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Hartland, Maine: Hardscrabble?-Yes, Heartless?-Not by a Longshot.
John Clark here, bringing you to Harland, Maine. Snow came today, giving our town a fresh clean look. Real wreaths with lights swing from utility poles all over town, hung up and plugged in by the town crew last Friday. A big, … Continue reading
Tagged Christmas, Hardscrabble, Hartland, John Clark, Somerset County
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Surgeon In An Electrolux
Readers of this blog know a lot about Maine because we share our secret places, favorite restaurants, scenic drives, etc. Later this week, you’ll read our collective take on “why Maine?” While our state isn’t perfect (what state is), there … Continue reading
Separation Anxiety, A Truckload of Booty, a Wedding Saved and the Shiny Cover Lady-Strange Tales From Libraryland
John here with some stories about things that didn’t make it into my library school curriculum. Some were shared with me by other Maine librarians, the rest come my own experiences. Before I get started with those, I’d like to … Continue reading
The Librarian’s View-What Lies Beneath
Without the underneath, there is nothing, Grasshopper. John Here: When I finished Heidi Hoerman’s cataloging class at the University of South Carolina, I looked at my fellow students and said, “Hell will freeze over before I’ll be a cataloger.” That … Continue reading
Occasional dispatches from the Maine wilderness-The 4:15 Snowplow and NANOWRIMO
Sounds play a big part in my real and writing lives. When we moved from Chelsea to Hartland, one of my nonnegotiable conditions was that we had to have a metal roof. Our Chelsea home had suffered a fire … Continue reading
