Campground Life

Dear Gretchen, of course we have weddings here at the campground…always at least one every summer…and sometimes we even know about them ahead of time.  (other times we see a serious looking couple standing on the beach with two friends, and an official…they don’t think we’re watching but we’re smiling none the less).   100…

To steal a line from my friend MJ’s Blog: “Visit Mary Jane Astrig and Follow Her Adventures”. Hmmmm…more like visit Mary Jane Astrig… and…mmm….stretch….yawn…. Really why does she even bother? Life is sometimes much too fluid to stop and ponder and write about it. I know it is a good exercise to write everyday…and I…

The tides are linked to the moon phases.  Whenever the moon is full or new we have greater extremes in water levels…which means we can walk further out on the bottom of the ocean and explore more distant tidal pools…and that high tide comes up further on shore, slowing our walks down to a careful…

Bob’s been working hard on the schedule, donations and food for this year’s Pine T ree Camp Fundraiser at Searsport Shores, July 29th- 31st.    We’re hoping to involve as many area businesses and organizations as possible.  If you would like to get involved making root beer floats or trying your hand at running a game…

Bob Ramsdell, the inspirational chairman of our town’s shellfish committee, and I headed down to Rockland yesterday to attend the shellfish management workshops at the 36th annual Fisherman’s Forum held at the Samoset Resort.  We wanted to check out what was happening legislatively and pick up what we could to better manage our own town…

    Last week Steven when over to Unity College and talked with students at the job fair.  It always irritates astounds me when I hear government representatives and even folks in the street talk about working in tourism as though it’s a bad thing…boring, repetitive and requiring little intellect…huh? I can’t talk from experience…

It’s cold, crisp and clear…and when a girl needs an excuse to stumble around outside in the thigh deep snow…what better reason than to check on the birds (and feed the goats a couple of orange peels from last night)?  I’m a neophyte when it comes to shore birds but when I got a Google…

More accurately, creating an ad makes me sweat…and suffer the urge to hide behind my computer and play solitaire pretending that I’m thinking. I’ve collected all of the necessary tools for success…digital camera, photoshop, ability to search the web for endless amounts of advice…and I read about marketing any time a compelling book or magazine…

I just got a request in our e-mail box… Hello Everyone, Bangor Savings Bank nominated the Carver Memorial Library for their Community Matters More initiative.  We, along with many other non-profits will be competing for $5000.  The winner is the organization that gets the most votes.  Voting can be done on line or with a paper…

    When is cold, cold?  Well, when you take your gloves off to click on your snow shoes and your fingers ache within seconds…it’s cold.  It’s so cold that the sky is the clearest shade of blue and the ocean has smoke hovering over the surface because there’s no wind at all. The weather…