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Playing With House Money In A Room Full Of Ghosts
John Clark feeling a mix of relief and frustration on a chilly Thursday night. On the Sunday before the election, a large poplar toppled over onto our back lawn. I really didn’t want it lying there all winter, but my … Continue reading
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Tagged Donations, Downsizing, Ghosts, Personal reflection, Physical limitations, Recovery, volunteering
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Harold and Kumar took a Pass, But Bill and Ted Came Along on My Excellent Adventures
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
The Watch House, or screwing around all winter
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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Tagged Amish, Clutter, Downsizing, Hartland, Holly Schindler, John Clark, OCD, Rural poverty, Sharing, Too much stuff, Winter projects
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YA Fiction Continues to Blur That Line Called Reality
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
The Day the Music Died
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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Tagged 9/11 NYC, JFK assassination, John Clark, Moments in history, Moon walk 1969, Personal narratives, Terrorism
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Lea Wait/Cornelia Kidd