Are you dreaming about having a summer garden? If not, you probably don’t garden. These last few weeks of reprieve from the bitter cold winter were a blessing. When the temperature reaches into the 40s and 50s, I start thinking about the soil and what I’m going to plant – come spring.
Round Pond Column
For two to three years, I have tried to get a picture of Pippo, Kathy and Russ Mack’s dog, as he guards Round Pond from his lofty perch on their front yard. Finally, while walking by a couple of weeks ago, I was able to snatch a quick picture before he hopped down. I do believe that Pippo determines who is allowed into the village and who is not.
Waste Watch
Here comes March and I’m ready for some warmer weather. I know March is a winter month, but I’m trying to be optimistic. I’m predicting an early spring!
Westport Island Column
Dear friends and neighbors,
I don’t know about you, but for me this last episode of snow and rain with the ensuing mud is getting a bit old. I did manage to do some nice skiing at a groomed area last weekend. However, trying to hike a 2000’ mountain with a south facing exposure turned out to be challenging due to steep, ice covered trails.
Skidompha Skoop
It was a dark and stormy night…
This opening line has been a literary “facepalm” since it first appeared in a overwrought Victorian novel by Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. It has become synonymous with the Victorian melodramatic style, and the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, begun in 1982 as an homage to this most famous of opening lines, requires contestants “to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.”
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Art of the square: “I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since we first met at my art display at the Bristol Area Library,” Walpole artist Susan Bartlett Rice told me in a recent email. Indeed, a year has gone by since Rice’s last Bristol exhibit, and now she has a new exhibit at the same library, which runs through the end of February.
Westport Island Column
Dear friends and neighbors,
Change of venue: Nita Greenleaf’s community supper will be held this Saturday, Feb. 17 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Old Town Hall. Ten dollars for adults and eight dollars for kids under age eight will get one a tantalizing meal of roast pork and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, string beans and applesauce, and coffee and tea and dessert. Shake off the winter doldrums and join folks for some food and conversation this weekend.
Paws for Thought
The ways in which humans communicate with each other seem almost limitless. We talk, we text, we email, we call each other on the phone. We give “significant looks” to those we know well. Animals are no less communicative, though I’ve yet to receive an email from a dog.
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Welcome, McGrory & Wolf: I had mentioned to several people last year, after attending ArtWalk Waldoboro, that the art scene in Waldoboro seemed to be picking up steam. The addition of Valerie Greene Studio, for one, to the excellent local lineup was exciting.
Newcastle History The storms of 1898 and 1952
The front page of The Lincoln County News reported on Jan. 11: “Blizzard, high tide cause flooding power outages in Lincoln County.” I can relate to this storm well, as I had to measure the snowfall, and the wind was moving it around so freely that it was an almost impossible task. Maine isn’t noted for its good winter weather, and blizzards happen here often.
Lyme Time Kindness matters
“Kindness Matters is a campaign designed to change the way people interact with each other. It is the legacy of a 13-year old who took his own life after years of bullying,” says the Kindness Matters website, kindness-matters.org.
Damariscotta History Buildings that once stood on the location of Elm Street Plaza
This past week while Marjorie and I were looking over one of our Damariscotta postcard collections, we came across a postcard which shows some old buildings on lower Elm Street right in the village area. The postcard was dated April 8, 1908 and was sent at 4 p.m. It is a real nice postcard showing both the Damariscotta and Newcastle sides of the Twin Villages and the Damariscotta River in color.
The Mobius Strip
On behalf of our 135 employees and dedicated Mobius Inc. Board of Directors, I am pleased to share the story of Amrita, a longtime recipient of our services and an individual for which we are proud to be building a “home” at the Chandler House on Academy Hill Road in Newcastle. We strive to provide a sense of home that balances the inner self, desires, and hopes with the outer self and its needs and abilities.
Hodgdon Green Happenings
And the winter continues on… Even so, resident Vern can be seen walking the streets of Damariscotta, in and out of shops and Yellowfront, and getting his daily dose of health.
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