Author: Luc Daigle
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The Trees are Frosty, Get the Drone
As the temperature begins to drop (usually 20° Fahrenheit and below) Kim begins to take Jeannie for quick morning snowshoe walks through trails in the back woods. Besides the river bed in the summer and fall months, the snowy trails behind our house are Kim’s favorite place to be. The cold winter air provides relief…
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Barred Owl
Kim and I have been hearing this Barred Owl (or one just like it) for years, and I finally spotted him today. He wasn’t 500 feet from our house, just behind us in the trees. It sat there calmly as Jeannie and I made our way through the trail by our home (Jeannie’s favorite place…
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AOC Interview Part 2: Inclusive Communities to Fight Hunger
…we all live in community together. So we do have to work with people who have differing opinions and ideas. How do we do that in a way that is productive in this climate? That’s a really tricky thing to do. — Mikaela Henninger, AOC Co-Founder I sat down with Mikaela Henninger, Melanie Tompkins, and…
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40 Thieves Live Recording Session
It’s not every day I get invited to a private live recording session. I hadn’t even heard of Jackson, Maine, before I was invited to attend the special live recording session of 40 Thieves. Travis Cyr, who hails from good ole’ Van Buren like I do, has been performing all over the state and beyond…
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Aroostook Organizers for Change is Building Resistance in Community
I sat down with Mikaela Henninger, Melanie Tompkins, and Janel Underwood-Charette, co-founders of the Aroostook Organizers for Change to talk about the beginnings of AOC and their goals for the future.
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How Often Do You Clear Out Your Spice Cupboard?
It’s Sunday morning and I’ve had a couple of cups of coffee and watched a few YouTube videos in the living room. I’ve cut back on the amount of wine I drink in the evenings and, consequently, the amount of snacking I do before bed at night. Naturally, I’m pretty hungry in the morning now,…
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Weekend Photo Outing
Just a guy with a weird antenna-looking thing on his back (360 camera on a stick), a drone, and a big-ass camera shooting photos and video of mundane stuff around town.
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We are not Silent, We do not Consent
Braving the cold October air, people of all ages turned up to make their voices heard and their dissent known.
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Bird Feeder and Fireplace Season is Here
It officially feels like fall now that Kim has put up the bird feeders and we’ve had the first fire of the season in our fireplace. It doesn’t take long for the birds to figure out the feeders have been put out. Within hours of Kim hanging and filling the feeders, our front porch turned…
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Fire in the Sky
The skies above Caribou put on quite a show this morning. When I woke up and caught a glimpse of this out of our bedroom window, I ran straight out of bed, grabbed my drone from the office, and bolted into the driveway — still in my underwear — to capture these photos. In case…
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