Charlene D'Avanzo: During a Thanksgiving visit at a relative’s home I came to the conclusion that my host was likely a fiction snob. There were a hundred-odd titles in several bookcases but nary a one appeared to be fiction. I’ve written a half-dozen mysteries so that realization came as a shock, and I’m clueless what…
by Charlene D'Avanzo The list of famous female crime writers is long and storied - Agatha Christie, Ann Cleeve, Elly Griffiths, Margaret Atwood, Margery Allingham, Donna Andrews, Janet Evanovich, Elizabeth George, Sue Grafton, P.D. James, Donna Leon, Dorothy Sayers - I could go on but you get the idea. Why is this? Some say, and…
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Charlene D’Avanzo: What’s in your mind’s eye when you imagine New Jersey? It’s probably not a wilderness larger than most national parks – but that’s what is there and it’s called The Pine Barrens. A recent PBS program featured this forested land still so undeveloped people call it wilderness. And it’s big – nearly the…
I dedicate today’s post to George Smith, ground-breaking Maine outdoorsman, tireless writer of outdoor activities, travel and legislative issues, and director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for nearly two decades.
George died this week at 72 following his ALS diagnosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, last year.
Governor Janet Mills who knew George well described him this way: “George loved Maine. And Maine loved George … An avid sportsman, a prolific writer, and a good-natured friend to all, George Smith was the very embodiment of the character of Maine: strong but kind, independent but compassionate, wise but humble.”