I had to go north - very north - to find myself

How the Arctic became Julia Bayly's 'happy place'

Julia Bayly, on one of her many trips to the Arctic. All photos courtesy the author.

Editor’s note: This month’s guest post comes from Julia Bayly, a writer and journalist, world traveler, researcher, bon vivant and my former colleague at the Bangor Daily News, where she wrote about the St. John Valley and Maine farms and creatures for decades. She’s an …