Reading and Roaming
ON THE BIG SCREEN—WOMAN POWER It’s hard to accept how sexist the sailing world was in 1990. The Maiden, a new documentary, is a graphic account of skipper Tracy Edwards and her all female crew’s performance in the Whitbread Round the World Race. In the past women just didn’t compete there or at that level; or, if …
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JAUNTING TO WATERVILLE We know a few folks who’ve worked at or graduated from Colby College, but had never visited the campus. It’s located about ten minutes from downtown Waterville on Mayflower Hill—a pleasant spread of green dotted with red brick buildings and athletic fields. A guard at another museum (which will remain nameless) told us that …
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JAUNT TO BIDDEFORD Earlier this week, we headed south of Portland to visit friends on the outskirts of Biddeford. This is a part of Maine we had not seen before, and we were struck by its quiet beauty. Their house sits above Hills Beach bordered by rock with a view toward Basket Island. There are homes there …
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COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is ten years old, and it keeps getting better each year. We visit on our own and also bring all of our guests. Our granddaughters are especially fond of the play house where there are kitchen appliances, a cupboard, and a small table and chairs where you can …
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