Christmas on Naskeag Point
In most of the country, about Thanksgiving Day, the first vagrant airs of approaching Christmas ..
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Piper
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Autumn Comes to Grand Lake Stream
A great many roads surrounding Grand Lake Stream are best negotiated in first gear.
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Piper
May 11, 20222 min read
Classic A Countryman’s Journal Back in Print
A Countryman’s Journal, writer Roy Barrette’s observations of the quiet, simple life in small-town Maine, is being reissued.
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Piper
Jan 12, 20219 min read
A Long, Cold Winter
Trudging the last half-mile of steep uphill while pulling the sled and groceries was less fun.
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Piper
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Finding Christmas
The week of December 5 was hectic. The Christmas rush was beginning to crowd a busy work week with too few hours spent chasing too many task
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Piper
Dec 15, 20206 min read
Launching a Holiday Tradition
It was my idea to put a lighted tree on top of our seventy-foot Harvestore silo.
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Piper
Nov 24, 20202 min read
A Gratitude List
I keep a gratitude journal all year, just like Oprah. Every day I write down at least five things I’m grateful for.
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Piper
Nov 3, 20205 min read
Hi there! My name’s Ida, and I’m a Home Shopping Networkaholic
By Susan Pouiln When did I meet Ida? 1996. I was competing in the first (and, as far as I know, only) Yankee Yarns Contest in Keene, New...
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Piper
Oct 27, 20204 min read
The Northwest Wind
By John N. Cole Of all the winds that blow, I like the northwest best. It is rare as a summer wind along this upper corner of the...
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Piper
Oct 13, 20204 min read
Tell Me the Landscape
By Glenna Johnson Smith For nearly seven decades the geography of Aroostook County has become a part of me. Now, after reading Dakota: A...
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Piper
Oct 1, 20204 min read
Peek into The Door to January
The house was a sad thing in the daylight. It sat on a hilltop, a sagging pile of weathered clapboards and crumbling brick...
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