Maine

The website logo, featuring a string of black mountains, capped in snow, with a setting sun behind the range. The title "The Mountains Are Calling" across the bottom.

A Rocky Remembrance

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A Rocky Remembrance   written by Brianna S.   The mountains were NOT calling. At least not to me. Each summer, I would see the shimmer in my brother’s eyes as we began preparations for our yearly trip to Maine. Even my father’s countenance, normally grumpy and stoic, would give off a gleeful hum – […]

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Katahdin – Maine’s High Point

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Katahdin – Maine’s High Point Then here’s a hail to each flaring dawn!And here’s a cheer to the night that’s gone!And may I go a-roaming onUntil the day I die!  — Robert Service, A Rolling Stone  This was my Everest.In my fifth or sixth year on the planet, I embarked on a climb of Katahdin with my

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The Dawnland

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The Dawnland   Dedicated to Sloane Acadia For at least the last 12,000 years, Indigenous Americans have inhabited a region of the Atlantic Coast, including Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Quebec. The people called this land Wabanakik. A group of nations – the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and

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