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Category Archives: Maine

Nothing in Particular

27-Jun-07

Shoes don’t usually figure largely in my life. I have a pair of frocs (faux Crocs), a pair of sneakers, winter boots and rubber boots. The frocs and sneakers live in the mudroom. The boots live in the garage. So when I went to put on my sneakers one rainy day last week, I [...]

Maine-ly Blogging Carnival #1

26-Jun-07

Welcome to the June 26, 2007, first edition of Maine-ly blogging.We have a very diverse selection of entries. That might be because Maine has such a range of citizens. From back-to-the-landers who moved here in the 70’s to people whose ancestors lived here before Europeans “discovered it” to retirees who opted to go north instead [...]

Ninjas at the Deli Counter

14-Jun-07

I live in the whitest state in the country. That fact bothered me when I moved to Maine almost twenty years ago. How would our future kids learn about other cultures? How would it feel to live in a place where everyone looked a lot like me, instead of like people in the country they’d [...]