Well, clear my schedule and bust out the board games – the youngest kiddo is home from college. Home for a week or two, that is. In no time at all, he will be packing up his car again to head out on his internship, and then it will be back to campus. So in […]
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Mainewhile: The terrifying thrill of embracing change
I am “all at sixes and sevens,” as one elderly friend used to say. The phrase, a favorite of hers and now, by extension, of mine, means “in a state of confusion or disarray.” The dictionary (we all know I adore a good dictionary lookup) adds “befuddlement.” Which, let’s just pause a moment there and […]
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Mainewhile: Pesticides are problematic, but possums are not
Ticks. Nature, what even were you thinking? This week alone, I have pulled at least 10 off my dog, two off the barn cat, one off my honey and had a doctor treat my mom. The walk? The one my son and I went on where we stopped counting at 76 ticks we had to […]
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Mainewhile: Month of poetry just may have inspired further exploration
Did you enjoy National Poetry Month this year? I did. April is such a perfect month for poetry, I think, because it’s so full of promise. You know the warm days are on their way, but it is still chilly enough when the breeze blows that a book and a mug of tea are not […]
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Mainewhile: Cheers for the tax credits for Hadlock Field overhaul
In this life, there are certain sure signs of spring we all look for. The days growing longer, buds on the trees, robins in profusion – and opening day at Hadlock Field. This year, opening day was delayed by that massive April snowstorm we had. So fitting. But the snow was short-lived, spring reasserted itself […]
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Mainewhile: We need to honor the real friendships in our lives
Friendship is such a curious thing. When you are little, making friends is so seamless. You meet, you play, and boom. Done. You might fight or move on, and I don’t mean to imply that there isn’t heartbreak and high drama in all of that – of course there is. These early friendships are where […]
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Mainewhile: Some luxuries are unattainable, and that’s OK
The last time my father-in-law visited, he mentioned that he’d been reading in The Wall Street Journal about a restaurant here in Maine, and he wondered if we could go when he comes out this summer. He’d forgotten the name, but once he described it, I knew exactly which place he meant. “Small, sort of […]
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Mainewhile: As we repair storm-damaged infrastructure, let’s dream bigger
Oh, March. The cruelest of all the months. A tantalizing glimpse of spring, then blam! Snow and rain and all sorts of winter madness. This late winter/early spring storm was a doozy. A strange capper on what was undeniably a strange winter. Despite being a milder winter in terms of temperature and snowfall, our poor […]
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Mainewhile: Total eclipse gives us means to connect to the universe
I’ve caught it. My coworkers have caught it. The kids at school have caught it. My own kids have caught it, too. Have you caught it? No, no, I don’t mean the latest version of the pandemic. I am talking about Path of Totality Fever. By now, you’ve probably at least heard about it, right? […]
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Mainewhile: Octopuses are cool and so is Mainer’s part in new discovery
Of all the creatures with whom we share this big, beautiful planet, octopuses have to be some of the absolute coolest. OK, now before anyone gets all fired up to send me an email about “octopi” versus “octopuses,” let me just say that multiple sources all agree: both ways are correct. As is, according to […]