Category Archives: Dramatis Personae

Samovars, Nijinsky, and Russian tea in Otter Creek

Posted on July 30, 2012 by admin

Steaming cups of strong black tea, silk-gowned ladies on a wide wrap-around porch, and yeast rolls that never fail–the Russian Tea Rooms were an exotic destination in the rural landscape of Otter Creek. Here secrets were whispered on the piazza, … Continue reading →

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Hills Like White Otters

Posted on July 1, 2012 by admin

Dorr Mountain, Cadillac, and Champlain–these are the mountains that surround the island village of Otter Creek. Their namesakes were men of power and position. George B. Dorr was the founder of Acadia National Park. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, Sieur … Continue reading →

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Snake on a plain

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

A fifty-foot boa constrictor skeleton lies mouldering on the south face of Cadillac Mountain, Otter Creek, Maine, in what is now Acadia National Park. I have never seen it, but Everett Walls told the tale. “Fifty foot long she was, … Continue reading →

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TRUSTY David Trust

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

Is the ice safe? A reasonable question, since every winter, somewhere, someone goes through. But not David Trust, and not his daughters. David has been an ice fisherman for most of his life, as were his dad and his grandfather. … Continue reading →

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Hughie Wright, houseman and whisker maker

Posted on January 17, 2011 by admin

Hughie Wright with Freckles (the beagle) and Missy (the Weimaraner) in Seal Harbor, Maine courtesy Jackie Davidson Hughie Wright was a Seal Harborite, fly fisherman, loyal husband, maker of whiskers and Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s houseman. One does not hear … Continue reading →

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