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It’s Mainely a Maine Thing
By Kait Carson One of the many things I love about Maine is that it’s seasonal. We have a minimum of seven, with variations on each theme: Mud, Spring, Black Fly, Summer, Summer in the desert without the breeze, Autumn, … Continue reading
You Heard it Here First – Winter’s On The Run
I’m writing this on the fifth of March, absolutely convinced spring is in the offing. Call me a fool for believing. But after this winter of All The Ice We Did Not See—months of involuntarily shoe skating along sidewalks that … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Jule Selbo, Maine high school basketball, spring, Tabitha King, Tess Gerritsen
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FINAL STORM REPORT OF THE SEASON!
If you’re reading this on April 4 that means you have power or at least internet. Congratulations! Today’s yet another spring surprise, an April storm that forecasters promise will yo-yo from rain to snow to sleet to who knows what. … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts
Tagged birds, Boston Red Sox, Caitlin Clark, eclipse, Maine Crime Wave, Mechanics Hall, spring
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Maine Writers’ Signs of Spring
Today, we’re taking a break from our works in progress to share some photos and stories about the return of spring. Spring comes slowly to Maine, as the tips of trees grow red and the first small bits of yellow … Continue reading
Springtime Rituals
I filed my tax returns yesterday, went to the main post office in Portland, walked into the circa 1932 building and put them in the big chute mailbox, just like I did before there was an internet. Tradition can be … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, garden, Maine, rituals, spring, St. Patrick's Day, Taxes
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HAPPY VERNAL EQUINOX
Susan Vaughan here. Happy spring to everyone, although here in Maine true spring won’t show up for a month or more. Nevertheless, March 20, 2019 is the spring, or vernal, equinox in the northern hemisphere. As dawn is the time … Continue reading
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Tagged calendar, Easter, Eggs, equinox, holidays, spring, Susan Vaughan, vernal
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Here Comes The Sun
Two young women in a red convertible with the top down zipped by me when I was driving home from work Tuesday evening. Heads thrown back, sunglasses glinting with the 5:45 rays brought to us by Daylight Saving Time, they were … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Persons, Christmas wreaths, convertibles, frost heaves, mud, Poetry, potholes, spring, St. Patrick's Day
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Spring In My Step
It’s here! It’s here! Spring’s finally here! It was a long, damn winter, wasn’t it? The pre-Christmas snow. The post-Christmas cold snap that went on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. The ice and the slush and those three annoying nor’easters in the month of … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, crocus, garden, raised-bed, songbirds, spring
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Spring’s Sweet Rituals
By Brenda Buchanan Winter’s cold, dead fingers were pried away from Southern Maine this week. No one mourned. This year’s transition to spring demanded the same kind of emotional fortitude one needs to get over a bad head cold that … Continue reading
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Tagged peepers, Red Sox, red-winged blackbirds, spring, warblers, Woodpeckers
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