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SHZA AST Destiny Hesketh

Posted on July 26, 2011 by admin

An excerpt from Maine Vanities Maggie is six years old. She doesn’t drive, but she is a very sweet ride. Maggie is an American quarterhorse, and her registered name is She’s an Asset, and so the plate SHZA AST. Destiny … Continue reading →

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Murphy visits for the Fourth of July

Posted on July 3, 2011 by admin

All across America July Fourth is celebrated with flags proudly flying, fireworks, parades and picnics. In Otter Creek the stars and stripes line the street at one home, red white and blue streamers festoon the door of another. The long … Continue reading →

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The Rain in Maine

Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin

Spring rain can be so constant and so gentle that it becomes a background companion to the day, rather than a threat. A few might be driven inside by the wet, but most go about their business. We do, too. … Continue reading →

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Pick up lines

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

Every April our town offers a roadside pick up. Things too big to put in the weekly household trash collection can be hauled to the curb and taken away for burning, chipping, recycling or to the landfill, whatever the town … Continue reading →

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Hughie Wright, houseman and whisker maker

Posted on January 17, 2011 by admin

Hughie Wright with Freckles (the beagle) and Missy (the Weimaraner) in Seal Harbor, Maine courtesy Jackie Davidson Hughie Wright was a Seal Harborite, fly fisherman, loyal husband, maker of whiskers and Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s houseman. One does not hear … Continue reading →

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Surviving, or Trial by Fire

Posted on October 5, 2010 by admin

McKinley and Eden are two villages that have vanished from this Island of ours. They have left merely traces of their existence. Otter Creek has lost its school, its post office and this year the market is closed. And yet … Continue reading →

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Salt Selling

Posted on July 24, 2009 by admin

Zea Salt has hit the stores! Biting winds, icy air, uncovered hands aching with cold– it seems impossible that is just as much a part of our lives here in Otter Creek as warm days with a gentle rain, the … Continue reading →

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Frozen in Time, for dad

Posted on May 17, 2009 by admin

“Would you please donate a piece of art to our benefit auction?” I had skipped the past two years, and so just said yes, inwardly wondering how on earth I was going to squeeze it in. But the creation of … Continue reading →

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Sea of Donkeys

Posted on March 6, 2009 by admin

A little detour on the way to work this morning found me in a sea of donkeys. Claire Wallace, owner of Haffas Farm, introduced my to Elvis, Clementine (“cuz she’s a darlin”) and Gladys Done. “She took so long to … Continue reading →

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Help name this kitty

Posted on February 17, 2009 by admin

He was found in a blizzard in Northern Maine, outside the police station of a small town on the Canadian border. This was one the wildest blizzards in years, with record-breaking precipitation and high winds. Over one hundred miles to … Continue reading →

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