Pete SalmansohnJun 15, 20213 minECHOES OF CHILDHOOD, ECHOES OF MAINE........When my brother and I were young, our parents would take us each summer to a new place in the countryside where we could swim and fish...
Pete SalmansohnAug 25, 20205 minReporting From Puffin-Land in Mid-Coast MaineWhen I first came to work as an instructor for adults at the Audubon Ecology Camp in Maine 40 years ago, I didn’t know the difference...
Pete SalmansohnJun 12, 20204 minHope is a thing with fins.................Writing anything original and meaningful these days feels like a very daunting challenge. I’ve been feeling like a deer-in-the-headlights...
Pete SalmansohnMar 30, 20203 minMeditations during early spring.Spring is arriving here in fits and starts. The male cardinals in our neighborhood have been loudly singing the past few weeks, alerting...
Pete SalmansohnJan 1, 20202 minBrief reflections on a "new year"At this time of year, in early January, my thoughts turn to the great observer and chronicler of nature – Hal Borland – who lived on a farm