As we wind down and start to pack up during our last week in Maine, I thought I’d put together a few images from this marvelous coast. It’s simply beautiful and never fails to delight. Books and latest reading next time. Enjoy! All photos by JWFarrington (some rights reserved)
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Boothbay Bits
GYNECOLOGY A LA “MAD MEN” We happened upon a PBS Mystery series last week called “Breathless.” A three-parter set in England in the 60’s, it features a set of louche and callous medicos who practice obstetrics and perform back alley abortions. The women are all either beautiful or flighty (or treated as such) and the men …
Summer Reading #2: More Novels
This set of novels ranges from a meditation on marriage to a hotly debated topic of the day, to a child’s experience of tumult, to a fun historical novel set midst the Paris art scene of the 1920’s. Perhaps one will tickle your reading palate! The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church This …
Colorful Maine
BLOSSOMS One of the attractions of this part of Maine is the simply glorious Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Less than ten years old, these gardens are beautifully designed, incorporating native stones midst the plantings, and encompassing not only the expected flowers, trees and shrubs, but the unusual and the unexpected. No matter how many …
