Monthly Archives: December 2007

Twas the Night Before Christmas Reading

At Christmas the memories of my childhood Growin’ Up in Maine come flooding back including the happiness being in a family of 8 children on this special day. The photograph is me at 2-1/2 years old shown sitting with my

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People with All the Answers

As a child Growin’ Up in Maine, there was no end to practical jokes and some were simply a right of passage like tricking a young boy to pee on an electric fence. I fell for it once. Years later

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Rainbow Trout Adventures on Cedar Pond

Fishing for rainbow trout on Cedar Pond in Central Maine, north of Milo between Brownville Junction and Millinocket, was a challenge back in 1960. Today you can drive right up to the pond without touching a tote road, pull off

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Amateur Ice Hockey on Derby Pond

Winter arrives early in Maine with numerous outdoor places for amateur ice hockey, day or night. As kids growing up in Derby, Maine back in the 1950’s, we were usually ice skating by Thanksgiving, and often with no snow on

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