My school days at Muscongus’ one-room school began with walking a mile on Bremen’s heavily forested Shore Road hoping not to meet a moose on the way. In preparation for such an event, I had practiced scaling several climbable trees at strategic locations.

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

I have to admit I don’t believe that people will forget what we said or what we did. I do hope they remember how we made them feel.

As we move toward the Christmas holiday, please be aware of our signs regarding our hours of operation. You also can get that information on the Nobleboro town office website. You will also find this article on that site. We continue to get many questions regarding hazardous waste such as gas, antifreeze, turpentine, solvents, acids, […]

My wife and I felt the need to have a break from the national election contention by taking short-term asylum in Montreal. I was interested as I went window-shopping today that one of my favorite shirts is now made in Canada.

Rising waters are usually followed by an eroding sand beach. This is the case at the eastern Maryland and Virginia coasts. More specifically, Wallops Island and the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia, and the Assateague Island National Seashore, off the coast of Maryland, are the present cases with sand beaches.

Well, you know there’s an old sayin’, “careful what you wish for.” Well, for years I’ve heard people claim that they were really tired of career politicians in the White House. Well, guess what? We got what we asked for! And now that we have a guy with no political experience, it seems all we hear is how much disarray the president-elect is in, with cabinet appointments and all the different advisers that go with the position.

In the third Star Wars movie, “Return of the Jedi,” we were introduced to the Sarlacc, a creature that swallows its prey whole and then spends an entire millennium digesting the newly acquired nourishment. I feel as though last Tuesday’s stunning presidential election has turned many of us into Sarlaccs who will spend at least a millennium trying to digest the implications of what just happened.

In applying for any job, there are obviously records that one has to make available to substantiate one’s qualifications for the job. The more important the position, the more extensive the records required. For anything as important as a position of CEO for a major corporation, for example, the background of the person applying will be scrutinized in great detail.

Jazz musicians hear music differently than casual listeners. We hear the underlying chord structures that support the melody. For example, when we hear the TV show theme from “The Flintstones,” we immediately think, “That’s George Gershwin’s ‘I Got Rhythm.’” When we hear George Russell’s, “Ezz-Thetics,” we think, “That’s Cole Porter’s, ‘Love for Sale.’” The melodies may be completely different, but the harmonics are identical.

It is time to face up to the fact that winter is just around the corner and I can’t stall off any longer putting all my gardens and flowers to bed for the winter.