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Summer’s Beautiful Bounty
6July 24, 2022 by Jean
It is high summer in Maine and a most bountiful time of the year. Each Sunday’s visit to the farmers’ …
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Back In The Classroom
6June 9, 2022 by Jean
One of the joys of this spring was finding myself back in the classroom – the real classroom rather than …
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Suddenly, Warmth
10May 14, 2022 by Jean
One of the consequences of climate change is that spring comes earlier to Maine and lasts longer. This year, we …
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Solitude
15February 15, 2022 by Jean
Last week, a local public radio call-in show, Maine Calling, aired a program about solitude. The host introduced the topic …
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Finding My New Normal
14January 21, 2022 by Jean
Like many people, I entered 2021 with an almost-giddy anticipation that vaccinations would soon bring the pandemic to an end. …
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Let Music Live
6December 20, 2021 by Jean
Things were looking up in Maine early last summer, with Covid cases and hospitalizations down, test positivity rates only around …
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Winter Friends
2November 17, 2021 by Jean
One night in September, I got up in the wee dark hours of the morning and looked out my big …
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Good Eating
8October 11, 2021 by Jean
In late summer and fall, one of the great pleasures in my life is taking advantage of the harvest to …
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Roque Bluffs
3September 27, 2021 by Jean
During my recent Downeast Maine vacation, I spent a day at Roque Bluffs State Park. I had been here before …
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Stargazing
2September 7, 2021 by Jean
I recently returned from a five-day vacation on the Downeast Maine coast. I stayed in a cottage with a big …
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Stepping Into The Future
A Retirement Journal
I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.
Please join me as I step into my future.
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