Below is a compilation of social-media messages and musings about today’s Opening Day loss to the Detroit Tigers.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Sporting camp adventure awaits in the North Woods
This is high-end comfort at reasonable prices, just the type of adventure that many of today’s travelers seek. Good food, historic camps, in the heart of the 100-mile wilderness.
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BOOKS: ‘By Blood’: Gripping mystery, unwelcome guest
By Blood By Ellen Ullman Farrar, Straus & Giroux , $27 “By Blood,” a literary inquiry into identity and legacy, is a gripping mystery — remarkable, considering that little more happens than a man eavesdrops on a woman’s therapy sessions taking place next door. That man is a professor who has been placed on leave […]
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BOOKS: ‘Wild’: On the trail, hiker battles pain of loss — and the feet
Before I read “Wild,” I had never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Now I want to hike it.
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BOOKS: Film director offers life advice
Film director and comic-book geek extraordinaire Kevin Smith dispenses wisdom in his new book, a touching reflection on his life and career.
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BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of April 5
Publishers Weekly best-selling books
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BOOKS: ‘The Dead Witness’ focuses on early mystery writers
An excellent collection of short stories culled from the 19th-century popular press, “The Dead Witness” by Michael Sims shines a light on long-forgotten “mystery” writers such as Wilkie Collins, Alexandre Dumas Sr., Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.
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ON SKIING: Lack of snow no problem
Going into the winter of 2011-12, the Farmer’s Almanac predicted a wickedly cold and snowy season for New England. “Clime and punishment” was in the forecast, with above-average snowfall and below-average temperatures on deck.
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FOR THE BIRDS: Enjoying diversity of birds at festivals
Spring birding in Maine is phenomenal. Many birds, like warblers and flycatchers, return to Maine from more southerly wintering areas to nest. Other birds, like most sandpipers and plovers, are passage migrants; we get to enjoy them briefly as they migrate through Maine to more northerly breeding grounds.
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ON HIKING: Plenty of hiking availableat Crooked Farm Preserve
Crooked Farm Preserve in Bristol encompasses 130 acres of open fields, forested uplands and wildlife-rich wetlands, including over a mile of frontage on the placid Pemaquid River. More than three miles of foot trails wend through this scenic parcel, offering hikers plenty of opportunity for exploration.