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Maine

yorkster

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10. There's a good book called The Stars are Fire by

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 11:36 PM

Jul 2022

Anita Shreve that centers on the coastal fires of I think 1947. Powerfully written. And a cautionary tale on a couple of fronts.

I feel very lucky that we are able to be in New England and love coastal Maine. Friendly peeps in addition to the ocean, lakes and mountains not that far away, etc.

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I am so fricken glad I live in Vacation-land. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 OP

Lucky you. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #1

Luck is where you are born and what you are born into. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #2

It's also where you choose to live. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #4

Well, because you exposed a lot of you.... OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #5

Spending a portion of my summer in Maine, cachukis Jul 2022 #3

You go to North Conway for fun, no? OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #6

We were at International Airstream Jamboree. cachukis Jul 2022 #11

Camp Ellis? I grew up 5 miles from there! OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #12

My friend just sold his restaurant in OOB. cachukis Jul 2022 #14

I had a lake house in Maine. Later, a condo with a balcony view of the Atlantic. I miss it. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #7

You are always welcome. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #8

Last time I was in Maine: Dark Sky festival in Bar Harbor. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #9

There's a good book called The Stars are Fire by yorkster Jul 2022 #10

My dad and many of his friends fought that fire. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #13

Not wishing bad news, but a fire is overdue. Pine trees all over Maine. They have pine needles 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #17

what is bourn???? demigoddess Jul 2022 #15

A spelling error. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #16

We are lucky Maine Abu El Banat Aug 2022 #18