Author: philinmaine

Today, today, today, but not tomorrow. Today, in a field, in a town called Blue Hill 1,685 little white flags were picked up in alternate rows and the grass, various plants and even new (small) trees was mowed and the flags were...

First, a little background. Mount Desert Island aka Acadia and site of a gazillion (by Maine standards) tourists in summer is more progressive than most of Maine. Our tourists tend to come from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic but...

I realized recently I’ve been getting some pretty decent political gossip, quotes and semi-inside stuff from a one way (not quite) a blog. This site has entries from MSM political reporters and sometimes they let some gems...

Let’s be clear. I’m no Bill, I can’t do what he does with C&J and thank goodness, I’m not trying to. I’m just cutting and pasting the ‘best’ from other places. We all need humor to...

[From the diaries by susanhu.] A few weeks ago, I lamented the passing of Earth Day (it’s hardly `celebrated’ any more) and now Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day has passed away. I met Sen. Nelson a few years...