PRIVY SPACE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… backwoods privy A couple of days ago I was sitting in the privy and the late morning sunlight was coming through the window in a most enchanting manner. Since…
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TEA MIND Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… “on the stem” (photo by dave) If you haven’t had a chance to check out additional content on the Backwoods Blog website, this week’s post is a plug to do so.…
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SPRING WILDFLOWERS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Trout lily in spring… Although the arrival of warming temperatures has been a bit sluggish this year (including scattered snow in the air yesterday), the inevitable movement towards spring cannot be suppressed. Walking in the…
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DRUNKEN NOODLES Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Thai Etc..located in Bangor, Maine On the way back from our road trip to southern Maine last week we stopped at a little Thai food restaurant in Bangor. And when I say…
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A1 DINER Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… A1 Diner in Gardiner, Maine Linda and I were on a road trip to southern Maine last week and we happened to stop at one of our favorite eateries…
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DISTRACTIONS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… “endless” photo by my nephew Garrett Crawford “To perceive the truth, there must be a focusing of attention. This does not mean turning away from distraction. There is no…
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CONTINUITY OF CULTURE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Parade in Houlton’s Market Square With the dissolution of physical and social community comes the deterioration of the human spirit. The fragmentation and isolation of modern American life compels…
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MONTICELLO WATER COMPANY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Monticello Water Company The above photo appears in the Monticello Sesquicentennial Booklet published in 1996 as part of the town’s celebration. My classmate, Wendell Harvey, along with Debbie Melvin and…
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THOREAU JOURNALS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… I catch myself philosophizing most abstractly when first returning to consciousness in the night or morning. I make the truest observations and distinctions then, when the will is yet wholly…
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STITHAM GENEALOGY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Ralph and Laura Stitham were my grandparents on my mother’s side of the family, the fifth generation of Stithams in northern Maine. The Stitham family story begins during the Revolutionary…