HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
/“Use it or lose it” hits home.
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The joy of dining out — no cooking, no dishes, just the pure pleasure of being waited on while having dinner with friends.
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“See that red line ovah they-ah on the horizon? Gonna be a dumpin.’” (Recently spoken on a frigid morning by a lifelong Maine-iac.)
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I had pine dressers and drop-leaf tables to give the kids but the only request was for a back hall door.
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People have written and asked: why didn’t you include a photo of Ken Janes?
I am doing that now!
Pictured above is the guy behind the camera of those great bird photographs in his hot-off-the-presses book, LIFE LIST: Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher — Ken Janes!
LIFE LIST showcases eight years during which Ken spent “a lot of time standing in one place” waiting for a Red-eyed Vireo to perch on a twig.
Read MoreMy first mother-in-law’s recipe comes out of the box every Thanksgiving, along with other treasured, yellowed and splattered cards.
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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