It is Sunday the 29th of June, 2014 and Maine has been suffering through some of the best summer weather ever. Whenever someone mentions something nice, like the weather, around these parts the usual response it, “Yeah, but it won’t last”. Therefore I use the term “suffering”. (I am not a Mainer by the strictest … More NACRE PURFLING, ANTONIO STRADIVARI, JANINE JANSEN And NELSON MANDELA
I’ve been back in Boothbay for over a month. Summer has arrived, the trees are getting it on, and the gardens in the yard around The Castle are fruiting and flowering. My body is finally rested and I have established a daily routine of sorts. This post is about daily routine. The one I have … More Thrashing About, Searching for the Cool Spot, Waiting for Godot
HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGITY JIG Part II Sometime during the day on Mother’s Day, the 11th of May, I enter Minnesota and continue on toward St. Paul. I have Lynne’s address loaded into the GPS in the SAAB. The major portion of the drive in Minnesota is along I 94 through prairie … More Going Home Part II
HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGITY JIG Part I How wide is this country? This episode of “Playing Fair and Being Kind” begins with a look at the distance from Spokane, Washington to Boothbay, Maine. Google makes it a little over 3,000 miles by car and about 45 hours of driving time. It is a … More Going Home Part I
Playing Fair and Being Kind 