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Category Archives: Maine Books
BOOKISH ROMP
Christmas cheer prevailed as Charlie and I and our almost-family neighbors had our biennial holiday romp at our almost-neighborhood bookstore yesterday. Everybody got a book (Thanks, moms), then retired to the Finnish Bistro across the street for really-good goodies and … Continue reading
GOOD COMPANIONS
Okay, I’ve been remiss, but I have reasons. My computer died and I’ve been away getting intensive (read: in hospital) physical therapy. Then Charlie recovered whatever software needed recovering and I recovered some confidence that, with ever more adaptations, I … Continue reading
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PICTURES MATTER
So many good things are happening, it’s hard to know where to start. The little wild blueberries are here in such profusion that bowls of half blueberries/half cheerios are daily delights. Typing urges surge as elbow malaise quiets. Roseledge Books … Continue reading
SO MUCH GOOD NEWS
This is a glorious day. The harbor is alive with Sailing School kids wiggling about in daysailers, kayakers gliding inches above the water, dinghies bobbing in place for lobsterboats, a yacht and a powerboat looking for their rental moorings, and … Continue reading
FIRST THINGS FIRST, PART 3
Finally, the last of the order lists. To make it more intriguing, look for fat biographies, detailed memoirs, journals, logs, or diaries of adventurers in places doing things we know too little about, at least four works with (sometimes remote) … Continue reading
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Maybe the rain came to prevent more dawdling, maybe not; but there must be a reason behind the continuing wet. Rain dampens, so to speak, any enthusiasm for morning coffee on the deck, so with thermos I’ve moved inside to … Continue reading
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SUMMERTIME HAS COME AGAIN
We’re baaack and the webcam is beaming. It is so good to be here. Tenants Harbor is perfect as always. Charlie went down to the East Wind to get the stored computer (once we remembered where we had put it) … Continue reading
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
“Are illegal immigrants counted in unemployment statistics? And if you don’t know, how would you find out?” a friend emailed. Well, I don’t know. I assume the unemployment number is a government figure derived from papers otherwise filed by employers … Continue reading
TICKLER BOOKS?
Okay, I have been remiss. I know this because two of my three known readers emailed me to ask how I was. This translates to if I weren’t dead, I would be trying to guilt you all into reading, especially … Continue reading
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LOOKING LOCAL
I love libraries. For a professional lifetime, I’ve been plotting ways to make them ever better. I didn’t think much about how they looked as I passed by; they were mostly non-wood monuments with pillars, steps, and/or lions (and more … Continue reading