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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 15, 2020/ Val Marier/ 15 Comments
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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September 04, 2020

FOUR BRAVE YOUNG WOMEN ON THE COVID FRONT LINE

September 04, 2020/ Val Marier
FOUR BRAVE YOUNG WOMEN ON THE COVID FRONT LINE

Why “Here Comes the Sun” became their favorite song.

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August 28, 2020

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

August 28, 2020/ Val Marier
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

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August 22, 2020

DANGLING CONVERSATIONS

August 22, 2020/ Val Marier
DANGLING CONVERSATIONS

Or, did anyone get eaten by the black bear roaming through my ‘hood, and other relevant questions.

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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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