I have some catching up to do! Since my last post, I have been a hunting wabbits, oops, rabbits!! I'm sure you know I did that on purpose. I have been fishing at my little piece of Heaven, and for this blog, I'm writing once again!
I was hired in March by The Maine Sportsman to write the informational, how to and where to, for Katahdin Country, with my first column to appear in the June issue. The Maine Sportsman is the longest running outdoors paper well known in Maine and beyond. I join a superb team of outdoor writers, guides, fishing fanatics, avid hunters and everything in between. I follow a few well known and well loved writers to continue the Katahdin Region coverage. I feel not only honored, but indeed privileged.
I also was hired to write a special features column in the all new local paper as a correspondent, The Penobscot Valley Explorer. First column appeared in the May 17th publication and will continue on a weekly basis. I will be doing special feature stories on folks that live in the "shadow of Katahdin", and other interesting subjects on the goings on in the region. In the past when I was writing for two of the local news papers, special features was my favorite kind of writing to do. It is not hard to find those certain folks that truly shine and thrive, or even the ones that many never know about. Plus I make many new friends as well!
Lastly, and most exciting, I was hired to also write for "North Country", a magazine that covers the regions of northern Maine, to write a column on the last page. Now you may think that having the last page is not all that big of a deal. However, for myself, I'm absolutely thrilled!! The last page, the last story, the beginning of the end, is the most prestigious place to be. Writers whom I love such as Patrick McManus wrote on the last page of Outdoor Life for as long as I can remember. He has since retired from Outdoors, with several books to his credit including a mystery series. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I believe the column will be titled "Katahdin Dreams", which I suggested, feeling it a fit way to end a truly beautiful magazine. North Country has wonderful stories to entertain, reminisce, and tantalize the senses in full glossy color. Many of the stories tell of the past with several bringing you into the present, then tucking the reader in with visions of mountains, gorgeous sunsets, and those warm fuzzy feelings.
I will be reviving the story that I researched and publicized, "The Lost City of Davidson". A small booming community that once thrived and grew along with the railroads, then seemingly over night became a ghost town. Sites of civilization can still be seen in the remnants of broken stone foundations, a towering chimney and even the old safe from train station. Hard to imagine that a town with a boarding house, lumber mill, general store, school, post office and train station, as well as streets with houses that were once full of families existed amongst the trees, leaves and debris that echoes with voices in the breeze.
It feels so good to be writing once again! Maybe I'll get one of the books that I have been working on for a few years now, completed by establishing writing time, due to writing articles and columns, getting into a habit that may just some day pay off!!
However, what it all comes down to is this; if my writing brings out a special memory, or a vision of a place that warms the heart, eye opening surprises of treasures, or just a smile; then I have succeeded. Thats what it's all about.
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