Luna Soley

Nov 4, 2024 | harpswellanchor.org | Luna Soley

When Erin O’Mara told her friend Kara Douglas that she needed a creative pursuit, Douglas suggested that she head to Cundy’s Harbor to take a class on hand-carving wooden spoons. O’Mara ended up with a spatula (easier for a first-time carver than a deep ladle) and an essay about the experience in the Harpswell Anchor. “I have Harpswell to thank for my writing,” says O’Mara, who began writing her monthly “Never Not Amazed” column for the Anchor in 2022, soon after that first essay.

Oct 3, 2024 | harpswellanchor.org | Luna Soley

Even though Susan Stemper considers herself more of a “distance walker” than a backpacker, she regularly drives 150 miles before hiking into a section of the Appalachian Trail near Gulf Hagas with tools on her back.

Jul 4, 2024 | harpswellanchor.org | Luna Soley

“Orr’s Island is the place that’s been most important to my life as a writer,” says Elise Juska, author of the new novel “Reunion.”For Juska, writing about Maine during the pandemic was a way to make her way back to the state through fiction. While a student at Bowdoin College, she felt “sort of incredulous” that Orr’s Island, with its “gorgeous, otherworldly landscape,” was only 20 minutes away. Still, she didn’t go there often.

May 30, 2024 | harpswellanchor.org | Luna Soley

“It’s not a sociological commentary,” Bob Feldman explains. “It’s just an observation on this village and the way of life it represents.”Feldman is discussing his debut novel in a sunny nook at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, where he wrote much of “Deception Downeast: A Tale of Power, Blackmail, Genius and Redemption.”The thriller is set in the fictional town of Eggemogin, Maine — not to be confused with the real-life Eggemoggin, a village on Deer Isle.

Apr 9, 2024 | harpswellanchor.org | Luna Soley

Glen Gordon isn’t one to shy away from a breaking wave. “If there’s a wave in sight, Glen will go beelining for it,” says his paddling partner, Tom Allen, laughing. “I like the energy of the ocean,” Gordon admits. Kayaking, he says, is “more fun than I’ve had doing anything else in my life.”In January, two consecutive storms battered the Maine coast with a ferocity that Gordon and fellow members of the Southern Maine Sea Kayaking Network had never seen.