Seadogs at the Sportsman's Grill
Originally published in The Maine Times on April 15, 1994 You will find two of the founding members of Portland’s…
Welcome!
❝A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.❞
— Thomas Mann
Salût! I’m Jack — an ink-stained wretch living and working on a small island in Penobscot Bay. I write essays, articles, stories, and feuilletons to better understand the world to make meaning as a last-ditch effort against entropy.
Please have a look around the site — you can browse my clips, read more about my work or leave me a message.
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2025-09-11 | Cone Missiles
There is a new observation at IslandObservations.com called 2025-09-04 Cone missiles: I was walking my dog on a trail yesterday…
2025-08-13 | Globe-Thistle
There is a new observation at IslandObservations.com called 2025-08-12 Globe-Thistle: For the past two weeks we have passed the most…
2025-08-11 | Shout Out to Dead Gowns
My eldest daughter is working musician — her current project is called Dead Gowns. You can find her music on…
2025-08-07 | Relaunch!
If you are reading this, then you've arrived at the relaunched version of the JackBeaudoin.com website. The former site was…
2025-08-04 | Red Moon, Red Sun
There's a new observation at IslandObservations.com called Red Moon, Red Sun: Last night before bed I went out with the…
2025-08-01 | Growing Shellfish Was 'Trial by Fire'
Stonington native Abby Barrows owns and operates the Deer Isle Oyster Company, a small-scale aquaculture farm where she raises oysters,…
