This page serves as an archive to some of the past Life in Maine articles and stories. If you are new to the Life in Maine page, you can see what you missed by selecting any or all of the articles referenced below. All articles and stories appear as they did when originally published, with the exception that itn some instances accompanying pictures or drawings have been omitted to save space. The archive covers essays from this year and the previous year - if you'd like essays from before that, send me large sums of money and/or other items of worth.

• (2/13/04) The North Woods Diet
• (1/27/04) Life at 15 Below
• (12/29/03) The Ghost Dogs
• (10/27/03) Art - 100 Years in the Making
• (9/21/03) The Race Around Islesboro
• (8/08/03) Trouble on Eight Legs - Dog & Dog
• (7/09/03) An Alternate Reality II- The Reality
• (6/19/03) An Alternate Reality - Life in the theater lane
• (3/17/03) North of Here - Adventures in the northcountry
• (2/24/03) The Wild Kingdom - Nature in the backyard
• (1/24/03) The Greatest Dog in the World - A Tribute to Jasper
• (1/13/03) Life with Curlers - Stones on ice
• (12/23/02) The Emperor of Bayside - Adventures in Democracy
• (10/29/02) Island Adventures - A Jewel of a State Park
• (8/26/02) To Build a Barn - Further evolution of the homestead
• (7/26/02) Life In Ireland - The "Maine" of Europe
• (4/13/02) The Variable Season - Spring or winter? Make up your mind
• (3/10/02) Mr. Krusty Goes to Baxter - More winter adventure
• (1/26/02) The Maine Winter Olympics - Sports you won't see on TV
• (12/3/01) The Great Wall of Northport - Mysteries in the Woods
• (10/12/01) Half Way There - Self-induced torture, just for fun
• (9/25/01) Why? - Reflections on terror on our doorstep
• (9/3/01) A Perfect Summer Day - Sailing on the Penobscot
• (8/13/01) Living in the Woods - When the animals come to visit
• (7/18/01) Singing the Blues - Rockland comes alive
• (6/13/01) Take My Money, Please - Emptying my wallet on the landscape
• (5/15/01) Fire on the Mountain - Almost a hero
• (4/23/01) What Lies Beneath - After months of snow cover, treasures revealed
• (3/31/01) A Tale of Two Storms - The weather is what's outside your window
• (3/6/01) Slogging Through Baxter - A winter adventure
• (2/12/01) Africa Alive - On Safari
• (1/14/01) Into Africa - Climbing Kilimanjaro
• (12/10/00) Mountains Tall and Small - The natural high
• (11/14/00) Rocks Unlimited - Need a few?
• (10/29/00) Free Wisdom - Learn what I learned, without the pain
• (10/6/00) Bearing Down on Belfast - Bruins come to roost
• (9/5/00) In the Company of Frogs - Reflections on a pond
• (7/9/00) The Trek - Peddling across Maine for fun and charity
• (5/18/00) Seasoning - Jumping the gap from winter to spring
• (4/24/00) Home Stretch - The new house takes shape
• (4/4/00) Ambition Unlimited - Whatever it takes to make a living in Maine
• (3/15/00) Slow News Days - Yawning through the local happenings
• (2/27/00) 'Loafin' - Life on the slopes
• (2/7/00) Fish Bowling and Other Fun - Winter escapades
• (1/24/00) Meandering Through a Questionable Winter - What to do when nature doesn't cooperate
• (12/22/99) A House Grows - taking shape and taking it's toll
• (12/6/99) More answers to questions you never asked
• (11/22/99) Signs, signs - out with tradition, in will ugly
• (11/8/99) 12 Steps Towards Better Living - Need help?
• (10/13/99) The Birth of a House - Breaking ground in Northport
• (9/22/99) In the Shadow of a Hurricane - Panic for panic's sake
• (9/6/99) The Blue Hill Fair - A Maine tradition
• (8/18/99) How Not to Win a Road Rally - driving and learning
• (7/26/99) The Mountain Beckons - Up and down Katahdin again, and again
• (7/12/99) Trains, Planes, Boats, and Cars - Getting to, through, and out of Maine
• (6/21/99) The Best View in Maine - My own top 10 list
• (5/26/99) Putting Things in Perspective - Kids being kids, not killing people
• (5/12/99) More Answers to Questions You Never Asked
• (4/26/99) Keeping the World Safe from Fudge-O Thieves
• (4/1/99) Want to join the MAFIA?
• (3/15/99) Spinning the Wheels of Justice - Jury duty in small-town Maine
• (3/3/99) Gone to the Dogs - Canine companions keep us company
• (2/15/99) Journey to the Great White - Short, French-speaking people and other peculiarities of the great north
• (1/25/99) What's happened to the Maine winters? - Where has all the white stuff gone?
• (1/11/99) Another New Year - Looking back at what you had to say in 1998
• Where I Used to Live - the history of the Isaac Carver house
• Ashes to Ashes - a short story about a mountain, a man, and a moose