Airstreams for the writer

I had lunch with artist Susan Perrine the other day in Lisbon Maine (she’s the lovely woman responsible for the twig garden structures in the Shores).  I chatted her ear off about my child-like weaving and she answered every one of my beginner questions.  When I was finished breathlessly, she spoke of the gallerys that are…

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‘Tis a Gift to be Simple

Su came up for a few days to help us celebrate and as usual the time flew by.    One of the drawbacks of living this far North (I know, there’s a whole country North of us…but in November Searsport feels “far North.”) is that we don’t see as much of our family during the holidays for…

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I was crying…

If you don’t have an opinionated father, don’t bother reading this post…it will probably bore you.  Me, I was raised to know that as long as dad was roaring, he was OK…and when I stumbled upon this essay by Bruce Cameron I had to read it twice…the first time to myself, giggling…the second time to…

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Is it Winter yet?

Steven and I often argue about exactly when winter starts…I believe it starts as soon as it’s too cold to work outside before 11 AM (Yes, I have lots of wooly projects I’d rather work on in the comfort of a sunny window).  Somewhere around the 1st of November seems about right.  Obviously my willingness…

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