Jim Krosschell has been supporting the Maine Turnpike for 30 years. After a career in science publishing in the Boston area, he began to spend more time in Maine and writing much more regularly. More than 50 journals and magazines have published his personal essays, most about Maine, and his book Owls Head Revisited was published in 2015 by North Country Press. He is also president of the Board of Directors, Coastal Mountains Land Trust, in Camden, Maine.
"One Man's Maine: Essays on a Love Affair, a collection of essays
by Jim Krosschell, nods to E.B. White in subject matter, title, and
tone. Krosschell, who divides his time between Newton and Owls
Head, Maine, examines a world in which change is speeding up and
place is shrinking down, even in Maine. Krosschell is both grump
(lamenting that his nephew is chatting on his cellphone about a
bathroom renovation while at the top of picturesque Beech Hill) and
sage, understanding that the world moves; times shift; and there's
a balance to be sought between society, with all its screens and
buzzes, and nature. He celebrates the slow pleasures to be found
scraping moss off the roof and asks the big questions about what
kind of world is being left behind to younger generations. Like
Loren Eiseley, he is an open-hearted scientist, one wedded to facts
and yet not afraid to use the word 'miracle' or 'mystery.' The 16
essays appear in pairs - the first in each couple looks at Maine's
natural icons, berries, lupine, loon, lobster, and the second
grapples with wider concerns. It is a view that will help even
those who feel they know the state to see it anew. -- Boston
Globe
"Jim Krosschell's book, One Man's Maine, is both thoughtful and
provocative. Published by Green Writers Press, a Vermont based
publisher whose mission is to spread a message of hope and renewal,
the book is all of that." -George Smith, Midwest Book Review Oct
2018
"Jim Krosschell's essays are an inviting and thought-provoking
revelation of how Maine has pulled in and transformed the life of a
man from 'away.' His essay on Thoreau, for example, thrills the
soul. His essays beautifully and caringly reveal this in depth and
love." John Rensenbrink , Professor Emeritus Bowdoin College,
co-founder US Green Party and the Maine Green Party
"A string of vignettes like perfect Maine pearls on a twist of
sweet grass, Jim Krosschell's One Man's Maine brings us a perfect
set of closely observed reflections on what it means to live in
right relation with the natural world. Honest and drawn with a
light touch, Jim gets us to relax and savor the sweetness of
Maine's true nature . . . and when we open our eyes, we see that
he's given us something real and true to think about." Tim Glidden
, president of Maine Coast Heritage Trust
". . . by page three, I'm not just reading, I'm listening to sounds
and rhythms, where the energies are. . . .This is down-Maine
backyard naturalism. . . . In Krosschell's world, joy is a form of
truth. He is not saying so. It's transpiring out of the words. . .
. But what I really want to convey to you about this book is that,
while all the things Jim Krosschell says here can be merely said,
however skillfully, the writing in it channels powers and energies
beyond the saying. . . . All backyard naturalists, and everybody in
the vicinity of Thoreau, will want to read this book." Dana Wilde ,
"Off the Radar," Kennebec Journal
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