Dog Friendly Trails
Dog friendly hiking trails for you to explore!
Dog Safety During Deer Hunting Season
Don’t be so quick to put away your orange clothing, now that Halloween is over. Deer hunting season officially begins in Maine, as well as other states. Many of the dog friendly trails we’ve reviewed allow hunting. Therefore, here is our annual reminder to wear blaze-orange and other safety precautions to take when hiking with […]
Chuck Billy and Asa’s Costumes 2024
It’s the moment everyone has been waiting for, well except Chuck Billy, our 2024 Halloween costumes reveal! This year’s theme is favorite things! No one loves spinach more than me and Popeye. So I’m Popeye the Sailor Dog! No matter where I am in the house, I will come running if I know Mom is […]
Did You See That?
Last night something strange happened when Mom was saying good night to us. It wasn’t something we noticed in the moment, but later when reviewing the photos she took, we all saw that she captured something moving in the series of photos. For you see, Mom was taking a photo of my annoyance that despite […]
Devil’s Head Conservation Area, Calais, Maine
This week for Asa’s World Tour of Maine we return to Calais to explore the Devil’s Head Conservation Area. Unlike other sites we’ve visited in New England named by early settlers for the Devil himself, this is NOT one of those places. In fact, “Devil’s Head” is an English corruption of the name early French […]
Not So Special Delivery
There goes the UPS delivery person, after dropping off the last minute touches Asa needed for our Halloween costumes. I wish Mom let me out so I could refuse delivery. Recently a friend reminded me of the time I went to extreme measures to try to prevent my Halloween costume from being delivered. Spoiler Alert: […]
A Visit to Stephen King’s Home
We would be remiss if on Asa’s World Tour of Maine we didn’t stop at the house of another celebrity who calls this state home. A celebrity who has inspired countless rock stars with his books and movies, namely Stephen King! Author of more than 60 books, hundreds of short stories, and known as the […]
The Phantom Dog Walker
Yesterday we awoke to find our neighborhood blanketed in a thick fog. No surprise really. After all it is spooky season, and this is par for the course. Besides we’ve walked in far worse conditions than fog. So in the predawn, just as the sun was starting to rise, we set off into the fog […]
The Polite Greeting of Monsters, Superheroes, and Princesses
Dogs, you may have noticed a few odd looking characters lurking around your neighborhood these past few days. Don’t panic! In the coming nights these strange looking ghouls, goblins, witches, princesses and superheroes will be knocking on YOUR door. But it’s ok! It’s Halloween! I know this goes against your instincts to guard your home […]
Lobsters’ Superpowers: Stranger than Science Fiction
Move over werewolves, vampires, zombies, demonic cats, and creepy clowns, it’s time that Maine’s monster of the ocean deep gets featured in its own horror movie! I’m talking about none other than the lobster! Now before you go licking your chops dreaming of this Maine delicacy, you may have second thoughts after reading these shell […]
Preserving Grandpa’s Faded Memories
Eight years ago today, our Grandpa lost his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. For the past year, Mom has been organizing the contents of Grandpa’s childhood home. A home that has been in the family for multiple generations. There she found tucked in the attic eaves Grandpa’s treasured toys, in bedroom drawers cards with wobbly childhood […]