Seadogs at the Sportsman's Grill
Originally published in The Maine Times on April 15, 1994 You will find two of the founding members of Portland’s…
Welcome!
❝A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.❞
— Thomas Mann
Salût! I’m Jack — an ink-stained wretch living and working on a small island in Penobscot Bay. I write essays, articles, stories, and feuilletons to better understand the world to make meaning as a last-ditch effort against entropy.
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2024-05-20 | Notes site launched
I've launched a new notes site where I'll be posting research notes from my inquiry into Deinos. I converted my…
2024-05-19 | What is Deinos?
There's a new note at deinos.blot.im called Deinos: The Greek word δείνος, or Deinos, appears in Sophocles’ Ode to Man…
2024-05-14 | Short-term gain, long-term pain?
Short-term rentals have a long and storied history in Maine’s coastal communities. On Mount Desert Island, for example, many families…
2023-12-21 | Learning Logging with Tory Porter
There is a 2016 photo of a young Tory Porter sitting at the business end of a 110-year-old Lombard steam…
2023-12-21 | Lessons in Wood
It has been raining all summer in northern Maine, the 10th wettest summer on record, and this Wednesday in August…
2023-03-21 | Strengthening the Field — Women in Forestry
Elisa Schine, a graduate student in forestry at the University of Maine, is accustomed to being in predominantly male academic…
