T Blen Parker

T Blen Parker

T. Blen Parker writes historical novels whose native state of Maine is a familiar topic. Her stories and poems with a Maine theme were published annually in the Goose River Anthologies from 2012 to2019.

Her family roots reach from Swan Island in the Kennebec River, Blinn Hill in Dresden, onto Monhegan Island off the Maine coast. Published in October of 2018: Swan Island in the Kennebec - Journeyto Sowangen, Island of Eagles.

Most recently, she illustrated and published in April of 2022: Cinnamon’s Swan Island Adventures on the Kennebec River in Maine, a children’s book (ages 2-10) about a girl who lived on a small game preserve island in Maine with her grandparents, caretaker-farmers.

Terri also creates 3-D wall masks and pens flamboyant personality stories to accompany them. An exhibit at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell with a Mother Earth theme, Native American healing ceremony masks, and Maine personalities exhibit at Gallery 7 in Portland showcases her work. Exhibits of originally designed masks were held in the Fox Valley in Appleton, Wisconsin.

When not writing or researching history and genealogy, she volunteers at her local Historical & Cultural Society where T brings b/w postcards to life painting the scenes, historic buildings, and local images in acrylic color. Many stained-glass windows and lampshades she creates in her studio are displayed in her riverside home.