Tag Archives: gardening

After The Fall/Coming Soon

Posted on June 8, 2021 by John Clark

John Clark elaborating on my fractured elbow adventure and a new look at Post-Covid movie possibilities, but first the elbow. Regular blog followers may remember the fun(?) we had clearing the jungle that was the back of our lot at … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Accidents, Angeline Boulley, Fractured elbows, gardening, John Clark, Maine humor, Movie titles, The Firekeeper's Daughter, Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger | 4 Comments

Purple Asters

Posted on September 29, 2020 by bereksennebec

John Clark with a reprint of an essay I wrote in 2005 for Wolf Moon Journal. I’m sharing it because it relates to fall and when I came out of the Alfond Center this morning after my aquatic exercise class, … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged fall, gardening, Hartland Maine, John Clark, memories, purple asters, Sennebec Hill Farm | 2 Comments

A Trove of Garden Insight from Katharine White

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Brenda Buchanan

We’re spending some time in Brooklin this month, where I lived for a while in the early 90s and to which I have returned most every summer since, at least for a few days. Regular readers of this blog likely … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brooklin, Friend Memorial Library, gardening, Katharine S. White, Onward and Upward | 4 Comments

Sam’s Ghost

Posted on June 8, 2020 by bereksennebec

I’ve had plenty of ‘by myself’ time in the past several months. With Beth going to Belgrade 5 days a week to take care of our grandson, that leaves me, Bernie (our dog) and my thoughts. I’ve noticed I’m spending … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Chelesa Maine, fishing, Friendship, gardening, John R. Clark, Loss, Memorial Day, memories, Sam Morrison | 4 Comments

The Brown Thumb Struggles On

Posted on June 2, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Confessing that today, with so much chaos in the country, I am finding it hard to write. Hard to think because I have no focus. I have nothing to say about writing, wouldn’t touch politics with a barge pole, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged gardening, Katre Flora, plotting, The Corpse in the Compost | 2 Comments

The New Normal is an Oxymoron

Posted on May 27, 2020 by bereksennebec

John Clark will not bombard you with another barrage of Covid gloom. Yeah, it’s here, it’s real, and I’m slowly wrapping my head around the probability that it’s gonna be with us forever (or some crazy number like that). Screw … Continue reading →

Tagged Covid-19, Dark humor, French drains, gardening, home improvement projects, John Clark, landscaping, Maine stories, Using your imagination | 2 Comments

The Mind is My Salvation

Posted on March 27, 2020 by bereksennebec

John Clark pondering in these absurd and scary times. Nothing like feeling as though you’re stuck in bastard love child movie birthed by Bergman and Fellini. Early morning grocery shopping had me imagining I was an actor in a revised … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Classical music, Covid-19, ebay, gardening, Grandchildren, Grandparenting, humor, Isolation, Maine library community, Survival skills, Tom Rush | 4 Comments

Gettin’ The Move On

Posted on May 14, 2019 by bereksennebec

John Clark on the next chapter in the Clark family saga. After 16 years in Hartland, we’re heading south. Not way south like Florida, but real Mainer south. In our case, Waterville is where we’ll be settling down in a … Continue reading →

Tagged Downsizing, gardening, Hartland Maine, John Clark, Lawn sales, Life changes, Moving, Reality checks, Social connections, The Alfond Center, Uncle Henry's, Waterville | 5 Comments

Different Ways to Garden

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Lea Wait

Lea Wait, here. When I think of my grandparents, especially my grandmother, I think of her gardens. In her home in Roslindale, Massachusetts, where I spent some of my earliest years, she had a wonderful large rectangular rose garden, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged daffodils, dreaming, gardening | 8 Comments

August, and a Bit After

Posted on August 30, 2018 by bereksennebec

John Clark watching a nighttime thunderstorm move eastward toward Penobscot Bay. We’re a couple days away from September, but I’ve had August’s unique personality on my mind for the past couple weeks. While (for me, at least) June and July … Continue reading →