Looking back: More of Maine in pictures

After I fell on some rocks, I sat here and licked my wounds. Acadia National Park.

Portland's littlest DJ.

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park.

This all I had really wanted to see in Maine: Ocean.

In the Maine sticks, literally. Acadia National Park.

This was no fourteener, but I thought Cadillac [...]

As Maine goes, Part 2

(WHITEHALL, Penn.) — I came down sick this morning, and it sucks, but on some strange level, I’m at peace with it. It’s a low-grade thing in my chest, nose and head, just enough to slow me down and remind me of my basic needs. I do feel fuzzy, but a few things are clearer [...]

As Maine goes (Part 1)

(HANOVER, N.H.) — I knew I liked this guy the moment I walked into the tiny convenience store. It was 2 a.m. near downtown Portland, and he was my bearish, meaty clerk.

“How the hell are ya?” he bellowed, with a smile. “Welcome to 7-11.”

That was the entirety of our interaction, but I’m still thinking about [...]

Watch me

(PORTLAND, Maine) — Thank you, Sam Roberts.

That’s the most honest lead sentence I can conjure, and I don’t believe, even with time to reflect, that I will come up with one much better. I’m currently in quaint, seaside Portland, Maine, and I saw the Sam Roberts Band live at the Port City Music Hall soon [...]