Monthly Archives: June 2007

Momma Loon Pic by Beanie Jamieson

Contributed by: Beanie Jamieson, Millinocket Maine This photo showing a Maine loon on her nest was taken from a kayak and submitted by Beanie Jamieson of Millinocket while cruising on a lake in Central Maine. The haunting call of a

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We Forgive You Flash Gordon

Settle back and test your memory of television in the early years, or listen up if you were born too late to enjoy this classic turn of events in modern technology. Television in 1950 was in its infancy, and it

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Showtime Tradition on Sebec Lake

Raising 8 kids in the post WWII baby boomer age is hard to imagine, even after you’ve lived through it. As the 5th in line of 8 children, I can only imagine the grief my parents felt at moments behind

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Flying Saucer with Peanut Butter

Summer in Maine is hay season, and the opportunity to work the hayfields provided spending cash for young teens. A friend and I worked the Ricker dairy farms in Derby and Milo many times back in the 60’s. Shown here

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Downeast Horse Training Lesson

As a young teenager in 1963 I spent a week in Downeast Maine attending church summer camp in Washington County. The photograph shown here is me on a speckled Appaloosa years later, but the surroundings illustrate some key points in

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One Fathers Day 40 Years Ago

While away for basic training in Fort Dix, New Jersey, I once called home but used the NJ area code 201 by mistake, and had a 5 minute chat with an old timer that I found humorous. After “Happy Fathers

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