zone

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Peter

Resolute Marine of Boston hopes to add lunar power energy extractors to the same two square mile area south of Monhegan that the wind industry plans to use to develop giant floating offshore wind turbines, that would be emplaced by the hundreds a few miles east of the test site in federal waters. Now, if […]

Now!

February 14, 2010February 13, 2010 Peter

February

February 13, 2010 Peter

What Really Matters?

February 12, 2010February 13, 2010 Peter

Monhegan is a particular place that has existed for a long time; humans have lived on or visited it for only part of that time. As always, we humans live in between the past and the future. We hope to continue to learn from the past and carry some of our own learning forward for […]

Name that Rock

February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 Peter

O Tannenbaum….

February 11, 2010February 10, 2010 Peter

Not just Monhegan

February 11, 2010February 10, 2010 Peter

I agree that there’s a serious possibility that alternative energy will impact the quality of natural beauty, not only on Monhegan, but many, many places that alternative energy is introduced. Living in Vermont, I accept that. We will have to sacrifice some vistas, mountaintops. But for me, cell towers and telephone lines already pollute the […]

To Lobster Cove

February 10, 2010February 9, 2010 Peter

Same data – different spin

February 9, 2010February 8, 2010 Peter

One way of thinking about “a commons” is that it is a resource shared by a group of individuals. The key word here is “sharing”. One can only share that which is his. In a strange sort way, the proof of having (owning, if you will) is in the giving of it to another. And […]