Reading and Roaming
Portland on Casco Bay is small, as cities go, and you are always within the sound of seagull’s honk, even in the center of town. Portland is also Maine’s largest city and one that has gotten a lot of attention in recent years for its food and restaurant scene. In the Old Port and …
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FILMS! We have been immersed in film this week taking advantage of some of the offerings of the Sarasota Film Festival. One of the things we’ve noted is how difficult it is to make a film that has momentum with a clear dramatic arc that engages and holds the viewer’s attention. A filmmaker can have a …
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North Carolina was a large source of tar, pitch and turpentine for many years and around the time of the Civil War became known as the Tar Heel State and its inhabitants Tar Heelers. Tar was used to coat the bottom of boats and a large amount was exported to England. Initially, the term …
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Recently, we spent several days in Potsdam, NY, at Clarkson University, my husband’s alma mater, where the president and his wife warmly welcomed us. The fall foliage colors are late in arriving this year and most of the trees were green and yellow with just a few dabs of red beginning to appear. I strolled …
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