After weeks of struggling to find any airfare less than $800, $900 or even $1000 and more to get to Glasgow for Christmas, we have settled on $594 fares on American between Boston and London-Heathrow for Dec 20-30. Two years ago we traveled for $670 between Bangor and Glasgow (with a nice 6-hour break […]
Lucky Frank - he gets to be a judge for the blueberry pie-eating contest for the 32nd Machias Wild Bluberry Festival on Saturday, Aug. 18. Top hat and bow tie will work, don’t you think?
Yes, it all happened, between July 7 and July 14, and all so differently from last year. I hope to really write about it, but one week later, my brain is still exhausted. In time …
Good thing we made a trip to the dump today. Actually, in Maine, all towns now call them transfer stations (where you transfer your trash), but it’s all the same thing. You get rid of the smelly bits. Today’s haul includes all the post-party trash from the Ukulele Party on the deck on July […]
Mark Twain once wrote in a foreward:
“No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. It being the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature, it may prove a failure, but it seemed worth the while […]
Now that the deck has been done for exactly a week, Frank and I are in a position to say it’s the best backyard deck ever. We have had a week of grilled meals outside - it’s such an inviting place and adds new dimensions to both the house and the summer.
Frank did considerable yard […]