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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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GODLESSNESS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 27, 2011 – 12:36 pm

East of Albuquerque the interstate switchbacked up the Santia Heights out of the Rio Grande Valley. The summer lost its heat, as the rusted pick-up climbed toward the pass and the cooler temperature revitalized AK and me. Late-August temperatures were murder on longhaired hitchhikers crossing the Far West. Rides were few and distances were far. […]

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Ping Pong Senority

April 22, 2009 – 10:18 pm

My aunt and I played ping pong for 50 years. Madge beat me like a rented mule. At age 93 she had a stroke. When I visited her farm on Watchic Pond, I mentioned her decades-old victory streak and she said she could beat me even attached to an oxygen machine. I said a game […]

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Northern Maine 1991

April 21, 2009 – 6:09 pm

Northern Maine. 1991. There was no winter in New York. Everyone was heading to Miami. It was trendy. My friend Philippe and I decided to drive to the farthest reaches of Maine. We listened to NEVERMIND and did speed. Ft. Kent was really winter. I wanted to cross the St. John’s River into Canada. Philippe […]

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