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Category Archives: Maine

Welcome To the Hotel Paranoia

25-Jun-08

Daughter and I recently managed to combine business, pleasure and terror in a trip to our old stamping grounds in Vermont and New Hampshire. I made some money and she added yet another stuffed animal to her collection, which now rivals the nearest Hallmark store. We also took in the sights, ate a few good [...]

What Do Unschoolers Do On Snow Days?

14-Dec-07

Just this morning, I was complaining to my brother that I’m already sick of winter in Maine.
“Cheer up,” he said, “You’re not really sick of winter, because it’s not winter yet. You’re still sick of fall.”
How encouraging. He’s probably the person who came up with the Maine Tourism Board’s current headline: “Winter is When Maine [...]

Middle Aged in the Middle Ages

24-Sep-07

Okay, so I’m up to my wimple in yellow brocade, hemming these sleeves that go down to the floor and look like batwings, when Mark, the pool guy, knocks on the door, Daughter starts wailing that there’s a hornet in her room and Son clomps down the stairs and announces that he can’t get the [...]