As the one who’s always behind the camera instead of in front of it, my need for a new, professional portrait crept up on me this year. Charmed by Sarah Beard Buckley […]
My Affair with Henry and the Photo Shoot that Followed
How an Island Loves its Library
Peaks Island enjoys its own small library, a branch of the Portland Public Library. I mean it really enjoys its library. Loves it. A lot. A Friends group devotedly nurtures library programs […]
Do Islands Foster Creative Minds?
The crazy-famous illustrator-author-exhibit-curator spoke to a large crowd who were enjoying the sea breeze at the TEIA clubhouse. His talk, “Changing Things Up: Embracing the Mess of a Creative Mind” shared his ‘philosophy of creating.’ He used a dryer metaphor to explain.
Peaks Island Celebrates Summer with Art and Literature
Islanders enjoy a long list of traditions and this is one of them-The Color and Pages of Peaks-where art show meets book signing fair, and then live music and a wine and […]
Nicole d’Entremont’s play runs at Maine Playwright Festival
The 15th Maine Playwrights Festival kicks off with an evening featuring dramatic readings of five new plays, with island author Nicole d’Entremont‘s Insurrections among them. Over the span of one act, Insurrections transports the audience […]
When an island goes to a book launch
You’ve heard of symbiotic relationships? Between Peaks Island and Longfellow Books in Portland runs an underwater cable of unfettered creativity and affection. Tonight it’s the book launch of Shrunken Treasures and, per usual, […]
Iterative Writing: How Scott Nash Put Shrunken Treasures into Our Hands
When you’re reading a book, have you ever wondered: how do writers translate their imagination onto a page? I a lways assumed that other writers work like I do by first conjuring, […]
