Monthly Archives: August 2008

Childhood Animated Stickman Artwork

Growin’ up in Maine in the early 1950’s was a time long before computer video games, so as a youngster childhood animated stickman artwork was cheap and fun entertainment on rainy days. The animated stickman illustration shown here is an

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Small Town Maine Backyard Basketball

As a teenager from the small town of Derby, Maine, backyard basketball was another favorite passtime. A high school friend who lived on Ferry Road was tall and lanky just like me, yet his talent for the long shot was

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Dairy Farm Haystack in Bangor Maine

Late summer Growin’ Up in Maine often meant an invitation to spend a few weeks on my uncle’s dairy farm off Stillwater Avenue near Bangor. People work hard and eat well on a dairy farm. In the mid-1950’s I was

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Dangers of Gathering Acorns

Two huge oak trees stand in front of where I grew up on Railroad Street in Derby, Maine, and late summer was a fun time for gathering acorns. Each of those two trees were about 3 feet in diameter and

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