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/Why “Here Comes the Sun” became their favorite song.
Read MoreWhy “Here Comes the Sun” became their favorite song.
Read More“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
Read MoreOr, did anyone get eaten by the black bear roaming through my ‘hood, and other relevant questions.
Read MoreBuilt more than 100 years ago at Kennebunk Beach, this “chapel in the pines” is a treasured sanctuary for locals and tourists. (With cool music, too.)
Read MoreWe can’t travel out of the country these days but we can live vicariously. This article ran several months ago in TOURIST & TOWN, the best little newspaper in southern Maine. I’m sharing it with you and hoping it takes you to the island of Malta where my friend and Kennebunk caterer, Peggy Liversidge, experienced the trip of a lifetime.
Read MoreHer sapphire blue tablecloth graced my dining room table for years. Now it’s a ragged mess and I’m ticked off.
Read MoreSummer’s sweetest bouquets are sold at simple wooden stands on the back roads of York County.
Read MoreCOVID cases keep rising and many people still don’t wear face masks.
Read More“The Gardens” is a chapter in PAGES FROM A JOURNAL, a compilation of columns written more than 40 years ago by gifted wordsmith and local treasure Joyce Butler. Reading this (and I have countless times) reminds me why I love gardening.
Read MoreVideoconferencing platforms take us to funerals, weddings and graduations. I miss the real thing.
Read MoreHello, I’m Val Marier …. a freelance journalist who lives in Wells, Maine. I’m a graduate of Skidmore College, a contented and happy wife, mother and grandmother who also enjoys knitting, golfing, traveling and reading. I try to bring my positive perspective on “life in my 70s” — whoops, now life in my ‘80s” — to my blog and hope you enjoy reading Wandering With Val.
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