Objects in the mirror
Philip Conkling, president of Island Institute, writes for The Working Waterfront and Island Journal.
Additional Column Posts (1 - 11 of 11)
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Fish on Friday
By Philip Conkling - Mar 01Once a year for the past 36 years, in case you missed it, the Samoset Resort in Rockport has hosted the Maine Fishermen’s Forum, a three-day event ...
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How many islands are too many?
By Philip Conkling - Feb 16Andy Warhol famously predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for15 minutes, but now that the future has arrived, it is more like 15 ...
Never say no to an island
By Philip Conkling - Jan 26Islanders, no matter how competitive they may be in their fishing territories on the water, love hearing stories from other islanders. No one but ...
The meaning of life
By Philp Conkling - Jan 05As many of you may have heard or read – or even experienced – it is now possible to ask your iPhone, which has voice recognition software called ...
A Tale of two towers
By Philip Conkling - Dec 15For the last eight years, a group of students at Camden Hills Regional High School has been raising funds to install a major alternative energy ...
Island gossip
By Philip Conkling - Dec 02Those pundits who think inside-the-beltway politics are intense clearly have not spent a great deal of time discussing issues in New England’s ...
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The view from down under
By Philip Conkling - Feb 23If one of the best means of gaining perspective on American life is from an island offshore, then one of the best views of the Maine coast is from ...
The island wilderness myth
By Philip Conkling - Feb 02The first Maine island I ever visited was a dream come true. A lobsterman dropped me on a beautiful rugged island off the Washington County ...
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Energy: Timber, coal, oil and wind
By Philp Conkling - Jan 12Governor Paul LePage has pointed out, quite correctly, that Maine is the most oil-dependent state in the country for winter heat. Hawaii is ...
A Light in the dark
By Philp Conkling - Dec 29In the wake of this month’s great Christmas festivals, you may have missed the recent religious news from Urfa in eastern Turkey. For the past ...
What is island culture?
By Philip Conkling - Dec 08Massachusetts can and does boast of the “Cape and Islands” region with its three year-round island communities of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and ...
