Weekly columns by an elementary school principal during his six years in a small town in Maine.

Columns by Todd R. Nelson published in The Christian Science Monitor, Independent School, Maine Public Radio, The Ellsworth American, The Castine Patriot, Teachers.net, The Bangor Daily News, Education Week, Edutopia, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

A collection of essays about life in Castine, Maine and environs written by writer and educator Todd R. Nelson. During his six years as principal of the Adams School in Castine, and twenty year relationship with the Blue Hill peninsula, Nelson wrote frequently for Maine Public Radio, The Christian Science Monitor, Bangor Daily News, Maine Times, Bangor Metro, and other state and national publications. This book is a collection of those writings.

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