Great news!  Go by Boat, a memoir on my years practicing on the islands of Casco Bay will be published byDownEast Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, in the spring of 2021. Many thanks to […]

Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved I am picking my way through second growth forest in search of the tallest surviving American chestnut tree in North America. From the deep, well-drained soil, […]

Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved My friend Bud Perry once said to me, “You haven’t learned much until you sink your first boat.” His advice fell on deaf ears; at the […]

Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved I flipped off the headlights of my truck on Widgery Wharf and clicked my neck, first to the right, then more forcibly to the left. Another […]

Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved Lobsterman Bobby Spear, compact and trim, but pushing 75, came down my walk way the other day and asked whatever happened to the big green fishing […]

Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved It is New Year’s Eve on Peaks Island. A slushy mixture of ice and seawater churn and grind against the beach. A pale yellow half-moon throws […]

Joan’s First Essay, “To Be or Not to Be Wellbutrin” “‘Let’s talk about getting you off the Wellbutrin,” said my nurse practitioner during my annual physical exam. “‘You’ve been on it for, how many years?” […]

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It was January 1986 and I had a rare weekend off from my island medical practice on Casco Bay. Childhood friends: Tux, Rudy, Bruce, George, and Rob arrived on the noon ferry and threw their […]

PEAKS ISLAND — It’s a warm summer day and you decide it’s a “finest kind” of day to take the ferry to Peaks Island. Instead of the Machigonne II, with a capacity of 399 passengers, […]