It’s the coast of Maine. It’s December already. Why are plants and insects beginning to think it’s May? Some years, May is colder than this. This morning I walked to the post office with dog Gracie and her buddy Cairn, who is on loan for a few days, and we spotted a dandelion alongside the [...]
Archive for the ‘Local’ Category
Dandelions in December
Posted in Local on December 5, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Anticipating winter
Posted in Local, Maritime on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I suppose every blog needs a “here is a picture of my cat” page. This is Little Sal, thinking I stacked the cellar woodpile just for her. Now that it’s December and cooled down (?!) into the 40s Fahrenheit, I finally got around to putting on the storm door. Usually it goes up about Halloween, and even then [...]
Here’s to a safe Thanksgiving
Posted in Local, Maritime, Religion, Visual art on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re having a major pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm here in Maine. Rain here on the outer islands, but heavy snow on the mainland and people can’t get here from there. Daughter #2 called from Portland this morning, halfway here from Massachusetts. She and her entourage-filled Honda got off the road and rented a hotel room until the highways clear. [...]
Occupy Wall Street, part III
Posted in Bill of Rights, Local, Political on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. Today, noon, Village Green, Bar Harbor. Behave yourself. . Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Annual (?) hurricane edition
Posted in Local, Maritime, Music, Uncategorized on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last year it was Hurricane Earl. This year it’s Irene (so far) but it’s still a gorgeous day on the coast of Maine, the calm before the storm. Light fog this morning from the tropical moisture starting to show up, but sunny overhead and no wind yet. Tomorrow not so gorgeous. Irene is expected to pass inland [...]
Happy Birthday, Serena!
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Local on August 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Too busy to blog
Posted in Local, Maritime on July 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I feel better now. Barb hasn’t posted for more than two weeks, and she had been a “post-a-day” blogger with WordPress. Me, I’m nearly three weeks without a post. But it’s busy on the island these days and hard to keep up with anything. Jeri and I did manage to get to the Blues Festival in [...]
Proud Papa Day 2011
Posted in Humor, Local, Visual art on June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
These photos are really from Mothers’ Day but I’ve hijacked them. And here is Botticelli’s interpretation of them:
Study; then sleep; then coffee…
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Local on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If anyone you know has been studying hard for an all-day exam tomorrow, tell him (in this case, her) to get a good night’s sleep. You’ll do fine, Marya. .
Don’t mess with Maine
Posted in Humor, Local, Political on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s supposed to be “Don’t Mess With Texas” but we’re a bit north for that. Paul LePage has done it again. He has meddled with a Maine icon. A couple of weeks ago the mural and now this—the sign on I-95 that motorists see while entering Maine from the south. This pro-business-until-it-kills-us governor just doesn’t get art. [...]
Hold that thought.
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Local on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday, Marya! It’s been a better world for the past 25 years… Love, Daddy
National Library Week, part I: the conspiracy to indoctrinate
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Literature, Local on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
But seriously… support your local library and tell Cindy how much you appreciate her.
The governor as art critic
Posted in Bill of Rights, Local, Political, Visual art on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Maine’s governor, Paul—I think it’s LePage*—, has done it again, a little ahead of schedule this time. He’s been averaging about one outrage a month, but this one came in before the end of March. So I’ve saved this blog entry to post automatically in April…on April Fool’s Day, of course. * I got that from Stephen [...]
Good to be home
Posted in Humor, Italy, Local on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jeri and I were away for a week and a half, visiting Daughter Number Three in Italy. The place is beautiful, it’s early spring over there, and the art and architecture are fantastic. But it’s good to be home: To our humble abode on Maple Ave: And to the harbor at Islesford. That’s the Mailboat leaving [...]
Islesford Poetry Workshop, Day Two
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Local, Poetry on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
