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Italians 2020

December 31, 2024 – 1:28 pm

Italian Sandwich from Maine At David Henderson’s Williamsburg Sculpture studio. They are only made in Southern Maine. Ham, tomatoes, pickles, onions, olives, cheap cheese and peppers. Lunch for the workers in the mills along the Saco River. Now almost extinct thanks to fast food chains, although in 2020 David brought two from Scarborough. Most excellent. […]

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August 1, 1995 – The South Shore / Watchic Pond – Journal Entry

August 8, 2023 – 7:35 pm

I had planned on leaving for Asia the previous weekend, but after a long phone call with Todd Shigekane, I decided to bus north and visit Michael’s grave as well as my grieving mother. She had lost her baby son. His birth on December 7, 1960 was clear in my head. Thirty-five years ago. I […]

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Saco River Maine

September 3, 2008 – 12:12 pm

Yesterday I was standing on the banks of the Saco River in Steep Falls Maine. This was as far from Thailand as I’ll get this year. My sister and brother-in-law have been asking when I was heading back to see my families. I haven’t an answer for them or myself this weekend. My bank accounts […]

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