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Category Archives: Sarah’s Posts
Early Winter
Hello again from Sarah Graves, in Eastport, Maine where the storm did not do much of anything. A little wind, a little rain, a few blown-away tarps. Really, if you’re going to spend tarp money you might as well let … Continue reading
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Finding the Remote (Again)
Sarah Graves, here, thinking today about how quiet it is in the neighborhood now that most of our summer visitors have returned home. Half the houses on our street are empty, while in the other half we year-rounders are busy … Continue reading
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Money, Honey
Hello again from Sarah Graves, who has to keep looking at the photograph on the left in order to stay in any kind of halfway decent mood whatsoever. Because first of all, over the weekend a certain publisher who shall remain … Continue reading
Net Gain…I Think
When I was offered the chance to take over the Sarah Graves web address that Random House had been using, I grabbed it even though it came with a little baggage — namely, I had to build a new website … Continue reading
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Arrggh!
Sarah Graves, here, bracing herself for Eastport’s last blast of the season: it’s time once more for the Pirate Festival. This year at the fish pier we have a special guest, the Bounty, a replica of the ship made famous by … Continue reading
Dog Days
In the last days of August in Maine we try to wring every last drop of summer from the few warm days remaining before autumn. We all have projects we swore we’d finish; mine include refinishing a floor, developing a … Continue reading
So Nice I Wrote it Twice
Hi, I’m Sarah Graves and I’m still a Maine mystery writer, just as I was a year ago when this post first appeared. I’m reprising it now because, well, it’s August in Maine, and that’s when the relatives descend — especially … Continue reading
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The Fix Is In
When I first came to Maine and started writing the Home Repair is Homicide mysteries, my husband and I also began fixing up a Very Old House here in Eastport. The writing/house fixup combination worked well because the house reminded me … Continue reading
Garden Spot
Hello again from Sarah Graves, and from Eastport, which with a summer that lasts perhaps twenty minutes isn’t the likeliest garden spot in the world, but it may be the most enthusiastic. Despite hordes of deer, Eastporters raise flowers in profusion. … Continue reading
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Baby, Meet Bathwater
Hello again from Sarah Graves, thinking today about this morning’s headline: “Richard Russo boycotts e-books.” Well, of course he is doing no such thing. He’s simply decided to publish one book, a collaboration with his daughter and son-in-law called Interventions, … Continue reading
