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A Family Reunion in Maine
Hi. Barb here, less than a week before I leave Maine for the season. (Sniff.) I come from a tiny family. My father was an only child as were both my grandfathers. My mother had one sister who had three...
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November
Lea Wait, here. And I’m grumbling that it’s November. True, Maine enjoyed a glorious summer. Our only complaint was that some days were a bit too hot and humid. (Only people in New England would...
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A Graduation in Maine
Hi. Barb here. I graduated from a small private school with about 100 other sweaty teenagers. The tradition at my school was boys graduated in suits, while girls wore white dresses. But in my class in...
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Windjammer Days
by Barb, in Maine at last It’s Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor. My husband, Bill Carito, has gotten deep into iPhone photography, so we took a Balmy Days harbor tour billed especially for...
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It's Her Face
John Clark apologizing in advance for a long post. It’s something I wrote many years ago. This year has brought more losses of friends than any I can recall., so I’ve been remembering some of the...
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Gardens Aglow in Boothbay, Maine
One of the newest – and most popular – sites to visit in Maine is the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden (http://www.MaineGardens.org) in Boothbay. Opened in 2007, the garden’s 270 acres of tidal shoreland...
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The Seafarer Inn
Many of you already know that we lost my mother-in-law on January 27th. Here is her obituary in the Boothbay Register. The dedication in Fogged Inn, the fourth Maine Clambake Mystery, reads: This book...
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Dining at the Lobster Dock
Lea Wait, here. One of my favorite summer things to do in Maine is to sit outside on a wharf and eat fresh-from-the-water lobster, clams, oysters or mussels, sip a glass of wine or beer, and watch...
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Weekend Update: November 11-12, 2017
Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Brendan Rielly (Monday), Jessie Crockett (Tuesday), John Clark (Wednesday), Lea Wait (Thursday), and Maureen Milliken (Friday). In the news...
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The Big Clean Out
By Barb, writing happily away in her study in Portland, Maine A slightly different version of this post appeared on topretirements.com along with a list of things to consider if you are hiring a...
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