Islandport Press, September 28, 2012 Meet Susan Poulin: writer, actress, and, of course, creative force behind Ida LeClair Click here to read article online →

Find your ‘inner moose’ and relax with a new Maine book Bangor Daily News, by Aislinn Sarnacki,  Sept. 30, 2012 FINDING YOUR INNER MOOSE: IDA LECLAIR’S GUIDE TO LIVIN’ THE GOOD LIFE by Susan Poulin, September 2012, Islandport Press, 256 pages, paperback, $16.95. Ida LeClair isn’t a real person, but she is a true character. And as a recently minted “Certified Maine Life Guide,” she offers practical ways to live a healthier and happier life in “Finding Your Inner Moose: Ida LeClair’s Guide to Livin’ the Good Life,” which first hit bookstores in late September. On the other hand, Maine native Susan Poulin, the actual author of the humorous self-help book, is a real person. …

So a few weeks ago, my washer finally bit the dust. It wasn’t like it happened all of a sudden. I’d been pushin’ it for awhile. One morning it started makin’ a clunking sound when it kicked into that final spin. No problem. Just shut it off, and end the wash there, right? But slowly the noise got louder and louder, ‘til one day it scared the you-know-what outta Scamp. And me! I adapted. I just ran a little quicker to the machine when it started protestin’, shut it off, calmed down Scamp and put the wetter than usual clothes in the dryer or out on the line. The last time I did this, though, …