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A Mixed Bag
John Clark watching the dust settle following our move. We completed the removal of everything (ye Gods what an abundance of stuff left after two rounds of decluttering) Monday afternoon including mowing the lawn and washing the floors (compulsive, much?), … Continue reading
When All We Had Was Q
John Clark with my thoughts on Pride Month. I grew up in a small Maine town where the only minority group I knew about was my classmate Nancy Simmons…She was Catholic. That’s how isolated and unaware we were in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay Teens, John Clark, LBGTQ, Lesbian teens, Nonbinary teens, Pride month, rural Maine, Stonewall riots, Transgender teens, Waterville maine, YA fiction
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Gettin’ The Move On
John Clark on the next chapter in the Clark family saga. After 16 years in Hartland, we’re heading south. Not way south like Florida, but real Mainer south. In our case, Waterville is where we’ll be settling down in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Downsizing, gardening, Hartland Maine, Lawn sales, Life changes, Moving, Reality checks, Social connections, The Alfond Center, Uncle Henry's, Waterville
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A Simmering Conundrum
John Clark feeling conflicted, perhaps more than at any point in the past thirty years. When I was campaigning last year, I got a phone call from a lady I knew from my days as the Hartland librarian. She said … Continue reading
Does That Which Doesn’t Kill Us, Truly Make Us Stronger?
John Clark on something I discovered while campaigning last summer. I was on a back road in St. Albans when I met a gentleman who told me he had worked more than 30 years for a nearby school department, but … Continue reading
DIEING NAKED AND OTHER LESSONS LEARNED ON MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE VALLEY OF GRIEF
A friend dropped by on his way to his in-progress place on the Airline yesterday. While catching up, he commented on the previous generation’s tendency to hoard and how long it takes to go through stuff after they die. That … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Carman Clark, death, decluttering, family memories, Grief, Legacies, recycling, Sennebec Hill Farm, writer's block
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