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SUMMERTIME AND I HAVEN”T WRITTEN SQUAT!!!
I’m sitting here listening to Eddie Cochran sing his 1958 hit SUMMERTIME BLUES Paul’s video jukebox (http://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm#) on my PC and when I hear the lyric “You can’t have the car because you didn’t work a lick” I realize that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Maine, Maine Crime Writers, procrastination, summer, Vaughn Hardacker, writing
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Giveaway-Whispers of Warning
Congratulations, Ruth Nixon! You are the winner of the Whispers of Warning Giveaway! Jessie: On the coast of Maine, moving once more towards a September 1 deadline. I’m not sure why it is but for some reason, over the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkley, change of fortune mysteries, deadlines, Jessica Estevao, jessie crockett, summer, Whispers of Warning
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Summer Soundtrack
By Brenda Buchanan I’ve paid special attention to my senses when writing this summer. Regular readers of this blog might have guessed as much when I wrote in July about summer’s indelible scents. Today I want to talk about the richness of the … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, fireworks, music, sounds, summer, thunderstorms, Yellowlegs
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Summer’s short, and Vacationland beckons
Is it summer that does it? Is it the warm breezes, the intoxicating smell of flowers, the promise of ice cream? I don’t know, but something makes it hard to knuckle down and do what’s has to be done. One … Continue reading
The Scents of Summer
By Brenda Buchanan This time of year is one long olfactory system celebration. You can fill your lungs with the sweet smell of a just-cut hayfield. Huff the scent of ripe strawberries. Stick your face right up close to a … Continue reading
It’s that E.B. White ode to summer time of year again
Well, it’s not even summer and it’s been 90 degrees out for two days. I’ve had enough. But one great thing about it, is that it’s a great segue into my June tradition of writing about E.B. White’s beautiful essay, … Continue reading
Where Did The Summer Go?
As I sit here on the evening of the first day of autumn, watching this year’s potato crop being harvested, I can’t help but ask, “Where did the summer go?” Up here in The County we joke that “I overslept … Continue reading
The Mysterious Elaine
It was a sultry August night in a small Maine town. A lazy breeze barely flirted with the humidity. It was too damn hot to cook. Having showered off the grit and salt accumulated during a hike followed by a swim in the cold Atlantic, … Continue reading
A 'Day' in Baxter State Park
What a summer! On top of everything else, I stopped to pull some orphans and nuns out of a burning station wagon right as it was about to go over a waterfall and strained my arm. Okay, I didn’t. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Baxter State Park, Maine, Maureen Milliken, No News is Bad News, summer
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A Day in Belgrade Lakes
When the Maine Crime Writers were asked to write posts for our summer series “A Day In…” my choice was obvious. E.B. White, 75 year ago, wrote an essay about Belgrade Lakes, “Once More to the Lake.” He’d taken his … Continue reading
Posted in A Day In..., Maureen's Posts
Tagged Belgrade Lakes, Bernie O'Dea, E.B. White, Maine, Maureen Milliken, No News is Bad News, summer
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