Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Sears Island Stories ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.searsislandstories.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [The Stories](https://www.searsislandstories.org/stories-from-sears-island/) - #post_excerptAnd finally, the ban on out-of-staters was lifted and our son came back. Was that the day we saw the herons? - [Sears Island Driftwood Creations](https://www.searsislandstories.org/sears-island-driftwood-creations/) - I enjoy walking the shoreline, choosing the most interesting pieces among the plethora of driftwood the island has to offer to make artistic hiking/walking sticks adorned with wood burning and leather grips. - [Like an Enchanted Forest](https://www.searsislandstories.org/like-an-enchanted-forest/) - We just skied the Loop Trail! It’s like an enchanted forest, so dreamy. I just floated through. - [A Place to Rejuvenate](https://www.searsislandstories.org/i-feel-revitalized-here-absolutely/) - I was talking to a friend about the movie Lost on a Mountain in Maine, and my friend said, "And you, you got found on an island in Maine." - [Sears Island Aurora](https://www.searsislandstories.org/sears-island-aurora/) - On October 10, 2024, when a magnificent aurora borealis show hovered over the north, we knew that the best night sky view in the area would be from Sears Island. - [Magical Experiences, Majestic Visitors](https://www.searsislandstories.org/magical-experiences-majestic-visitors/) - I could tell a hundred stories about my magical experiences at Wassumkik, but one stands above all as the most mystical and breathtaking moment of my life. - [Sears Island Song](https://www.searsislandstories.org/the-island-is-singing/) - The island has been singing For so long, so long — Slowly, we learn to hear — Slowly, we learn to sing. - [Protect Sears Island](https://www.searsislandstories.org/protect-sears-island/) - On Memorial Day my poet friend Gary Lawless and I went on a seven-mile walkabout on Sears Island. A chestnut-sided warbler greeted us soon after our arrival. Its song is sometimes described as a short ditty: “Pleased, pleased, pleased to meetcha!” Even though this is what male chestnut-sided warblers sing to attract a mate, we chose to take it as a friendly greeting to both of us as we explored its homeplace. - [Sears Island, Fall Equinox, Low Tide](https://www.searsislandstories.org/sears-island-fall-equinox-low-tide/) - Each rock, each beached tree trunk, every rockweed mass, - [A Sears Island Childhood](https://www.searsislandstories.org/life-on-sears-island/) - Sometimes we had a clambake on the shore with a campfire and we'd sit around the fire telling stories or perhaps singing. I played the mandolin ... , - [A Place of Wonder](https://www.searsislandstories.org/a-place-of-wonder/) - Sears Island is a place which has become my friend, a place to bask in the beauty of the island meeting the sea, a true friend I can rely on, a place of beauty and wonder. - [A Treasure for Animals and Birds](https://www.searsislandstories.org/a-treasure-for-animals-and-birds-mobile/) - My first Maine island experience occurred almost eighty years ago when friends invited my family to stay for a month in their house on an island in the middle of Casco Bay. - [Getting Away from Life's Hubbub](https://www.searsislandstories.org/getting-away-from-lifes-hubbub/) - “There are not many places I can go—not with this scooter, not if you want to see something,” says Frank Hart who rolls down the jetty road in his wheelchair while his friend Steve Bonin walks beside him. - [A Treasure for Animals and Birds](https://www.searsislandstories.org/a-treasure-for-animals-and-birds/) - My first Maine island experience occurred almost eighty years ago when friends invited my family to stay for a month in their house on an island in the middle of Casco Bay. My first Maine island experience occurred almost eighty years ago when friends invited my family to stay for a month in their house on an island in the middle of Casco Bay. - [Child's Discovery Links to Island’s Deep Past](https://www.searsislandstories.org/childs-discovery-links-to-islands-deep-past/) - As Eli and I explored the island’s rocky shores this one day in late June, we stumbled upon an extraordinary find—a Native American ax head. - [It was Wonderful. Just Wonderful, a Sears Island conversation](https://www.searsislandstories.org/it-was-wonderful-just-wonderful-a-sears-island-conversation/) - We spent days swimming, skipping rocks, chasing each other, and eating a lot. We collected driftwood for huge campfires and told scary stories at night. - [Seven Coyote Pups and One Big Dog](https://www.searsislandstories.org/munchie-the-rescue-dog/) - . . . Munchie gently picked up and carried every one of the seven fuzzy