2007-09-18
Gulla Hermannsdottir
Where the sun sets, canoes rest
The waterfront of Agassiz Village, the summer camp I worked at last summer, where I first met my husband.
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Stairway to Seaville
These odd steps can be found in West Point (Phippsburg). My husband’s grandparents lived on a tiny island just off this dock, the same one his father lobsters off of.
One might think this was shot in a war zone, but the truth is Fort Popham never saw combat.
Reader Gulla Hermannsdottir is a native of Iceland who lives near the Kennubec River in Bath. She's a freelance writer, a media student at USM and a counselor at NFI North Oliver Place, which is an independent living program for homeless teenagers.
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