My grandmother and grandfather lived in a small house in Woburn, Massachusetts that seemed huge. And every Sunday after attending our respective churches, my Aunt P.’s family and my... Read More
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… on more maine wordS with friendS (that’s you!)
In the as-of-the-day-before-yesterday tradition of redefining wordS (which I am sharing with you so now I am calling ‘Maine WordS with FriendS’ because we are sharing in the way... Read More
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… on a new maine dictionary
The other day I wrote that Maine is “a place where words are redefined on a daily basis”, and then I gave a for instance for clarification and I... Read More
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… on discovering the gardens
When I’m in Maine, it is easy (and, c’mon, natural) to be drawn to the water. Because, here’s why: The boats (Maine’s summer ‘traffic’), the folks in and on the... Read More
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… on maine interrupted
In addition to being ocean-y here, it is also pine-y. There is something so deeply ingrained in my psyche about the combination of pine trees and a rocky shore... Read More
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… on feeling twenty-two (plus a couple of decades (plus))
Taylor Swift sings a song about being twenty-two. The chorus is “I don’t know about you, but I’m feelin’ twenty-two…” And it is as young and punchy sounding as... Read More
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… on jungle cats… er…dogs
I know. Powerful. Elegant. And I can now tell you…. move-y. This thing moves all the time. Not only do you need to find this creature, but then you have... Read More
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… on hole-y marshal dillon dingle.
In photography, when you take a photo and then you don’t do anything to it, because you do not rent Photoshop or are too lazy to download free programs... Read More
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… on the relativity of a pile of crap
The other day, I was hangin’ out down at Baby Beach. Baby Beach has the official name of Hendricks Head, but we have called it Baby Beach since we... Read More
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… on me and stephen hawking and twister
This morning I met Fred, a human, in the Old Barn. I made the point because there is also Fred-the-dog, who doesn’t really know anything about barns, other than... Read More
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… on a late mid coast afternoon in black and white
Yesterday I headed out with my camera at about five in the afternoon and snapped and clicked lazily while the breeze blew off the water and the boats drifted... Read More
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… on maine through other sets of eyes
Our time in Maine is precious. And preciously guarded. The reality is that ‘summer’ is an ebbing and flowing timeframe each year, based on family obligations ‘back home’ as... Read More