Tag: Maine
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Trimmed and burning
As you may have already noticed, I kind of have a thing for lighthouses. It’s probably no surprise they’ve cropped up in my work lately, since my corner of the world is fair teeming with them. But I even find myself sneaking them into other projects, even when it’s not strictly necessary. So you can…
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Memento mori
One of the things I used to do with Bampa is visit the colonial graveyards tucked away in every corner of New England. On this trip I only had time to visit a couple, so I picked my two favorites: the Old York Burial Ground in York, Maine; and the Granary Burying Ground in Boston.…
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Sometimes, vacations take you.
All this talk of stolen vacations, and all I had to do was wait another week. Well, maybe not for a vacation, per se, but certainly a change of scenery. My mother called to let me know that my grandfather, who lived in Exeter, NH, was entering hospice care. Before I knew it, I was…