South Berwick, just across the Salmon River from us, has a downtown block that retains an iconic appearance. The town is also home to Berwick Academy, a private prep school.
A MAIN STREET IN MAINE
Tag: Maine
ALONG THE SALMON FALLS
The Salmon Falls, a river separating a section of Maine and New Hampshire, once powered mills along its way.
My fondness for old mills, by the way, did prompt a novel, Big Inca.
COLONIAL LINES
Novelist Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was born in this 1774 house owned by her grandparents, which she would inherit from them. The site, sitting in the heart of South Berwick, Maine, just a few miles from us, is now owned by Historic New England and open to the public.
ON THE GREAT WORKS RIVER
Not all of New England’s water-powered mills sat along major rivers. This woolen mill in North Berwick, Maine, was founded by Quaker William Hill, beginning in 1862, and made blankets for Union soldiers. The Great Works River itself had been named by earlier Quakers.
The mill has been renovated into residences and offices.
My fondness for old mills, by the way, did prompt a novel, Big Inca.
DIMENSIONS OF SEPTEMBER WEATHER
In a borrowed room on the second floor: Startled by a motion at the corner of my eye, I wondered, Who was rising outside my window? And then laughed, Old Glory! Seconds before the clock stopped. ~*~ Off in the woods: One bewildering roar of squall obstructed cabin pathways with limbs left hanging six months […]
HYSTERICAL BLAST
In a single afternoon, everything changes and it’s apparent summer won’t be returning. How appropriate, when the anniversary of unspeakable catastrophe comes a day after swimming in Maine ocean. Great wind brings clouds and chill and mottled sullen clouds. Knocks trees over, rattles the house, litters highways, severs power to the traffic lights in Epping. […]
OFF CAPE ANN, IN EASTERN OHIO, ALONG PERKINS COVE
At the helm, trying to steer by the compass – current pushes toward one way, the wind in the other – the hull, tenses and would twist about. “Don’t worry, you won’t blow over. When we tip far enough, the sails will empty. Besides, there’s nothing you can do about a blast that would dump […]
