Monthly Archives: July 2007

Stunning Basketball Career Highlight

My choice to quit the band and play basketball my last year of high school was a shock to the music teacher. I tried out for basketball more for my Dad than my skills on the court because he had

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Triangulathon Contest of Derby Maine

Grownin’ up in Derby Maine 50 years ago meant inventing entertainment of various sorts. You may be surprised with the different toys one could make from an empty cereal box. The round Quaker Oats box made the perfect drum for

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Sailor Dive at Greelys Landing

For many summers between 1950 to the early 1960’s our family vacations were on Sebec Lake in Central Maine. The photo with Mom on the beach at Greelys Landing on Sebec Lake was probably around 1957 and shows the snack

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Giant Pickerel Saved the Day

I was 8 years old in the summer of 1957 when my parents took our family of 8 children, and went for an unusual vacation on Dollar Island at West Seboeis Lake in Central Maine. This tiny island was about

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Crazy Characters Then and Now

Every small town has their cast of peculiar characters including the town drunk, the down and (not quite) out n’er do well, and the crazy lady. My home town of Derby Maine was no different, and for the most part

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Extraordinary Maine Lobster Feast

A dozen or so white perch and the 4 lobsters in this photograph provided an extraordinary feast one summer at Jo Mary Lake Campground in Central Maine. The fish look like minnows until you learn the smallest lobster in the

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