Saving The Betty K.

I must give three Hip-Hip-Horrays and a BRAVO to one of the finest carpenters I know! (Who also happens to be my wife.) With intelligence and sweat, Betty has resurrected our old Allagash canoe and turned it into a beautiful, lake-worthy craft. For years it…

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Lip-Synched Love

Just the other night, we had the great pleasure of watching our young friend Aubri play Maria von Trapp in a youthful production of The Sound of Music. From first note to last it was delightful! I daresay, had Julie Andrews been sitting beside me,…

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Cantaloupe or Cockleburs?

Like it or not, one way or another, you are going to bear fruit today. Whether it’s cantaloupe or cockleburs depends on what you say or don’t say, what you do or don’t do, how you pray or don’t pray. Some of the fruit we…

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Laughing Matters

One of the greatest dangers in growing old, apart from arthritis, high blood pressure and impotence, is forgetting how to laugh. “Ha, Ha!” you say. (Or maybe you don’t.) Did you know that the average four-year-old laughs 300 times a day while the average 40-year-old…

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