Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: When in doubt, consider that it might be just fireworks

Steven Price, Kennebunkport: In the desert, seeking salvation

A year out of college, I was finding it impossible to land a job in the journalistic profession for which I’d spent four years preparing. There were two newspapers in Salt Lake City, where I was living at the time, and neither the Tribune nor the Deseret News was interested in my unproven reportorial prowess. […]

Leslie Bowering, Concord Township: Saved by the miracle map

My husband, Alan, walks through the Maine woods regularly with an ease and confidence I cannot share. He has been wandering through vast woodlands since he was 5, so I was not surprised when he saw the old fire tower off in the distance, researched the trail map and decided to hike to it. We […]

Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: Panic on the rocks

I am not by nature a risk-taker. In general I prefer to play it safe, at least in real life. But even the most cautious people can have their moments of insanity, especially in their teen years. One summer day I visited Fort Williams with my family. I had spent several of my formative years […]

Jody Rich, Waterville: Healing is a new beginning

Radiation saved my life. No doubt about it. People ask if I feel differently; if I view the world with a new perspective. No, not really. The internal and external radiation burn I was left with remind me several times daily that I am not done with my illness. Seven years later, internal processes that […]

Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: The words that suddenly put everything into perspective

Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: I’ll take that under advisement, Mom

Kay Wheeler, Raymond: Words to live by, right off a donkey’s back

Jody Rich, Waterville: Don’t be afraid to try

John E. Lawrence, Winslow: Thank Bell for the phone