“Last year, I took a trip to Maine to look at some property and, as luck would have it, found a parcel I thought ideal: woods surrounded by miles upon miles of woods,…

“There are those who hunt in groups, driving deer through the forests and fields towards another hunter or group of hunters, often using dogs in those states where it is legal; and those…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, ME—(Weekly Hubris)—1/31/11—At the moment, there are three to four feet of accumulated snow on the ground, with drifts over six feet, and house-sized mounds created…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, ME—(Weekly Hubris)—1/3/11—In his youth, along with many of his schoolmates, Dad was often late for class during the spring log drives down the Kennebec River.…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, Me—(Weekly Hubris)—11/22/10—My mother, Catherine Elizabeth Crosby, grew up in North Carolina one of two daughters and six sons of an Episcopal minister. In her teens,…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, Me—(Weekly Hubris)—11/8/10—That jazz caught my ear as a youngster is scarcely odd, since both parents were huge fans. More to the point, they enjoyed most…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, Me—(Weekly Hubris)—9/27/10—My father, Aime, was brought up in Maine, by his French Canadian grandparents for the most part, and spent his youth fishing, reading, and…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, Me—(Weekly Hubris)—8/30/10—As the legal intrigues surrounding the transfer of my new property to my control ran their course, the owner, as if he weren’t doing…

Maine Cat by Guest Columnist, Alan Gauvin HOULTON, Me—(Weekly Hubris)—8/23/10—When my career in music flatlined a few years ago I was forced to return to the Ferrari restoration shop I helped found in…