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The choice of name for this blog was remarkably prescient, since as you probably know, I have relocated from the Portland in Oregon to its older and smaller sibling city on the coast of Maine.  This is a long-ish story … Continue reading →

I am summering on an island in coastal Maine.  The fact that I can even use those words is nothing short of a miracle.  I have been working part- or full-time nearly continuously since the age of 16, and usually … Continue reading →

I spent more than I had budgeted at the Farmer’s Market yesterday morning, but then again, I usually do and I can’t imagine a better cause.  One of the great gifts of living downtown is proximity to the granddaddy of … Continue reading →

I had a blinding insight this morning in the shower.  (That seems to be where most of my blinding insights seem to come, oddly.  I thought electricity and water didn’t mix, but that’s a discussion for another time).  That being … Continue reading →

One of my secret guilty pleasures is hand work, as in knitting and needlepoint.  You’ll be forgiven if you’ve never seen me engage in this type of activity – it usually manifests itself in  long lonely stretches like graduate school … Continue reading →

When I received the request from PSU this past April to teach in summer school (thereby returning home early and shortening my ELF assignment by a month), I was in a bit of a dither.  So I talked it over … Continue reading →

Okay, now that I got the rant below out of my system, let me say a little about how wonderful it is to be back in Puddletown. This is a very, very easy city, filled with kind and generous people.  … Continue reading →

Weird, isn’t it?  I wasn’t happy there, I was frustrated as heck, I couldn’t wait to leave, I counted the days, I hated the instant coffee every morning, it was the biggest *character-building experience* since I was abroad the last … Continue reading →

It would be an uncharacteristic flash of hubris for me to share with you that I got a big charge out of crafting my last blog and that I hoped you might wish to read more.  Since returning to Portland … Continue reading →