Christmas carol needs tweaking
Lately, we’re hearing a lot of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” That’s the carol in which the singer’s true love gives his (or her) gifts on each of the 12 days.
Arts & living
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Cathy Bell Clark captures animals in action in wool
GOULDSBORO — One could be forgiven for thinking there is a pair of rats perched motionless on a cabinet at the Gouldsboro home of Cathy Bell Clark. Clark’s woodland creations — red foxes, harbor seals with mottled coats and horsehair whiskers, a chipmunk with wax-dipped toenails — look as though they are nearly in motion, …
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Region’s wild beauty, friendship and life focus of book
For those of us who call coastal Maine home, we easily negotiate coves, bays, inlets, reaches and other words for saltwater bodies. In “Return to Moose River,” Bar Harbor author Earl Brechlin takes us out of our element and on an adventure into unfamiliar terrain — Maine’s North Woods — in good company with the …
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Puerto Rican strays finding homes Downeast
CHERRYFIELD — More than a year ago, Hurricane Maria slammed into the island of Puerto Rico. Nearly 3,000 people are estimated to have been killed and food, water and medical care were scarce for months after. The island’s power grid was essentially wiped out, and millions of Puerto Ricans went without electricity for months. While …
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Ancient practice of bonsai delights
DEER ISLE — Intricate, miniature trees growing out of shallow vessels look challenging at best if not downright difficult to replicate. But, you too, can create bonsai trees with a little care, says Deer Isle bonsai enthusiast Greg Mekras of Deer Isle. “You have to like plants and you have to, as my wife says, …
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Sculptor creates “Bio Spheres” piece for UMaine
STEUBEN — In a photograph shot last week, Japanese sculptor Kazumi Hoshino can be seen working on her mammoth, yet delicate granite sculpture called “Bio Spheres.” The 23,000-pound piece was scheduled to be installed Thursday, Nov. 29, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s new Plant, Animal and Insect Laboratory on the Orono campus. The …
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Gallery to show artists’ recent work this month
ELLSWORTH — Courthouse Gallery Fine Art is pleased to present “Studio Picks,” a juried show running Dec. 5-23, highlighting new work from the gallery artists’ studios. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5. The event is free and open to the public. Much of the featured artworks …
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Literary characters reimagined as felines in art show
ELLSWORTH — Harborside artist Kipp Sienna Hopkins’ fanciful take melding her love of cats and classic literature will have free rein from Dec. 1 through Jan. 5 at the Ellsworth Public Library. A month-long show, “Cats in the Classics” features Hopkins’ reimagining and portrayal of various literary characters as cats. Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Harry …
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Blacksmith finds fulfillment at his forge
ELLSWORTH — “Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote about how the poet has to obey the words before he can make something beautiful from them, and being a blacksmith is the same,” said Adriaan Gerber. “You have to obey the steel and the fire. You have to be very humble; you can’t do this when you’re arrogant or …
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For years, book club has provided place to exchange ideas
Cindy Alley had been mulling over the idea for a book club for a few years.