A Maine Week: Granddaughter Fun & Books

FUN WITH GRANDDAUGHTERS  Eating at Home Coming to Maine is a summer tradition for our granddaughters, and they eagerly anticipate the visit.  This year was no exception.  Certain activities are a given for the week.  One is making blueberry pancakes with Grandma.  Each year, they are more adept in the kitchen, and my role is now more that of …

Murder & Mayhem on Page & Screen

For a change of pace this week, I’m profiling three works, a mystery novel by the clever and creative Anthony Horowitz, and two TV crime series in which the Chief Penguin and I have been immersed. One set in coastal Denmark and the other in the remote Shetland Islands DEATH BY WINE BOTTLE The Sentence …

Exploring Maine: Brunswick

ART AND EATING IN BRUNSWICK For years, we’ve driven Route 1 on the outskirts of Brunswick past strip malls, fast food restaurants, and auto repair shops.  We had never ventured any farther into downtown Brunswick.  This week we did and discovered that Maine Street (it’s really named that) is quite charming with several blocks of shops, a …

Relaxing in Maine: Reading & Viewing

READING I have several recent novels set in Maine in my book stack and will be reading and commenting on them in the next few blogs.  Below is the first one I’ve just finished which, after a slow start for me, I enjoyed quite a lot. I received a link to a blog post recommending 12 …