coyote pups back to the den and nudged them inside. - [I Felt an Energy. A Green Energy.](https://www.searsislandstories.org/i-felt-an-energy-a-green-energy/) - I felt an energy. Yes, a green energy flowing into my senses with an almost heavenly sensation. I was the only one around, but I somehow felt one with all creation. The fact that such a place as Sears Island exists is somewhat of a miracle in itself. - [We Made a Swing for our Kids & Anyone Else](https://www.searsislandstories.org/we-made-a-swing-for-our-kids-anyone-else/) - We’d go to Sears Island almost every day and Zeke would swing on the rope swing. One day we found that it had broken. Zeke was so sad. We went back to the house and I gathered some rope and a 2x6 board and made a whole new swing for my kids and anybody who wanted to use it to enjoy. - [Hen of the Woods, a Sears Island conversation](https://www.searsislandstories.org/hen-of-the-woods/) - "It's a mushroom. It's called hen of the woods. And it's really good. It usually grows on the foot of the oak and comes out this time of year. So this mushroom, this 'hen' is the fruit of mycelium, right? It's the fruit of a really big organism that connects all those trees. And it works symbiotically with all the trees. It pulls nutrients and manages water for them. - [Returning & Remembering Home](https://www.searsislandstories.org/returning-remembering-home/) - As his eyes searched for our approach, it was the flash of water reflecting on our paddles that he first saw. A wave of emotion and pride came over him... - [Sears Island Saves Lives](https://www.searsislandstories.org/sears-island-saves-lives/) - I am a combat-wounded Vietnam veteran with PTSD. Sears Island was my place of refuge and peace. - [Herons](https://www.searsislandstories.org/herons/) - I’ve had so many experiences on Sears Island, racing up the Tower Trail on bikes, ambling down the Blue Trail to the water, hearing the twilight song of the thrushes on the Green and Homestead trails. Watching my grandkids rush to clamber over the downed troika tree on the Homestead Trail. And then there were the herons. It was the spring of 2020. We were isolated from the world, but in Maine, we could go outside, unlike New York, where my son lived. - [Talking to the Wind](https://www.searsislandstories.org/island-song/) - When turning turbines, does Wind become tired and stressed and become an ill wind? Will Wind change course when faced with sharp blades on tall towers massed in lines like old-time foot soldiers across the ocean? - [Mourning for an Island](https://www.searsislandstories.org/mourning-for-an-island/) - Yesterday I went down to the coast to begin a process of mourning. I was mourning for the loss of a coastal Maine treasure, that until now has been the “largest uninhabited, undeveloped, cause-way accessible island on the eastern coast of the United States”. This is the place that we now call Sears Island, and the Wabanaki people who visited there for thousands of years called Wassumkeag, or shining beach. - [Boy Scout](https://www.searsislandstories.org/boy-scout/) - When I was in my early teens (in the mid-1960s) I was in the Boy Scouts and we used to go camping on Sears Island. ## Pages - [Sears Island Stories](https://www.searsislandstories.org/) - Sears Island Stories We’re collecting stories from people who cherish Sears Island, wondering what it means to people from Maine and beyond. Read some of what we've gathered below! Won't you share your stories, too? Go to the Contact Page to upload your stories and images. ~ OR ~TALK to us!Just send a note in - [About Us](https://www.searsislandstories.org/about-us/) - As Stockton Springs residents, Bill Carpenter and Donna Gold have walked, biked, skied, run, and birded Sears Island. We’ve picked raspberries and picked trash. We've brought family and friends to climb downed trees, clamber over rocks, explore old foundations, look for birds, and simply walk. We love Sears Island. Poet and novelist Bill Carpenter is - [Story Ideas](https://www.searsislandstories.org/tell-us-your-stories/story-ideas/) - Collectively, we've had so many experiences on Sears Island!Possibly too many to single one out to write about.Here are some thoughts for crafting your story: Are you a regular visitor? What brings you back?Has being on the island ever brought a new perspective?Have you had any special encounters with nature?Did you meet friends for a - [Tell Us Your Stories](https://www.searsislandstories.org/tell-us-your-stories/) - WRITE or UPLOAD your story (or stories) below. Include as much detail and as many photos as you wish. You have up to six uploads, no size limit. OR ENTER your information & we'll arrange to HEAR your story. Don't know what to say? Click here for some ideas. 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