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July 08, 2025

WEARABLE ART

July 08, 2025/ Val Marier
WEARABLE ART

Apparently, it all started with Otzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy who sported multiple tattoos, way back when.

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July 08, 2025/ Val Marier/ 12 Comments
July 04, 2025

9 AM ON THE 4TH OF JULY!

July 04, 2025/ Val Marier
9 AM ON THE 4TH OF JULY!

Celebrate, remember and enjoy!

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July 04, 2025/ Val Marier/ 10 Comments
June 26, 2025

WHO WAS SHE?

June 26, 2025/ Val Marier

The mystery of a young girl’s suitcase.

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June 26, 2025/ Val Marier/ 5 Comments
June 19, 2025

DRESSING DOWN

June 19, 2025/ Val Marier
DRESSING DOWN

Way down!

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June 19, 2025/ Val Marier/ 10 Comments
June 12, 2025

HONORING THE STARS AND STRIPES ON JUNE 14

June 12, 2025/ Val Marier
HONORING THE STARS AND STRIPES ON JUNE 14

Thank you, Bernard Cigrand and Bless you, Brad Sherlock

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June 12, 2025/ Val Marier/ 4 Comments
May 23, 2025

LEFTOVERS

May 23, 2025/ Val Marier
LEFTOVERS

An essay by the late Joyce Butler, a Maine treasure

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May 05, 2025

WHITE SMOKE

May 05, 2025/ Val Marier
WHITE SMOKE

I’m not Catholic but I have specific hopes for the new Pope.

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May 05, 2025/ Val Marier/ 16 Comments
April 22, 2025

A TREASURED TRADITION

April 22, 2025/ Val Marier
A TREASURED TRADITION

Grandparents’ Day at Canterbury School

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April 22, 2025/ Val Marier/ 12 Comments
April 10, 2025

OPEN SESAME

April 10, 2025/ Val Marier
OPEN SESAME

I Just Added a Wrench and a Pair of Pliers to my Kitchen Arsenal 

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April 10, 2025/ Val Marier/ 15 Comments
March 29, 2025

THE LAST SNOWFALL

March 29, 2025/ Val Marier
THE LAST SNOWFALL

I hope…..

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March 29, 2025/ Val Marier/ 11 Comments
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Wandering with Val

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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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