Snow-covered Mount Katahdin is hard to ignore, right there across Millinocket Lake from our perch in the River Driver’s Pub. There’s no prettier dining spot in Maine.

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Set in the darkest heart of plantation-era slavery, “The Healing” is a remarkable rite-of-passage novel with an unforgettable character, a forceful medicine woman named Polly Shine.

The number 13 strikes no fear in the hearts of the Slocumb women. For them, 15 spells doom.
That’s the age Ginny was when she gave birth to Liza. And the age Liza was when she had her own baby girl. Now that Mosey Slocumb is settling into her own 15th year, the fates clearly have their designs on the family again.

When it comes to Maine born and bred musical performers, few stand out with such consistent grace, integrity and talent as singer/songwriter David Mallett. He’s recorded 14 albums over the decades of his career, and has had his songs recorded and performed by such diverse artists as Pete Seeger, Alison Krauss, John Denver and The Muppets. His insightful songs reflect the heart and soul of our state as few others and convey what it means to live and work here. It is always a pleasure to chat with him as I did in February when he talked about his life and his music — which are pretty inseparable, as it turns out.