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“I wish some great catastrophe would happen to somebody (not me, of course) so that I might have something of importance to set down in my journal. But, I suppose everyone’s journal (who is foolish enough to keep one) is made up of everyday incidents, mixed up with a startling love adventure now and then.” Phebe F. Beach July 1, 1857

In 1857,...

Something you should know about me right off. My Ma is dead. Some say it’s on account of me. I hope that ain’t true because killing your own ma is a pretty bad thing to do. Specially on account of I was just being born and all. Pastor Frye tells me it want my fault on account of the ‘wages of sin being death.’ All I know is I ain’t got a Ma. Nor...

Can the magic of a Maine island heal these broken hearts? Welcome to the tiny coastal town of Tranquility Bay, Maine.

A vacation cottage for rent, a strange request to fulfill, a mysterious host, and guests who come with burdened hearts seeking peace. Set in the beauty of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island on the stunning coast of...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau, Walden

What if you could trade your life of quiet desperation for a life of quiet inspiration?

If you could sell everything you own and take to the open road in an RV, would you do it? Author Caroline Grimm and her husband, Mike Corthell did just that.

In 2018, Grimm was...

Mathilde
Mathilde runs from the cruelty of slavery and makes her way North, helped along the way by Quakers and abolitionists. She encounters danger with every step, never sure who is a helper and who is an enemy.

The Abolitionists
When Joseph and Phebe Fessenden came to the peaceful village of South Bridgton, Maine to serve the newly founded...

Young Enoch Perley grows to manhood at a pivotal time in the nation’s history. He listens by the fireside to stories of war and adventure told by his swashbuckling uncle, General Israel Putnam. As he comes of age, the British regulars clash with local militia at Lexington and Concord. Enoch realizes that change is in the air. And that change...

“He sat at his own table that night, a lonely old man, missing the spirit and the laughter that once filled his house—a house he’d built with his own hands all those long years ago. The quiet got to him at night when the wind came blowing strong down from the mountain above. He could hear the beating of his heart, a steady thump, thump, thump....

It was just another day for Perley Church Mouse. He’d been outside playing grape soccer with his friends and he came inside for a nice snack of his Grand Mouse’s sunflower seed cookies. On his way to the kitchen, he heard his Church Folks talking. He stopped in his tracks when he heard what they were saying. They were talking about closing the...

When Perley the Church Mouse started a letter writing campaign to his Church Folks, he had no idea he was changing the course of history for his beloved church. Perley’s letters continue to inspire his Church Folks and they are sure to inspire mice of all ages with his simple wisdom, heartwarming messages, and life lessons for us all. Sometimes,...

Perley Church Mouse’s heartwarming journey continues. Life was quite comfortable for Perley. With his church safe from closing, he turned his energies to that which he loves best. Playing grape soccer and snacking on popcorn and his Grand Mouse’s sunflower seed cookies. He soon learns that God has other plans for him and his family. Join Perley...