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Border Outpost: Kabuki

I have to thank Senator Susan Collins for reminding me of the meaning of the word ‘treachery’.

Border Outpost: Flax: a philosophy

There’s an idea behind growing a crop of flax down at the Acadian Cross site in St. David going beyond simply growing the plant for its own sake. It’s an experiment with a rationale behind it I find appealing.

Border Outpost: An errand

I recently thought about someone I knew when I lived and worked in Portland. It was just a passing notion that she could still be alive, though that proved to be only fancy on my part. She died a decade ago.

Impressions on a Saturday morning

It’s morning. He dredges up the red preserves with a spoon from a Mason jar and smears it on toast. Even though he doesn’t know what it was made of, it’s certainly jam, an indistinct flavor and sweet. That’s all that counts; sweet red muck on a shingle.

Finding your foreign roots – Part 2

If your ancestor was naturalized how do you find the records? It’s important to determine where your ancestor was living at the time he was naturalized.

Bronzebacks replace brookies during drought

If I wanted to endure day after day, week after week of humid, hot, sweltering weather, I’d live in Africa, or perhaps Florida.

Naturalized or not?

Were your ancestors naturalized American citizens? Naturalization isn’t something new on our national horizon.

Tracing New England colonial roots

You may have run across the initials NEHGS in a footnote or heard someone refer to “Hist Gen” and wondered what they are.

Border Outpost: Father Empey

I don’t know what inspires me to look things up when they could come back to haunt, but this is different.

Now is good time to hone shooting skills with target practice|

Around the time I turned 8 years old, my father began to teach me about guns, shooting, hunting and especially firearm safety.

Rainy day, dream away

Every day, I walk before work, and I set a fast pace, and go for about 80 minutes. I do it all year long, no matter the weather.

Maine Acadian Day

June 28 is still Maine Acadian Day.

Not for all the tea in St. David

Nous avons passé deux semaines en France. Non, on a pas eu peur. On se sentais très secure.

The faith of our fathers

When my parents married some 66 or so years ago, theirs was an unlikely union. My father was a non-practicing Protestant, my mother devoutly Catholic. Their ancestral heritages were starkly dissimilar as well.

E.A. Williams comic — June 20, 2018

E.A. Williams cartoon for June 20, 2018.

My beautiful balloon

Today we go up, up and away, to talk about balloons, specifically weather balloons. They are an indispensable tool used by weather forecasters.

Canvass those cemeteries safely

It’s that time of year again when genealogists are apt to feel the urge to track down a family cemetery.

Navigating the Shrinking St. Francis River

Fellow retiree Brent Elwell and I met at Pelletier’s Campground in St. Francis on a warm spring evening.

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