Stories from Our Blog

We were trying to explain the magic of holiday lights to someone who just couldn’t get in the spirit. We tried the magnitude of Gardens Aglow and the

Seems like this time of year is meant for taking walks. Savoring the December sunshine and the glistening woodland path…

David Hinton, a Vermont-based Guggenheim winner and scholar of ancient Chinese poetry, observes that the pictograph for “friends” in those poems is a

Boothbay Harbor, Maine (October 22, 2019) Condé Nast Traveler has announced that Spruce Point Inn is among the winners of its…

‘When in the course of human events,” a elemental force greater than ourselves tries to wipe clean the slate of…

Looking out from the coast of Maine, it’s hard not to see September as a slowing down. As a sort…

Around here, we look at the couple of weeks framing Labor Day as time for taking stock before a new…

August is a molasses month, sticky, sweet, slow-pouring – and maybe not to everyone’s taste. Yet all those attributes are…

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of man’s landing on the moon, we’re all yearning for connections to that epochal moment. Here…

Tradition had it that oysters were to be consumed only in months with an ‘r’ in the name. Such was…

History in places like Boothbay is what surrounds us with floor boards worn smooth by centuries of footsteps, by vistas…

We read about a frequent visitor to the Harvard Art Museums who for more than 30 years has made the…

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its 2019 list of the “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” this week. Fortunately,…

We’ve been waiting for the news. Each year, it seems, as we prepare to open Spruce Point Inn for the…

We heard an interview with Natalie Meling the other day, talking about her new album “Titanic Rising.” One comment stayed…

As spring comes to the woodlands of Spruce Point Inn we notice greenings where the woodland path just days ago…

As Bing Crosby observed in White Christmas, “It can feel kind of shaky up there on a bleached charger.” And…

“Once upon a time” are four words that promise the unfolding of a wondrous landscape. Secrets revealed. Magic charmed from…

Sunday marks the return to Daylight Savings Time and that got us thinking about transitions. Already the day has extended…

Seems like the list of suitors keeps growing. Adding to Down East magazine “Best of Maine” honors for “best harbor,”…

Is it true the Greeks had no word for ‘blue’? It’s a question that keeps resurfacing. Same as “Do the…

One of the best parts of this time of year is having (a little) time to catch up on our…