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March 22, 2025

THE SURPRISE IN THE BOX ON THE SHELF

March 22, 2025/ Val Marier
THE SURPRISE IN THE BOX ON THE SHELF

The Wooden Container Sat Unopened for 40 Years

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March 22, 2025/ Val Marier/ 10 Comments
March 13, 2025

OUR PERFECT COMPANIONS NEVER HAVE FEWER THAN FOUR FEET

March 13, 2025/ Val Marier
OUR PERFECT COMPANIONS NEVER HAVE FEWER THAN FOUR FEET

R.I.P. MR. JANGLES

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March 13, 2025/ Val Marier/ 9 Comments
March 05, 2025

WORDS FROM A NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH

March 05, 2025/ Val Marier
WORDS FROM A NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH

O Canada, I feel your pain.

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March 05, 2025/ Val Marier/ 12 Comments
February 20, 2025

HARTFORD HOOPS

February 20, 2025/ Val Marier
HARTFORD HOOPS

The road to the playoffs!

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February 20, 2025/ Val Marier/ 9 Comments
February 13, 2025

LOVE IS ETERNAL

February 13, 2025/ Val Marier
LOVE IS ETERNAL

The oldest Valentine in the world.

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February 13, 2025/ Val Marier/ 5 Comments
February 07, 2025

TRESS STRESS

February 07, 2025/ Val Marier
TRESS STRESS

“Gimme a head with hair, long, beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen…..”

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February 07, 2025/ Val Marier/ 20 Comments
February 01, 2025

WINTER WORDS

February 01, 2025/ Val Marier
WINTER WORDS

A beautiful snowstorm here along the Maine coast ignited thoughts of poems I’ve always enjoyed about winter.

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January 24, 2025

THE WIND PHONE -- Loving Words Transported on a Breeze

January 24, 2025/ Val Marier
THE WIND PHONE -- Loving Words Transported on a Breeze

The Wind Phone: Originally Created by a Japanese Gardener to “Speak” with his Deceased Cousin

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January 24, 2025/ Val Marier/ 14 Comments
January 18, 2025

MORE BOOKS

January 18, 2025/ Val Marier
MORE BOOKS

Reader response was amazing, so here are a few more books — SUGGESTED BY YOU — for these winter months.

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January 18, 2025/ Val Marier/ 6 Comments
January 11, 2025

BOOKS!

January 11, 2025/ Val Marier
BOOKS!

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the

destination and the journey. They are home.”  Anna Quindlen

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January 11, 2025/ Val Marier/ 20 Comments
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Wandering with Val

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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