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Tag Archives: A.Carman Clark
Nostalgia Illuminated
Kate Flora here, a few days after the 4th, still basking in the fun of a perfect family holiday as we head off to the Samoset, in Rockland, for a family wedding. On the 4th, we did all the right Maine … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th of July, A.Carman Clark, Bailey Island, Dorothy Come, Martha's Vineyard, Samoset Resort
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The Story of How the Orange Mailbox Came to Be
Since yesterday was the 4th of July, and the 44th anniversary of the dastardly deed that started the creation of my late mother’s world famous icon, it’s a good time to share how it came about. I was home from … Continue reading
Tagged A.Carman Clark, Family history, John Clark, Maine, Maine life, Union
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The Maine Mulch Murder nonfiction edition
Kate and I inherited numerous things from our late mother, A. Carman Clark. In addition to getting her writing fascination with language genes, we also acquired her sense of culinary adventure and her love of gardening. This latter one wasn’t … Continue reading
Tagged A.Carman Clark, gardening, John Clark, mulch.
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April Picnic on a Maine Hilltop
This is another “ghost post” from John Clark and Kate Flora’s late mother, the writer A. Carman Clark. For over 50 years, she lived on a hilltop in Union, Maine, closely observing the seasons on her farm. One of her … Continue reading
What Are You Waiting For?
This is a “ghost post” from John Clark’s late mother, A. Carman Clark, gardener, writer, newspaper columnist, role model: I’m skinny-dipping at dawn, disturbing the glass surface of the pond by rolling like a dolphin. Three loons glide out of … Continue reading
Out of the Kitchen and Through the Woods
Kate Flora: This is a “ghost post” from my late mother, A. Carman Clark, from her book of collected country living essays, From the Orange Mailbox. This takes me back to childhood Thanksgivings, when the women bustled around in the kitchen, … Continue reading
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Tagged A.Carman Clark, From The Orange Mailbox, Norman Rockwell, Thanksgiving
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Blueberries for All!
(Note: A slightly different version of this column appeared here last summer. But It’s blueberry season again, and there are more of you reading this, so I thought it would be fun to run it again.) Kate Flora: For my 55th … Continue reading
How Do You Write a Character Very Different from You?
Hi, it’s Kate Flora, in the midst of a summer of visiting Maine libraries. One of the best things about talking mystery to a library audience is the questions you ask. So often there are questions I’ve never been asked … Continue reading
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Tagged A.Carman Clark, Joe Burgess, The Maine Mulch Murder, Thea Kozak
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