by Roland D. Hallee Every so often I get emails from people who have read my columns and contribute their own experiences. This one involved the sighting of a Mountain Lion. Now, let us not forget that depending on with whom you speak, mountain lions either do, or, do not exist in Maine. Here is […]
by Roland D. Hallee I’ve always been interested in folklore. It is intriguing how older generations and cultures came up with them, with most dealing with nature. While sitting around a campfire with friends once in late summer, we heard a cricket chirp in the distance. One of the friends, we’ll call her Lauri, groaned […]
by Roland D. Hallee One evening, earlier this summer, we heard something mysterious. It was after dark, and from a distance, we heard a wailing, lamenting siren-like shriek. Everyone around was wondering what was making that noise. At first we thought it was a small, yiping dog. But it continued almost uninterrupted. Then, someone mentioned […]
by Roland D. Hallee From time to time, it happens. You see something unusual, don’t know what it is, so you go to your research material to find the answer. You use multiple sources, do your homework, then, when you think you have found the answer, it ends up being wrong. Well, it happened again […]
by Roland D. Hallee Back in the 1950s and ‘60s, entertainment was a little different from today. Television sets were few and far in between around The Plains. So, what did we do? In our household there was no television back in those late ‘40s and early ‘50s. But we had a great RCA radio, […]
by Roland D. Hallee Let’s stray off the beaten path this week and talk about the weather. Everybody does. Especially forecasts in particular, and those people who tell us what to expect, and are very often wrong. Or are they? A group of us were recently talking about weather forecasts and what they mean. If […]
by Roland D. Hallee While sitting around a campfire a couple of evenings ago, someone asked the question: Where have all the bugs gone? We began to discuss how few black flies, mosquitoes, June bugs, etc., we have seen so far this spring and summer. Bugs are an interesting subject. If a dollar value was […]
by Roland D. Hallee Slugs! They can truly do a lot of damage to your plants, like they did to mine this past spring. They like damp places, feed at night and prefer tender new growth and seedlings. Last week we learned about slugs, this week we will talk about how to control them. Here […]
by Roland D. Hallee If you’ve ever fished the Kennebec River, you will know that many species of fish inhabit its waters. From striped bass, large and smallmouth bass, and blue fish, to Atlantic salmon, and bait fish such as alewives and American shad. But did you know that there is another denizen of the […]
by Roland D. Hallee This week, I will share with you a press release I received from Nancy Bostrom, of American Family Care. In the early days of summer 2023, local healthcare providers are sounding an alarm about a triple tick threat that includes a rare illness that just killed a man! While Lyme disease […]