Tag Archives: lobster

A Trivial Pursuit

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Richard Cass

Made a trip to the other Portland this month, where triple digit temperatures poached my brain and also got me tangled up in a riot between the Patriot Boys and the Love Bugs in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. I actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged lobster, oregon, PETA | 2 Comments

Some of my favorite things on the Blue Hill Peninsula

Posted on August 1, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

By Brenda Buchanan My stop on the MCW summer tour is a place I used to live and where we still vacation – the beautiful Blue Hill Peninsula. If you aren’t quite sure where Blue Hill (no, not Mount Blue) … Continue reading →

Posted in A Day In..., Brenda's Posts | Tagged Blue Hill, blueberries, Brooklin, Brooksville, farmer's markets, Hancock County, lobster, music, Pie, Sedgwick | 4 Comments

Cabbage Island–What’s Different, What’s the Same?

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Barbara Ross

by Barb, working on the front porch in Boothbay Harbor, enjoying the scenery and the lovely breezes I’ve been open about the fact that my Maine Clambake Mystery Series is “inspired by” the Cabbage Island Clambakes here in Boothbay Harbor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Boiled Over, Boothbay Harbor, Busman's Harbor, cabbage island clambake, clammed up, Fogged Inn, lobster, maine clambake mysteries, Musseled Out | 11 Comments

As American as a Bailey Island Ice Cream Social

Posted on July 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

(Apologies to our faithful readers. We meant to take the 3rd and 4th off, and got scrambled in the process. Here is one of the very first posts we ever ran, and, as we celebrate Maine Crime Writer’s second birthday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Bailey Island, Bailey Island General Store, Cribstone Bridge, Fourth of July., Giant Stairs Cafe, ice cream social, kazoo band, Library Hall, lobster, lobstering, Mackerel Cove, Maine, summer | 6 Comments

A Key West Primer for Mainers by Barbara Ross

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Barbara Ross

Hi from the other end of the east coast. Here I am at the southernmost point in the continental United States waving to Sarah Graves who is all the way at the other end of Route One at the easternmost … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged bagatelle, Barbara Ross, Conch Train, cruise ships, key West, Key West Citizen, lobster, Lucy Burdette, Spring break | 12 Comments

Acadia the Lobster, With a Candlestick, In the Lighthouse

Posted on February 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, exhibiting typical February madness. So of course you are wondering what on earth the title of this blog means? Well, here it is in a nutshell: Part of what has been keeping me chained to my chair … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Acadia, blogging, Downeast Books, Downeast Magazine, Dru Ann Love, Kate Flora, lighthouse, Lisa Haselton, lobster, Lois Winston, mystery writers, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Thea Kozak | 5 Comments

The Great Indoors

Posted on February 3, 2012 by mcwarchives

Hello, it’s Sarah Graves, again, this time coming to you from The Great Indoors, which is what February is turning into in Eastport, Maine. It is if you want to keep your bones unbroken and your ligaments untorn anyway; every walking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acadia, cleaning, Eastport, Home Repair is Homicide, ice, john Jeremiah Sullivan, knitting, lighthouse, lobster, Maine, Sarah Graves, winter | 4 Comments

Oh, the Irony of it All by Vicki Doudera

Posted on August 16, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

I live in Maine, the land of the lobster. The famous crustacean is omnipresent, especially this time of year, adorning everything from license plates to dinner plates. Attend any summer party and there is likely to be lobster in some … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged irony, lobster, Maine, mysteries, Vicki Doudera, writing | 3 Comments

Visiting Grandma in Maine – When Grandma is an Author

Posted on August 4, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait I’m Lea Wait, and, like most of us, I wear several hats. On this blog, I’m a mystery author. To others, I’m a children’s author. To my family I’m a wife, mother of four, and grandma to eight. So far as most of my family is concerned, I’m … Continue reading →