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A Mostly True, Sorta Tale of Guyishness, Minus the Bullet Holes and Duct Tape
John Clark is unavailable today as he’s in Rapid City, SD at the Elmo Ermwood Institute for an annual spiritual oil change and alignment. He will return for his next regularly scheduled post. His favorite cousin, Pradesh ‘Bubba’ Letourneau is … Continue reading
Out to Canaan, or Some Assembly Required
John Clark on the democratic process. I got involved in politics during the Vietnam War and learned in the process that individuals really could make a difference. Unfortunately my addictions got in the way of continuing to have any … Continue reading
Rehabbing the Geek Room
John Clark sharing the changes to my favorite room here at the house. First a bit of background. We lived in our first home for 27 years, doing one heck of a lot of renovation as well as building a … Continue reading
Tagged Family history, Geeks, Hartland, John Clark, Room renovation
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Is Millinocket Memorial Library the Canary in the Coal Mine?
John Clark here, sharing a recent experience as well as some other scary possibilities facing the Maine library community. I was invited to be part of a brainstorming panel that met in the Millinocket town hall and discussed ideas and … Continue reading
The Death of Local News, or if you want to get away with murder, come to Hartland.
As time goes by, I miss writing for the Sebasticook Valley Weekly more and more. It was a local weekly published in Newport and my first encounter with it was when Brenda Seekins, the editor, stopped by the library and … Continue reading
Tagged Black Humor, Copper Theft, Hartland, John Clark, murder, true crime, Vandalism
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A Modest Proposal-Maine Style
Do you have the same urge to cringe every time the phone rings these days? Between the artificially cheery college students trying to make a connection with a codgerly alum from 40 years ago and get said alum to pony … Continue reading
Meet Bette Stevens
John Clark sharing an interview with fellow Hartland author (and member of the library book discussion group), Bette Stevens. 1-Tell me about growing up–where, what authors influenced you, what are some of your strongest/most vivid memories from childhood? I grew … Continue reading
Channeling Jake Brofee
Odd and interesting things make up our memories. When I was a teenager, I listened to this gravel voiced guy do the Farm Market Report on the radio while I was getting ready for school. His name was Jake Brofee … Continue reading
Notes From Hartland on Independence Day, 2014
Is there a correlation between the hot weather and the pace of life? It would appear that way today. All my favorite summer patrons are back and it’s so nice to be greeted warmly (no pun intended) time after time, … Continue reading
Weekend Update: December 14-15, 2013
Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Jayne Hitchcock (Monday), Gerry Boyle (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Wednesday), Vicki Doudera (Thursday), and Lea Wait (Friday). And Jayne says her post maybe from Phoebe, her incredible dog!! In the … Continue reading
