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…

Snow…frozen precipitation…crystalline water ice…24 predicted inches… The goats are snug in their house with plenty of hay and warm water. Steven has projects planned that don’t involve me. I’m staying in new  flannel pajamas (thank you TJ MAxx for your clearance sale) all day long, working on the hanging art installation for the studio (in…

Steve’s on the Searsport Clamming Committee.  One of his year ’round duties is to check the clam flats every Sunday at low tide…maybe some of you have joined him on a dig during the summer…totally enjoyable with bountiful rewards… In January, it’s 25 degrees with a bitter bracing wind…and low tide is early…too early.  …

We’re back from our holiday trip to Elkhart, Boston and Portland…we gathered great memories, some thoughtful Christmas presents and ten pounds of willful indulgence (who says no to wine, sugar and wonderful meals during the holidays?) that are making our jeans feel tight snug. A major perk of living the campground life for so long…