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Category Archives: Sandra’s Posts
Kamikaze Gardening. Antler Camp. Black Flies.
(Join me at the Thompson Free Library this Thursday 5/27!) At my Moosehead Lake home (camp) I’ve been Kamikaze Gardening. Kamikaze Gardening is my term for intensely swooping down to remorselessly attack every garden job before black flies drive me … Continue reading
Smart Fish. Tiny Home.
Sandra Neily here: First the important stuff. As if there weren’t enough barriers writing a novel in a small camper trailer, this morning I mistakenly took the dog’s Benadryl tablets instead of my meds. The fog descended. I have yet to … Continue reading
Mud Month. Big Night! (Not What You Think…)
Sandra Neily here: It’s mud month in much of the northeast. I’m washing off my snowshoes and waxing my X-skies to rest them for a while. What to DO when it finally does melt off the high-up slopes? Distancing is … Continue reading
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Fishing in Siberia. Best Lottery Ticket Ever. And George.
Sandra Neily here: I see that another Maine Crime Writer has written about George Smith who does deserve lots of attention and accolades. He was a good friend and I have some good George stories. But first, in honor of … Continue reading
“All night, in happiness, she hunts and flies …”
Sandra Neily here: I know we’ve got lots more winter, but recently I read the opening of my novel Deadly Turn to a book group (the story opens with a bat) and realized I was thinking ahead to a spring … Continue reading
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Messiah. Nutcracker. Blizzards. Butter. And Gratitude.
Up to my waist in broken ice, snowshoes scrambling for good footing in the melting marsh, I struggled for breath as freezing water saturated clothing and skin. I wasn’t too busy to miss Pock sinking into a happy crouch. My dog was a Lab. Water—any water— was heaven-sent.
I learned to respect March outings by keeping close to shore where it’s only ankle deep. Or taking a nap.
“Nooooooo,” I yelled. “No, don’t jump! Not fun in here. Not FUN! Continue reading
Who Knew? Of Salamanders and Their Service. Well. All Services.
Sandra Neily here: this article was first published in my 2005 “Valuing Nature” column in the Moosehead Messenger. We’re all likely to have a hibernating winter ahead of us. Like salamanders. Sometime in the spring we can crawl out to … Continue reading
New Season. Same Pandemic. But New Get-Out-There Strategies
Sandra Neily here: Here comes a new season so I’ve got two new goals to get more use out of things I’ve taken for granted. Goal One: Get out on the first snow, even if it’s only a few inches, … Continue reading
It’s Really Ok to Call Something Stupid
Sandra Neily here: With apologies for crashing into this lovely fall weather with anything sobering (this is not about covid), but maybe after the hottest summer on record in Maine, we can shake loose our brains for something we can … Continue reading
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Of Course I Should Have Done It … Sooner
Sandra Neily here: I should have done it sooner. Well, that’s perhaps an endless list for most of us. (Including my missed Crime Writers posting date last week. Apologies to the team.) But I should have done this sooner. My … Continue reading
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