Author Archives: bereksennebec

Harold and Kumar took a Pass, But Bill and Ted Came Along on My Excellent Adventures

Posted on November 8, 2018

John Clark on the day following the election, feeling like a winner even though I only received 35% of the votes cast in Maine House District 105. How can that be? Read on. It started with a message on my … Continue reading →

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Frightening Thoughts From the Group

Posted on October 31, 2018

John Clark encouraging MCW members to participate in a game of Halloween Two Truths and a Dare. Each set of statements below has one that’s false. Your challenge is to decide which ones they are. Best guesser wins something interesting.  … Continue reading →

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The Watch House, or screwing around all winter

Posted on October 25, 2018

My friend Holly Schindler is posting about her less than successful efforts to declutter on Facebook this week. I can empathize as can Sister Kate. Neither of us has recovered from the nearly three year odyssey known as cleaning out … Continue reading →

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YA Fiction Continues to Blur That Line Called Reality

Posted on October 8, 2018

John Clark reviewing two new young adult titles that reflect events in the real world very strikingly. The first, Someone I Used To Know by Patty Blount, continues her very moving and insightful books on touchy issues. Starting with Send … Continue reading →

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The Day the Music Died

Posted on September 11, 2018

John Clark remembering what happened seventeen years ago. Each of us has moments we never forget. Sadly, many of them stem from tragic events that were so unexpected they froze us in place while our minds tried to process the … Continue reading →

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August, and a Bit After

Posted on August 30, 2018

John Clark watching a nighttime thunderstorm move eastward toward Penobscot Bay. We’re a couple days away from September, but I’ve had August’s unique personality on my mind for the past couple weeks. While (for me, at least) June and July … Continue reading →

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Remote, but Connected-The other Maine

Posted on August 8, 2018

John Clark slowly melting like the Wicked Witch of the West on a brutal August afternoon. After three months out knocking on doors and listening to people in Somerset County, any doubts about there being two Maines are long gone. … Continue reading →

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