by Joanna H. Kraus The story is set in 1877 in Orderville, Utah, a planned Mormon community. Many of the families who volunteer to live there had been starving before they came and so they willingly agree to all the rules and regulations. One specifies that until the clothing you wear is worn out you must […]
by J.D. Newman Sometimes Best Friends Don’t Always Agree This novella for younger readers features a first grade boy and girl growing up in Utah in 1972 who share a common birthday and a love of puppetry and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Glenn is the fastest runner and the fastest reader in the first grade, until […]
Book 3 in the RANGER JAMES CLARK SAGA by Tim Caverly Illustrations by Franklin Manzo, Jr “Behind every successful man is an amazing woman, and thank goodness Susan was there!” — Ranger James Paul Clark This is the tenth book in the Allagash Tails collection and the third about the life of Ranger James Paul […]
by Charlie Reitze Unforgettable stories of people who lived off the grid in the backwoods of Maine. To meet these people, I lived out of “Festus,” my Toyota pickup truck and a leaky tent, roamed the state of Maine three times, snowshoed across Grand Lake Matagamon, rode a snowmobile along the mountainous roads of Coburn […]
Charlie Reitze, a native Mainer, graduated from Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine, in May of 1967. In July of 1967, he joined the Army and served a three-year stint. He served in the 62nd Engineer Battalion in Vietnam from September of 1968 to September of 1969. After being honorably discharged in 1970, he […]
by Jerry Walker 8 plays ranging from comic to tragic make up this thoughtful and enlightening evening of theatre dealing with the issues of growing older. This show is very flexible as to which scenes you present, so it could, then, be any length at all. Each show is also available for separate production. 9m […]
love and philosophy of being our best selves
by Charlie Reitze These wonderful, comic remembrances will keep young children – and adults – up way past their bedtimes––whether the stories are being read to them, or they are reading them for themselves––all the while remembering their own Grampas and laughing hysterically! Growing up in Maine was fun for Charlie Reitze — but not […]
The U.S. Constitution Revisited — A Citizen’s view
Christmas stories from the North Maine Woods by Maine’s favorite author, Tim Caverly