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November 13, 2020

AMEN CORNER

November 13, 2020/ Val Marier
AMEN CORNER

The greatest tournament in golf is finally here.

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November 13, 2020/ Val Marier/ 14 Comments
November 06, 2020

THIS WEEK

November 06, 2020/ Val Marier
THIS WEEK

Ho-hum, right?

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November 06, 2020/ Val Marier/ 13 Comments
October 29, 2020

THE WHEELS KEPT TURNING

October 29, 2020/ Val Marier
THE WHEELS KEPT TURNING

Three Seniors (combined ages: 251 years) enjoy their own “Carvana Swap”

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October 29, 2020/ Val Marier/ 15 Comments
October 23, 2020

A YEAR AGO

October 23, 2020/ Val Marier
A YEAR AGO

I never thought I’d wash my hands eight times a day while singing “Happy Birthday” twice. But times have changed and I follow CDC suggestions.

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October 23, 2020/ Val Marier/ 18 Comments
October 15, 2020

MY MINK COAT

October 15, 2020/ Val Marier
MY MINK COAT

Glossy black with a hem that nearly swept the floor, my mink coat even had a special hanger.

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October 09, 2020

"ON THE PORCH"

October 09, 2020/ Val Marier
"ON THE PORCH"

Words by Alexander (Sandy) Brook from “I Begin Through the Grass.”

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October 02, 2020

WHAT NEXT, AMERICA?

October 02, 2020/ Val Marier
WHAT NEXT, AMERICA?

Mark Twain penned the quote: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities.”

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September 25, 2020

BEHIND THE CARAPACE

September 25, 2020/ Val Marier
BEHIND THE CARAPACE

A recent headline caught my attention as to what happens when lobsters “come ashore."

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September 25, 2020/ Val Marier/ 9 Comments
September 17, 2020

THE PERGOLA

September 17, 2020/ Val Marier
THE PERGOLA

Keeping the wife happy.

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September 11, 2020

REMEMBERING 9/11

September 11, 2020/ Val Marier
REMEMBERING 9/11

In a New York City classroom one year after 9-11, students composed a poem.

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ABOUT VAL

Hello, 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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