Maine Moments: Brunswick, Library, & Prague

SAMPLING BRUNSWICK’S DELIGHTS Indian Lunch The Chief Penguin and I made the trek down to Brunswick earlier this week for lunch with my cousins.  We met at our now favorite Indian restaurant, Shere Punjab, for some spicy curries.  You can pick your level of heat from 1-10; two of us stuck with level 4 (plenty hot for …

Maine Summer: Women, Butterflies, & Blooms

This week, I comment on a novel about several Irish women who’d like more in their lives and on a TV series about the infamous English sisters who thought nothing of ignoring and defying the accepted standards of society. Plus I offer up a few photos taken at the local botanical garden. RECENT READING: VILLAGE …

Maine Moments: Berries & Jewels, Page & Screen

SUMMER READING: SHARING IN NATURE The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this small volume, Native American plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer uses the serviceberry bush as a way to riff on the concept of a gift economy.  Also known as Juneberry, Saskatoon, or Shadbush, the serviceberry has small white flowers and …

Maine Moments: TV, Movie, Novel

It’s just the two of us here, so the Chief Penguin and I have time to binge watch a TV series, go to the movies, and spend time reading, be it a novel or the latest political news. And in a slightly unusual twist for me, all the activities here focused on or were written …