Monthly Archives: April 2008

Capturing the Nostalgia of Lawn Ducks

Despite the golden years without the gold, you can’t deny us oldtimers our treasure of precious memories. This 1953 photo with a few of my siblings on my grandparents’ lawn reminds me of a point later in life, and capturing

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Outhouse Revenge at the Log Cabin

Besides building log rafts at the old swimming hole Down Back in Derby, Maine, my friends and I were adept at building rustic log cabins, as well. One summer in the early 1960’s three of us teenagers chose to build

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Running of the Bulls in Maine

As kids Growin’ Up in Maine my friends and I were quick to invent new games. The running of the bulls in Maine was a summertime event held in Derby, and unlike the more famous counterpart in Spain, we had

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Shotgun Lesson While Hunting Crows

Typical of the era around 1960 when I was Growin’ Up in Maine, adolescents were familiar with firearms and many hunted small game without adult supervision. My skills with a single shot .22 were particularly deadly, and when not target

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Missed Snowing in July in Maine

The West Branch of the Pleasant River was one of my favorite streams for brook trout fishing in Central Maine. We just called it West Branch, and it’s near K.I., the Katahdin Iron Works, north of Milo between Brownville and

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