My photojournalist BDN colleague Troy Bennett just posted this fabulous tribute to the Maine-based photographer Kosti Ruohomaa.  I feel sure you will enjoy Troy’s story and the many evocative photos he includes.

Readers enjoyed my recent story about Snuffles, the therapy pig, visiting the residents at the Phillips-Strickland House here in Bangor. Here’s a fun video about therapy chickens. I think interacting with animals helps people develop and maintain their essential emotional strength.    

  One thing I love about the home I share with Douglas is its visual spareness. This old house is solid and well proportioned, but utterly plain. It sits on a bare rise above the narrow road, wide open to the wind and weather. The sun pours in at every window. At night the stars […]