Category Archives: Maine

  1. Summer’s Beautiful Bounty

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    July 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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  2. Suddenly, Warmth

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    May 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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  3. Let Music Live

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    December 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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  4. Winter Friends

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    November 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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  5. Roque Bluffs

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    September 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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  6. Stargazing

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    September 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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  7. The Way Life Should Be

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    August 23, 2021 by Jean

    Coming back last month from my first trip out of Maine since before the pandemic, I crossed the bridge over …
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  8. Party Time

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    July 20, 2021 by Jean

    When normal life was suddenly suspended in March of 2020, my choral singing group was in the process of preparing …
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  9. Light and Dark

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    June 28, 2021 by Jean

    This is not a post about race relations or about any metaphorical use of light and dark. It is literally …
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  10. War of the Rodents

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    May 15, 2021 by Jean

    One of the pleasures of rural living is the opportunity to observe and interact with wildlife, but interactions with wildlife …
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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.

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