Jill of All Trades
Creating a secondary purpose driven income stream can insulate and accelerate your financial goals.
Forever Home
My mother became a Mainer—in her 80s.
There’s a Maine saying: You can’t get there from here.
You can get here from there, though. All rivers lead to the sea, as my mother always told me (though you cannot step in any one river twice; change, a constant). And she—queen of brood, first to immigrate from her family, physician, artist, and groundbreaker of a homemaker—is proof.
Reconsidering the Language and Dynamics of Gratitude
In her captivating and prophetic Parable series, Octavia E. Butler imagines a dystopian future in which her strong female character—Lauren Olamina—suggests that “The only lasting truth is change.” This feels right as the world constantly shifts and humans keep evolving and changing, too, sometimes growing out of old personalities and ways of being.
Virginia Oliver
Most people don’t become famous for living a life they love, let alone after a century. However, 102-year-old lobsterwoman Virginia Oliver has captured hearts all over Maine and the country for that very reason.
Sweet Tooth
Abenaki First Nation bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin released her first solo album, Sweet Tooth, in October 2022. The album blends Wabanaki stories and songs that have been passed down in Obomsawin’s family, including field recording of relatives at Okanak First Nation.
From Beaver Creek to Hanoi: A Mother’s quest To Rescue Her Son
The story of a Maine woman’s plucky journey into political activism that culminated in an amazing act of courage in the fall of 1972.
Sal Taylor Kydd
British-born artist Sal Taylor Kydd is a fine art photographer, writer and educator who uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making.
Marjorie Standish
Unlike Betty Crocker, Marjorie Standish was a living, breathing, and trailblazing woman. Born and raised in Maine, she lived her adult years in Kennebec County, making a living and long-standing name for herself by cooking, testing, sharing, and compiling local recipes and anecdotes that spoke to untold others.
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A Timeline of Trailblazing Women
It’s no doubt that Maine is, and has been home to some amazingly fierce females. This timeline highlights an assortment of astonishing Maine women and their many outstanding achievements. Photograph courtesy of Collections of Maine Historical Society
Worth It
A curated list of statewide happenings worth your attention