Today, let's break through the darkness that has descended upon our days since the end of Daylight Savings Time with some inspiration and motivation to get outside and PLAY from Jen Hazard, author of The Maine Play Book.

When Jen first transplanted to Maine and had a young family, she started a blog to track and share all the fun adventures she went on with her kids. Fast forward a decade or so, and her kick-butt women’s writing group convinced her to share all that amazing content with the rest of humanity by curating it all into a super-duper easy to use guidebook, filled with creative ideas for day trips, activities, food stops, you name it, all over Maine.

The Maine Play Book is in its second printing already, and since we’re about to dive into the thick of holiday gift giving season, I think it’s the perfect time to introduce you to this amazing local author so that we can keep the positive momentum going. I also see myself Santa-ing a few of these guides into stockings this year, everyone I know could use a reminder to get out there for some post-pandemic fun!

Be on the lookout for more from Jen Hazard at JenHazard.com, and by following @JenHazardMaine on Instagram. And of course, pick up a copy (or 10!) of The Maine Play Book through Islandport Press, your local independent bookseller, or even Amazon if you must.

Links from today's episode:

• Jen Hazard on The 207 with Peggy Keyser
• Green Acres (NJ)
• Southern Maine Paddling - authors Kim Bennett and Sandy Moore on Guides Gone Wild
• If You Give a Girl a Bike - author Hayley Diep on Guides Gone Wild
• Dahlov Ipcar
• Kate Christensen
• Teens to Trails - TtT Executive Director Alicia Heyburn on Guides Gone Wild
• Thompson’s Point (Portland, ME)
• Portland Children’s Museum
• Bissell Brothers
• Rosemont Market

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