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 …

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 …

Maine Writers Today

COMETH FALL The past few days have been breezy and cool with some sun.  The light is different, the air is clearer and drier.  Fall is sneaking up on us.  Masses of goldenrod line the roadway and here and there a lone red maple leaf lies in the dirt.  I see only tall pines when I look around, but …

Magic Moments in Maine

FUN WITH GRANDKIDS This past week our son and family made their annual visit to Maine, always a high point of the summer.  We all visited the botanical gardens where the girls, 9 and 5, love the children’s garden.  The small playhouse is their first stop, followed by getting in the rowboat and trying to work the oars.  This time …