Category Archives: maine

TWICE THE MAN by Peter Nolan Smith

July 28, 2012 – 12:15 am

My good friend Marge had lived a long life. The Maine native had served as the athletic director at several all-women’s colleges in New England. The nonagenarian exercised daily and ate healthy foods. Marge abstained from alcohol, although she liked a cold beer on a hot summer day on Watchic Pond. Back in 1927 my […]

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The Undead Of Maine

June 26, 2012 – 12:45 am

Emergency officials in Maine have taken part in a training exercise in preparation for a zombie apocalypse. This comes just weeks after the federal government publicly denied the existence of zombies. Last weekend the City of Bangor, Maine staged a zombie outbreak for the benefit of EMS and police. Homeland Security officials insisted that the […]

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The Measure of Happiness

June 10, 2012 – 12:04 pm

Last month my sister, her husband, and I celebrated my 60th with lobsters, steamers, Pinot Grigio on Watchic Pond. An early evening breeze fended the mosquitos away from the dock. My brother-in-law dressed accordingly; tee-shirt, shorts, and no shoes. Neither of us had shaved for days. “What you think?” My brother-in-law pulled out a pipe. […]

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Wicasset Ghost Ships

December 6, 2010 – 8:05 am

The old bridge at Wicassett spanned the Sheepscot River for decades and I loved the hum of tires over the steel gird. A new bridge replaced the old, but Wicassett’s primary attraction were the two rotting hulks wallowing in the mud flats. Their state of ruin spoke shipwreck to my boyish mind, but these two […]

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