Passamaquoddy Confluence

Some of the legends of Glooscap come to us in written word. But before the language was created into a written form, stories were only told in the oral tradition. One such story orally told and remembered but by a handful, tells of the marriage of Glooscap to the beautiful maiden A'sbeh of what was then called the people of Mi'kmaq. This is the story of the effect of the whirlpool called the "Old Sow" and the disastrous effect on the wedding. Although the author was born and raised in East Boston and other communities in the Boston area, Bob developed an interest in countryside living and in older properties with some history. While he worked for Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) he lived in an old house built in 1767 with a connection to the civil war. He took a position with the University of Maine in Machias teaching in their Professional Studies Division in 2005 and purchased a home in Addison Maine on Pleasant Point built in 1797. And later a house in East Machias built in 1850. Although he started out as an engineer, he later moved into the area of education, teaching at such schools as Lowell Technological Institute/University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire, Rivier University, Southern New Hampshire University, Daniel Webster College, and others. Bob is currently retired having just finished the past year with the University of Maine assisting with the merging of its Machias Campus with the current University of Maine System. The main portions of the book were written during Bob's time with the University of Maine in Machias close to the Indian Township at Pleasant Point/Sipayic.