The day is bright and cold and windy and I am shivering and thinking of warmer places. How difficult it is to live in Maine when the cold north wind is howling down the river and blowing the tops of the waves in the cove outside my window. I’m burning trash wood from the deck … More The Eagle has Shat, Taxes, and Winter
This is the time of year for me that is the most anxiety filled. Simply, it is overly stacked with events and requirements and wishes for good luck and hopes for weather conditions that are as reliable as Maine weather can be. I need to file income taxes in order to get my usual modest refund, … More No Balls, No Blue Chips!
SNOW VISITOR Snow falling. Slowly. The bits of white come so slowly from above to disappear past the bottom of my window. Soundlessly. Without demand or fanfare. Unseen generally by anyone. Quietly, soundlessly, unnoticed, unannounced. Like good friends. I am grateful for these visits. Loved gently and Politely. G. M. Goodwin 9 January 2016
ALL BY MYSELF I SAY GOODBYE I can’t say goodbye. Not yet anyway. The attachment is too strong and it hurts to give up, or give in. I’m having trouble putting this behind me. The game has been played beyond salvaging. I couldn’t turn back when it was necessary. I had to extend the play … More Saying Goodbye Alone
This has been a trippy morning and I have worked up an appetite. Mental gymnastics are difficult for me. I can’t stay connected to one subject very long but I have developed a strategy for thinking through complex topics. I just give up trying and go about my day picking away at small tasks and … More Space, Time, Joe C.
I had a phone conversation with one of my favorite people tonight. Our mutual respect and love lends itself to confessional type sharing. The concept of the brain as a collection of distracting memories that resemble the noises of a haunted house came up. We had fun playing with the comparison. This piece I have … More Staring Out
Sometimes I think it’s a shame When I get feelin’ better when I’m feelin’ no pain. Gordon Lightfoot What a day this has been. First snow of the winter and low, low temperatures to add to the celebration of this season of little daylight and bone chilling nights. You have to love this great state … More What is Happiness?
I awoke this morning just as it was light enough to make out shapes in the yard. It snowed! And it was still snowing! And now about five hours later it is still snowing. Here is the “Snow” essay modified to fit The Castle. I hope you can stand to read it. Dear Diary: August … More Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
A quiet descends upon the land. The day after Christmas and the majority of inhabitants have finally stopped obsessing about this yearly event where for weeks there has been shopping and spending and returning and wrapping and baking and boiling. Now comes the day after and the land is silent, no traffic, very little of … More The Morning After The Night Before (Was it good for you?)
My favorite time of year is Thanksgiving…because it involves good food and a few friends. I take part in Thanksgiving at a local restaurant in Boothbay Harbor where the price of the meal is a direct donation to one of several charities. I always donate to the food bank. I go and I usually find … More This Time of Year
Playing Fair and Being Kind 