Monthly Archives: April 2007

Ancient Balancing Act in Maine

Imagine staying put for 20,000 years without budging. Balancing Rock on Jo Mary Lake in Central Maine and just south of Millinocket has been teetering in place since the last ice age 20,000 years ago. Glaciers formed many of the

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Mike Bordick and Mike White from Maine

Anaheim, CA, Sept 7, 1992 – Mike Bordick from Maine, and golden glove shortstop for the Oakland A’s, hit a blazing line drive foul ball into the left field stands into the waiting hands of Jim Degerstrom, also from Maine.

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Water Skiing Like a Submarine

Learning to water ski at age 30, my Dad proved just why Swedes are known for being stubborn. Most of our family vacations were within 20 miles of my home town of Derby, Maine, and the photo here was on

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Best Dart Tosser in the State of Maine

As a youngster Growin’ Up in Maine, I once witnessed a sports challenge with bragging rights and a lifelong lesson. As adolescents, 3 male friends and I were comparing notes on sports heroes like Mickey Mantle, and arguing like the

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You Can’t Get There from Newark

Get 500 miles or so from Maine, and dang some people are hard to understand. On leave to return home from Fort Dix in New Jersey back in ’68, I had a wicked time getting a bus ticket to Newark

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Maine Turnpike Sight Gag

My sister Carol is a well known crafter Down East, and on one of our return visits to Maine she gave my wife a 4 foot fisherman that she created. Before leaving I made up the cardboard sign shown in

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