Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Fall
So They Say 2
The Maine Dooryard 4
Nothin' But Puffins 6
Peering Into the Future 8
Keeping Secrets 10
Barter 12
Along The Lee Shore 14
Glad You Asked 17
Looking At Leaves 20
Deep Quiet 22
Keeping Warm 24
That's Browne with an E 26
I'm Fine, Otherwise 28
Good as Gold 30
The Dump 32
Downsizing 34
Completely Unsupervised 36
Stop Making Them 38
It's Organic 40
Grandfather's Stories 42
Coming Unglued 44
Rules For Shoppers 47
Literary Groups 50
No News 52
My Barbershop Experience 55
And The Winner Is 57
Tip Of The Iceberg 59
Ugly Toenails 61
How Are You Going To Learn? 64
Changes Down At the Store 67
Homes That Move 70
The Weekly Reader 72
Distant Relatives 74
My Work Memories 76
Otto's Slicer 78
Winter
Too Cold To Snow 81
Improving Yourself 83
Just A Little Off the Top 85
Table Talk 87
A Yard Sale Christmas 89
What's That Noise? 91
Here's the Proof 93
Bad Manners 95
What a view 97
Before The Year Was Invented 99
Just Wait a Minute 101
Just Point and Click 103
Know-It-All 105
The Wheels of Justice 107
Be Careful 109
Who Is Rex Roberts? 111
Staying Up Late 113
Where Toothpicks Are Made 115
Life on the Forty-Fifth Parallel 117
Where Did we Go Wrong 119
Bud's Travels 121
The Halls of Justice 124
Rise and Fall 126
A Record Broken 128
Say What? 130
BLTs May Be At Risk 132
What's in a Name? 134
What an Idea 136
Revolutionary 138
Let It Snow 140
No Way 142
The Peavey 144
Czar Reed 146
Spring
Over in the West 149
Tradition 151
Left on the Shelf 153
March Meeting 155
Don't Try This At Home 157
Stirring Up a Hornet's Nest 160
The Horn 163
Mostly True 165
Start Runnin' 167
What Happened 169
What's An Ocean View Worth? 171
Can't Miss It 173
I Will Never Forget Them 175
Not a Bad Idea 177
A Dramatic Change 179
Go Figure 182
Let's Review 184
Water Witching 186
Déjà vu All Over Again 188
A Town In Need of an Incident 190
Maine Cuisine 192
Maine Casual 194
You Can't Please Everybody 196
The Death of Wolf 198
This Great Country of Ours 200
Mr. Moody's Tower 202
The Old Maine 204
Are Your Seeds in the Ground? 206
Over? 208
To Stay or to Go 210
Yard Sale Society 212
Tourism 214
Summer
Beaches 217
Sailing with Spuds 219
A Little Dickering 221
Funny Noises 223
Playing Catch-Up 226
Forecasting the Weather with Cows 228
Three Legs 230
Down to Camp 232
Fog That Plans to Stay Awhile 234
Unfettered Free Enterprise 236
Houseguests 238
The Down East Economy 240
It's Official 243
Secret Societies 245
It's the Law 247
You Are Important 249
The Purest Form 252
A Lot Less Useful 254
The Pinnace Virginia 256
A Great Show 258
Human Nature 260
One of the Worst 262
It's Always Something 264
The Outlets to Come 266
Things You Should Know 268
Couldn't Find the Church 270
Horse People vs. Pony People 272
Bushel Baskets Full 274
Changes 276
Our Cities Are Few 279
If your Lips Turn Blue 281
Being Struck Dumb 283
The Experts 285
Measuring Summer 287
About The Author 289