“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” William Shakespeare

As kids, the highlight of our cousins’ August visit was making home-made root beer. 

The Portland Symphony Orchestra Brings Music and Joy to Kennebunk at a Free Concert on Main Street. 

Grindstone is one of the 1800-plus islands comprising the Thousand Islands that sit in the western end of the St. Lawrence River that borders Canada. It’s the fourth largest … and a little bit of Paradise.

Mr. Wonderful and I are off on a two-week road trip — with maps and GPS to guide us, hopefully

The NYC Grands head off to summer camp in the Maine woods!

For nearly 30 years, a Canadian family that summers at Kennebunk Beach has maintained a natural bird sanctuary, one of the sweetest pieces of turf anywhere. 

At the time of the summer solstice, lupines stage a spectacular show all over Maine

Our “garden house” is showing signs of age.

Announced this week: Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year. 

Our “Miss Maine” of 1964 is “thrilled!”