Tag Archives: rural Maine

Right Up There With Al, Leslie and Tex

Posted on March 29, 2021 by bereksennebec

John Clark on an unusual geographic phenomenon, one found only in Maine and Vermont. I’m talking gores which are described thusly. “A gore is an irregular parcel of land, as small as a triangle of median in a street intersection … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Gores, John Clark, Maine humor, Places to hide bodies, rural Maine, Scenic locations, Unorganized territories Maine | 3 Comments

Geezerflash

Posted on October 29, 2020 by bereksennebec

Fern Gagne was under the weather. It was an expression he’d used and heard others use many times in his 53 years, but it was never like this. This was hellaciously serious and he doubted any physician, especially in rural … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark, Uncategorized | Tagged Deer ticks, Franklin County, Horror stories, Revenge, rural Maine | Leave a comment

Put That Body in the Right Spot, Boy

Posted on February 10, 2020 by bereksennebec

John Clark discussing three very handy references if you want to write real Maine fiction. Way back in the 1990s when I taught Information Technology at Central Maine Community College, one of the things I tried to get my students … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Body parts, Delorme Atlas, Dictionary of Maine Place Names, Getting away with Murder, John Clark, Maine Redister, Misery Gore, rural Maine | 3 Comments

One Day in Pictures

Posted on October 11, 2019 by bereksennebec

John Clark sharing a road trip Beth and I took a few weeks ago. If you remember my last post, I talked about some of the roads in Maine where photo opportunities abounded. My eye tends to catch the smaller … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Farms, John Clark, Katahdin, Nature photography, road trips, Route 11, rural Maine | 4 Comments

When All We Had Was Q

Posted on June 6, 2019 by bereksennebec

John Clark with my thoughts on Pride Month. I grew up in a small Maine town where the only minority group I knew about was my classmate Nancy Simmons…She was Catholic. That’s how isolated and unaware we were in the … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Gay Teens, John Clark, LBGTQ, Lesbian teens, Nonbinary teens, Pride month, rural Maine, Stonewall riots, Transgender teens, Waterville maine, YA fiction | 4 Comments

Harold and Kumar took a Pass, But Bill and Ted Came Along on My Excellent Adventures

Posted on November 8, 2018 by bereksennebec

John Clark on the day following the election, feeling like a winner even though I only received 35% of the votes cast in Maine House District 105. How can that be? Read on. It started with a message on my … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark | Tagged Campaign signs, John R. Clark, Maine Democrats, Maine House District 105, Poverty, Rolling Thunder Newspaper, Running for office, rural Maine, Somerset County, Sue Mackey Andrews | 8 Comments

Remote, but Connected-The other Maine

Posted on August 8, 2018 by bereksennebec

John Clark slowly melting like the Wicked Witch of the West on a brutal August afternoon. After three months out knocking on doors and listening to people in Somerset County, any doubts about there being two Maines are long gone. … Continue reading →

Posted in John Clark, Uncategorized | Tagged Cambridge Maine, Free range chickens, Jack Woodbury, John Clark, Ripley Maine, rural Maine, Sea glass, Somerset County | 7 Comments

Semi-wilderness Saturday

Posted on September 10, 2015 by bereksennebec

John Clark sharing the excursion Beth and I took last Saturday. While we’ve visited a great deal of Maine, neither of us had explored the chunk that lies north of the Airline and east of I-95 save for a trip … Continue reading →