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Harp or "Saddle" seal, male April 9, 2011 Phippsburg, Maine n Soaking up the sun on the Kennebec River, Phippsburg, Maine Harp s...

Harp Seal And Squirrel Point Lighthouse on the Kennebec River. Photograph taken from Phippsburg looking across to Arrowsic.

Eleven years ago today, was the last time I talked to my mother. On the phone, her four, simple words cracked the air, “Your sister is dead...