Maine Moments: Camden & Dahlias

CHARMING CAMDEN Earlier this week, we drove up to Camden, another pretty town on the Maine coast.  Incorporated in 1791, Camden is on the Penobscot Bay and running through it is the Megunticook River.  Early industries took advantage of power from watermills and included shipbuilding and textiles.  Beginning in the 1880’s, Camden attracted wealthy folks from Boston, Philadelphia, …

Maine Summer: Women, Butterflies, & Blooms

This week, I comment on a novel about several Irish women who’d like more in their lives and on a TV series about the infamous English sisters who thought nothing of ignoring and defying the accepted standards of society. Plus I offer up a few photos taken at the local botanical garden. RECENT READING: VILLAGE …

Maine Musings: Reading & More

Here are two books I read recently. One is literary fiction by an author I know from previous works. The other is a romance which is clever, humorous, and just fun. The Chief Penguin and I also made our second visit to the botanical garden this week, so I offer a few comments on it …

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 …