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Contributed by Carol Herwig, TWiG Committee Chair Most years I look forward to snow and brisk (not chilling) temperatures to be outside with dog walks, but this winter has forced me to the couch with a broken ankle. So it’s been a time to devour new books. In a bit of good fortune, I found The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl at Left Bank Books right before I took that tumble. A columnist with The New York Times, Renkl often writes about trees (my passion), birds and related topics. She gives us thirteen weeks of essays…

In collaboration with Waterfall Arts, the Belfast Garden Club invites local artists to submit artwork that will be featured on promotional posters (typically about 9” x 12”) for our two major fundraising events in 2025: the annual Plant Sale on Memorial Day weekend and the Open Garden Days, which feature Waldo County gardens on summer Saturdays. One piece for each event poster will be selected by a jury of Belfast Garden Club members and Waterfall Arts staff. Artists will be credited by name on the posters. Artists will retain all rights to their work.The Garden Club will provide a stipend…

Since 2023, Imbolc, or St. Brigid’s Day, has been celebrated on the first Monday in February as a national holiday in Ireland. One of the four ancient Celtic seasonal holidays (the others being Beltane on May 1, Lughnasadh on August 1, and Samhain on November 1), Imbolc is thought optimistically to mark the first day of spring. Were the holiday celebrated in Maine, we would probably hew closer to simply acknowledging the fact that it is the approximate midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Yes, dear reader, it is true: Another winter is halfway over. When you…