Tag Archives: Acadia

Exploring My Ancestors

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Vaughn C. Hardacker

Vaughn Hardacker here. In 2009 I was laid off by the high tech firm I worked for in Massachusetts (my seventh job in nine years–I left none of them voluntarily) and made the decision to leave New Hampshire and return … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Vaughn's Posts | Tagged Acadia, Acadian Expulsion, Acadians, Ancestors, genealogy, Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. | 3 Comments

There’s no research like being there

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Maureen Milliken

Late Friday afternoon I was piddling around, trying to get some writing and other stuff done, when a realization struck me: It was a gloomy, cold and rainy Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Yeah, I know, when isn’t it? But … Continue reading →

Posted in Maureen's Posts | Tagged Acadia, Bernie O'Dea mystery series, Popham, Reid, writer's research | 1 Comment

The Acadian Expulsion

Posted on August 13, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Vaughn C. Hardacker here: In my last blog I wrote about one of my more infamous ancestors, Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860 – 1927). The familial link to Lizzie was only one of the surprises I got while doing a detailed … Continue reading →

Posted in Vaughn's Posts | Tagged Acadia, Acadians, Canada, CMA 2014, history, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia., Quebec, World Acadian Congress 2014 | 2 Comments

Acadia the Lobster, With a Candlestick, In the Lighthouse

Posted on February 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, exhibiting typical February madness. So of course you are wondering what on earth the title of this blog means? Well, here it is in a nutshell: Part of what has been keeping me chained to my chair … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Acadia, blogging, Downeast Books, Downeast Magazine, Dru Ann Love, Kate Flora, lighthouse, Lisa Haselton, lobster, Lois Winston, mystery writers, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Thea Kozak | 5 Comments

The Great Indoors

Posted on February 3, 2012 by mcwarchives

Hello, it’s Sarah Graves, again, this time coming to you from The Great Indoors, which is what February is turning into in Eastport, Maine. It is if you want to keep your bones unbroken and your ligaments untorn anyway; every walking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acadia, cleaning, Eastport, Home Repair is Homicide, ice, john Jeremiah Sullivan, knitting, lighthouse, lobster, Maine, Sarah Graves, winter | 4 Comments

Mr. Rockefeller’s Roads — by Lea Wait

Posted on August 18, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

It all started, I was told by a Mainer with 5 generations of Bar Harbor carpenters in her genes, with a stubborn, pregnant, woman. Never mind that her father-in-law was the founder of Standard Oil. Never mind that she could have … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Acadia, Bar Harbor, carriage roads, carriages of Acadia, David Rockefeller, Depression, John Rockfeller, Nelson Rockefeller, Shadows on the Coast of Maine, Somesville | 3 Comments

Visiting Grandma in Maine – When Grandma is an Author

Posted on August 4, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait I’m Lea Wait, and, like most of us, I wear several hats. On this blog, I’m a mystery author. To others, I’m a children’s author. To my family I’m a wife, mother of four, and grandma to eight. So far as most of my family is concerned, I’m … Continue reading →