Drove the 40 miles from Bar Harbor to Prospect Harbor today to meet Dick Fisher, the bronze smith who designed the bell I bought in Camden roughly ten years ago. U.S. Bells, which is what Dick calls his nearly 40-year-old foundry, is a 5-person operation when it’s in full swing, but the tourist season […]
It would be more accurate to title today’s blog, “Northeast Harbor.” That’s where I boarded the friendship schooner “Alice” at Dysart Grand Harbor Marina for a two-hour sail past Bear Island and the Cranberry Islands to Otter Cove, then back again. Our captain, Karl Brunner, a sometimes lobster fisherman, explained many things to […]
A blustery day in Bar Harbor. Drizzle this morning outside as I ate my wild Maine blueberry pancakes at Two Cats (where there really are two cats who wander the dining area). Then to the Opera House for a mocha, a brief Internet session and some reading. Tomorrow the sun is supposed to return, but […]
