The first USA daylight parade of the Ku Klux Klan was held on September 3, 1923 in Milo, Maine. I describe my hometown of Derby, Maine, population 300 as a suburb of Milo, population 2500, and I remember my Grandmother…
The first USA daylight parade of the Ku Klux Klan was held on September 3, 1923 in Milo, Maine. I describe my hometown of Derby, Maine, population 300 as a suburb of Milo, population 2500, and I remember my Grandmother…
Here’s my photo in Derby, Maine, around 1951, and taken in front of the ubiquitous wood pile common in most rural areas at the time. Actually that’s kindling wood. The big stuff was already in the shed. Flat top crew…
The coast of Maine is called DownEast, and was 50 miles from my hometown growing up in Derby, Maine back in the 1950’s. Trips to the ocean were rare, and when it came to a Maine lobster DownEast style it…
We wouldn’t be here without you, Moms! While writing the last story about digging out of a Maine blizzard, I wished I could find the tunnel photo of my Mother at the entrance to our porch. Wish granted. The photo…
With summer just weeks away, this photo of shoveling snow after a Maine blizzard in the mid-1960’s serves as a reminder of the joys of Spring. After a 12 inch snowfall, clearing the driveway to go to work was usually…
From Derby, Maine to Fenway Park in Boston may as well have been a million miles away as a youngster from Derby back in 1959. The photo shown here that I snapped is like a dream sequence, and was taken…