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Looking for Luna
There once was a man who owned a wooden sailboat named Luna. Luna wasn’t the first sailboat he owned, but it was the first wooden one. A 1949 Mermaid sloop built on Mt. Desert Island in Maine by E. Farnham … Continue reading
Posted in Sailing
Tagged apprentice shop, downeast, father, father son relationship, maine, Maine boat building, sailboat, son, wooden boats, wooden sailboat
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Digging to China, or How Geology Class Almost Ruined My Childhood
Growing up in small New England town, I had an idyllic childhood. Small town festivities, quiet roads, and best of all, knowing my neighbors. One became a good friend, Charley. He was two years older than me and game for … Continue reading
When you live in Vacationland, where do you go on vacation?
This past June someone asked me where we were going on vacation this year. With “vacationland” embossed on my license plate, to me, I’m already there. Now, I hesitate to write this article because I’m like many others up here … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged beach, boating, coastalriverpreserves, gulfofmaine, maine, pemaquid, puffins, vacation, vacationland
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Pemaquid Oysters, Mary Berry, and Moving to Maine.
Last year, the pandemic year, was a year for many of us to try new things. We had the time, from either a lockdown or a layoff, or both. I just don’t mean the shock of wearing a mask into … Continue reading
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Tagged bebrave, bravery, britishbaking, chowder, clams, clarkfrasier, fisherman, happynewyear, happynewyear2021, jasperwhite, lobsterathome, lobsters, maine, markgaier, maryberry, midcoast, mussels, ogunquit, oysters, pandemic, pandemic2020, pemaquid
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Largest Ball of Twine 