The other day I headed outside because the light was calling me. The light I could see. The world crunched beneath my bare feet. The light I could hear.... Read More
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… remembering nana, and ‘skimming’
My grandmother was a ‘skimmer’. Not of books, she read those in detail, but of negative stuff. Now, negative stuff for Nana ran the gamut from bad language –... Read More
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… on being legit. like, in maine.
My local paper in Maine is the Boothbay Register. But if you are in any sto-ah, anywhere in the region, on a Thursday morning, you will hear people asking... Read More
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… on kevins (and family)
Being the summer of me considering becoming a professional wildlife photographer, maine-ly because the critters keep showing up – miraculously – when I am actually carrying my camera, I was... Read More
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… on made men pre-coffee
OHMYGAWDYOUGUYSIHAVETOTELLYOUSOMETHIN’! Wait. shhhhhhhh….. Okay, let’s keep this to a whisper because we don’t want to scare him way. Seriously, if you are reading this, read the whole thing in your... Read More
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… on looking, and seeing
Every Thursday, beginning at 8:00 a.m., Boothbay hosts a farmers’ market. It’s hard to miss because someone, and I don’t know who because I have never gotten there early... Read More
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… on an unexpected sleep-over
As you know, a few weeks ago I sent the Nearly Perfect Husband and Gabe, the Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy, to the emergency vets in the middle of the night... Read More
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… on following someone else’s recommendations
A long time ago, I read a book by the writer, minister, drawer, painter, philosopher, sculptor, mango-cello player, ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, IBM salesman, and singing cowboy, Robert Fulghum. Ya.... Read More
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… on taking the night in
shhhh… (g’night)
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… on taking the morning in
shhhh… (good mornin’)
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… on driving miss judy
Just next door to me, on the lovely Landing Road (I have learned that, in Maine, you put ‘the’ in front of a lot of things… the Landing Road, the Hannaford’s, the... Read More
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… on after rain
At the Maine House, there are huge pairs of trees in the front and side yard. We were told they are ‘wedding trees’ and were planted in pairs, to... Read More