In any literal sense, Maine has more thistles than figs.

Through the long slog of its winters and its vacation-length summers that seem ready to pack-up as soon as they’ve settled in, our state’s seasons don’t harbor enough Mediterranean or Levantine sunshine to warmly nurture a crop of figs. . .

Almost a decade has passed since a group of concerned neighbors and friends toured a neglected property in Rockland, Maine, and took the first steps in the long process of saving the deteriorating double house that was the birthplace of the beloved and pathbreaking poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for her verse.

It has been a joy and a privilege to lead Millay House Rockland (MHR) through the recent years of restoring the birthplace of Edna St. Vincent Millay and beginning to plan programs to celebrate the legacy of Millay and the history and literary heritage of this inspiring midcoast area.