Tanuja Desai Hidier 4/17/23 Tanuja Desai Hidier 4/17/23

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.

Sarah Cottrell 3/27/23 Sarah Cottrell 3/27/23

New Jewish Traditions

Every Friday morning, I open my tattered, old bread book where the spine has cracked in two places; one on the bagel page and the other on the challah page, and I start separating eggs and measuring flour. After years of making challah, I've got this down to a science, but I still open my bread book where I've written notes in the margin. The book is a habitual comfort; I don't need it there, but when I open it, I can see why this weekly tradition is so important to my family.

Cheryl Gillespie 3/22/23 Cheryl Gillespie 3/22/23

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.

Dawn Thistle 2/28/23 Dawn Thistle 2/28/23

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.

Sarah Holman 2/1/23 Sarah Holman 2/1/23

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