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October 18, 2018

48 HOURS

October 18, 2018/ Val Marier
48 HOURS


Tennis anyone? Baseball? “Shoots?” 

Two grandsons, a panting grandmother and 24/7 sports in the Big Apple

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October 11, 2018

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

October 11, 2018/ Val Marier
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

A book signing — a coveted recipe — a lost key — and all the time wondering: What would Grisham do?

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October 05, 2018

CLOSING THINGS DOWN

October 05, 2018/ Val Marier
CLOSING THINGS DOWN

Shorter days, earlier sunsets, a red tinge on the maple trees — a new season has arrived along the Maine coast.

“There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence,
And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.”

Edgar Albert Guests — “The Path to Home”

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September 28, 2018

BINGE!

September 28, 2018/ Val Marier
BINGE!

Webster’s Dictionary definition: a short period devoted to indulging in an activity to excess.  

Binge-Watch: an active verb; Val and Bob’s new hobby.

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September 22, 2018

"YOU TURN 40, EVERYTHING GOES"

September 22, 2018/ Val Marier
"YOU TURN 40, EVERYTHING GOES"

Really? Yes, I heard it on the TV.

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September 13, 2018

MY NEW HERO

September 13, 2018/ Val Marier
MY NEW HERO

Joyce Butler is a writer and retired town historian, now in the twilight of her years here in Maine. Her essay “Fall” is one to read and savor. And then reread.

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September 07, 2018

SCHOLASTIC FASHION SHOW

September 07, 2018/ Val Marier
SCHOLASTIC FASHION SHOW

“Whatever happened to Bermuda shorts?” one mother mused as her seventh grader and high school junior headed out the door on the first day of school.

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August 29, 2018

TIDAL POOLS

August 29, 2018/ Val Marier
TIDAL POOLS

Relax over Labor Day Weekend with a NEW murder mystery written by Mr. Wonderful himself, Bob Marier

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August 25, 2018

IN A PICKLE

August 25, 2018/ Val Marier
IN A PICKLE

My garden has yielded a cucumber bonanza.

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August 18, 2018

SHEDDER SEASON

August 18, 2018/ Val Marier
SHEDDER SEASON

Local lobsterman Bill Matthews hauls in soft-shell lobsters (shedders) on an August morning.

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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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