Tag Archives: winter

Winter’s Joys (Really).

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Brenda Buchanan

It’s March, and there’s only so much complaining you can do about the sleet, the slush and the potholes, so today I’m going to talk about the joys of winter. The snow’s piling up outside my window as I write … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never . . .

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Brenda Buchanan

Last week my blogmates posted gorgeous photographs of their winter worlds. I tried to add a few of my own, but thanks to the vagaries of WordPress (a blog post all its own) they disappeared into the ether. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Beach walks, Brooklin, Pine Point, Popham, Scarborough, walking the winter beach, winter | 14 Comments

Walking the Winter Beach, Redux

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

Dear MCW blog readers: Sometimes I scroll back through old posts and come upon one that’s ripe for a re-run, and so it is with this March, 2017 post about our Sunday beach-walking ritual. Forecaster chatter this week is we’re … Continue reading →

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Maine winter love: There are no words

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Maureen Milliken

We love to grouse about winter in Maine. That’s when we aren’t saying, in the middle of a blizzard or a minus 20 snap, “Hey, it’s winter in Maine, what are you going to do?” We love it. We know … Continue reading →

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The True Joys of a Maine Winter

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

Last month my esteemed colleague Barbara Ross wrote a “what were we thinking?” post about moving her primary home this winter from Somerville, Massachusetts to Portland. It started out like this: Move to Maine they said. It’s not as cold … Continue reading →

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Booting it into the New Year

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

When it’s 15 below zero and the sheet of ice still encasing the earth from the pre-Christmas storm lurks beneath a three-inch layer of snow that squeaks when you walk on it, you’d better be wearing the right boots. Fashion … Continue reading →

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Walking the Winter Beach

Posted on March 6, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

by Brenda Buchanan Sunday afternoons lend themselves to rituals. Leisurely drives to who knows where. Gathering around the table for dinner with family and friends. Kicking back with the Sunday papers, funnies and all, at least at my house, where we’ve … Continue reading →

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Setting and How It Affects Characters

Posted on November 22, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Vaughn C. Hardacker here: This July my fourth thriller will be released by Skyhorse Publishing. The novel, WENDIGO, takes place entirely in the north Maine woods during the midwinter months of January and February. As I was writing the novel I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Vaughn's Posts | Tagged ashort days, cold, long nights, Native American mythology, setting, WENDIGO, winter | 3 Comments

Waiting for the Punchline

Posted on January 25, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Jessie: In northern New England, wondering if it is too early, or just plain wrong to gloat about missing out on the snow covering the mid-Atlantic. I’ve been thinking about weather a lot lately. Winter has been slow in coming to … Continue reading →

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Florida, ME by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Posted on March 5, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

I’m pursuing a very traditional Maine pastime today: I’m visiting Florida. Specifically, I’m here for the annual Broward County Library Foundation Literary Feast. And while I came for work, when my plane touched down in Fort Lauderdale and the pilot … Continue reading →