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Dean Lunt
Feb 24, 20227 min read
Finding a New Life in Maine
"We did not come to Maine to escape anything, but to find something." By Roy Barrette A hundred and twenty-five years ago a man whose...
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hannah6290
Dec 12, 20219 min read
Snowbound
By Helen Hamlin (1945) We were actually snowbound. Cyril Jandreau and the Bridges had moved out of the country before January and we were...
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hannah6290
Dec 9, 20217 min read
His bracelet says N COLONNA...
By William Carpenter He can’t remember. The hospital room is no clue. White walls, blood pressure instrument, all the other off-white...
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hannah6290
Dec 3, 20216 min read
The Ghost Buck
By Dean Bennett Every year the mill shut down for a reason that most have forgotten, or never knew. Of the few that have heard of it,...
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hannah6290
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Satan in the Woods & the Deep Blue Sea
By Earl Brechlin Like much of Puritan New England, Maine has always held a fascination with the devil. There was no better way to ward...
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Dean Lunt
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Dueling Americas
By Phuc Tran America. Patriots. Refugees. Immigrants. Citizens. Love it. Leave it. Go back to your country. There is tension in my family...
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hannah6290
Nov 19, 20214 min read
Christmas in Good Old Aroostook
By Eva M. Furbush, 1915 “Our beautiful Christmas tree is lighted with electric bulbs,” said Mrs. Evans to her little daughter, Elsie....
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hannah6290
Nov 18, 20213 min read
Play in a Winter Wonderland
Thanks to Jennifer Hazard and her book, The Maine Play Book: A Four-Season Guide to Family Fun and Adventure, there is no shortage of...
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Dean Lunt
Nov 12, 20216 min read
My Dad: "The Biggest Drunk in Portland."
By Edward Crocket The first line of his obituary in the Portland Press Herald proclaimed my father, Walter Crockett, “the biggest drunk...
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Dean Lunt
Nov 4, 20218 min read
John Duncan's Portland
By Dean L. Lunt I have worked as a journalist, writer, and editor for more than three decades. On any given day hundreds, perhaps...
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hannah6290
Oct 21, 20214 min read
Visit From the Forest King
By May Davidson There are times in your life when you are in desperate need of something to uplift your spirits and it actually appears....
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Dean Lunt
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Bringin’ in the Hay
By May Davidson When haying season arrives, I think back to the days when my husband, Jim, and I were sheep farming. Harvesting hay is an...
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Piper
Jan 12, 20219 min read
A Long, Cold Winter
Trudging the last half-mile of steep uphill while pulling the sled and groceries was less fun.
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Piper
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Finding Christmas
The week of December 5 was hectic. The Christmas rush was beginning to crowd a busy work week with too few hours spent chasing too many task
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Piper
Dec 15, 20206 min read
Launching a Holiday Tradition
It was my idea to put a lighted tree on top of our seventy-foot Harvestore silo.
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Piper
Nov 27, 20205 min read
A Holiday History
By Shannon Butler Maine has become the picture-perfect, snow-globe setting for a host of Christmas imagery. From idyllic, pastoral scenes...
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Piper
Nov 24, 20202 min read
A Gratitude List
I keep a gratitude journal all year, just like Oprah. Every day I write down at least five things I’m grateful for.
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Piper
Nov 17, 20203 min read
The Gunning Grounds
You know how it is on the coast, my friend, when the weather is brittle cold, and the breaking dawn is painting the sky with colors of pink
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Piper
Nov 10, 20203 min read
At First Glance They Don't Have a Lot in Common
By Sam Brakeley This book combines two very different stories. One takes place between 1775 and 1776 in New York and Massachusetts, and...
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Piper
Nov 3, 20205 min read
Hi there! My name’s Ida, and I’m a Home Shopping Networkaholic
By Susan Pouiln When did I meet Ida? 1996. I was competing in the first (and, as far as I know, only) Yankee Yarns Contest in Keene, New...
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