LAURA BUSH: THE INTERVIEW
/The former First Lady is “happy and grateful” for her Kennebunkport summers. (But no pickle ball!)
Read MoreThe former First Lady is “happy and grateful” for her Kennebunkport summers. (But no pickle ball!)
Read MoreMy older brother, Robert Burkhardt, writes a bimonthly column for the ESTES PARK NEWS in Estes Park, Colorado. I want to share this week’s column because he captured exactly how I feel about the upcoming elections.
Read MoreWas she an extraordinary woman? Or simply a woman who rose to extraordinary circumstances?
Read MoreThe gossip columnist for the NEW YORK POST pops into Maine for a brief visit and doesn’t like what she encounters.
Read MoreSix-year-old Henry experiences the loss of his first pet.
Read MoreRay Shevenell was 74 years old when he retraced the steps of his great-great-grandfather, Israel Shevenell, who had hiked from north of Quebec to the Maine coast in search of a job in 1845. The trek took two weeks, during which he suffered excruciating blisters, but his steely determination got him safely here.
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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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