NORMINDE , a house in Maine
t the head of a rocky cove, on one of the countless islands off the coast of Maine, stands an improbable structure: a log cabin with Scandinavian motifs carved into lintels and posts, topped with a sod roof of lush grass. Nearby stands a small outbuilding crowned with a picturesque cupola; the stove pipe emerging from the unusually large roof slates gives away its function as a wood-burning sauna. It, too,
