Our Two Homes, Rising Sun and Sound of the Sea
Are New, Large, Spacious and Airy!

I have augmented our normal, highly effective house-cleaning and other processes to defend against covid-19 virus being a risk to you during your stay in my home.

First, I ask that every Retreat participant take her temperature on the day of departure for the retreat and the three days prior to departure. Anyone whose symptoms, including fever, suggest the possibility of infection should not make the trip. To protect against this possibility, I suggest the purchase of trip insurance.

Our environment inside both houses is protected by the following processes:·
  • Our Whole-House Air Filtration System provides four complete exchanges of inside air with outside air per day.
  • Our cleaning staff sanitize all surfaces, such as kitchen prep tables and sinks, door knobs, telephone handsets and bathroom fixtures.
  • ​Bed and bath linens and shower curtain liners are all washed in a state-of-the-art laundry on Bar Harbor that caters to the hotels and B&Bs that rent to many of the 3.44 million of visitors who come to the island each summer. The key to their effective control of pathogens – viral, bacterial or other – is the ozone generator that throughout the wash, rinse and dry cycles bombards the contents with ozone.

    ​Ozone is the most effective means of killing pathogens, and unlike chlorine-based sanitizing, leaves no harmful residues. (Ozone is used by over 125 American municipalities to purify their water supplies.)

​​I believe these measures will provide all of us an environment conducive to our safe, happy enjoyment of our Writing Retreat in Bar Harbor. Don't hesitate to contact me if you need more information.