Tag Archives: Maine
Happy birthday, Maine. Thanks for giving me a sense of place.
Tips to help you prepare for winter power outages in rural Maine
A defense of Maine: How I fell in love with this state and found my home
Recently, Maine has been getting some bad press, and I don’t think it’s fair. In a segment comparing Governor LePage to Donald Trump, Samantha Bee from TBS dissed our state, calling us “the unheated crawl space between Quebec and New Hampshire where America hides its heroine,” and Five Thirty Eight noted our struggling economy and our […]
Governor LePage: A missed opportunity to set a good example
Making Maine traditions at the Blue Hill Fair this weekend
A yummy but easy blueberry muffin recipe just in time for blueberry season
Random Acts of Kindness
On Strawberry Scones
It’s strawberry season here in Maine, and strawberries are my favorite fruit. Of course, during blueberry season, I’m convinced blueberries are my favorite fruit, but strawberries and I go way back. When I was little, I loved strawberries with a passion, but, when I was growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money for […]
On Learning the Truth About My Gardening Skills
This year’s going to be the fourth summer my husband and I do a big vegetable garden together. Right now, we have only the peas, carrots, potatoes, and onions in the ground, but in Maine, this is to be expected. It was pretty chilly until last week. Sometimes, I forget that growing up in Texas […]