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Maine
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After crossing most of the North American continent our destination was Goldfield Nevada, a place in the middle of nowhere that I had been to some years before. This ghost town held a special place in my heart and I still feel nostalgic remembering how I got there from LA when I was in my teens. Now as we rolled into town I had the same feeling and thought that my son’s would capture the same aura that I felt years before.
Entering the “Santa Fe Club,” an authentic old saloon, we were greeted a
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Life here in this part of Maine is almost inconceivable without wood, and woods. We burn it for heat. Some cut it for a living. Many earn their livelihood from it by making paper, if not toboggans, snowshoes, apple boxes, or canoes. But it all comes from trees. Trees are our lifeblood, in more ways that one. And that is the problem. There are woods, and there is wood, and the two have different uses.
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― A Year in the Maine Woods
― A Year in the Maine Woods
The Newbury Book club--first Wednesday of every month--Portland, Maine
14 members,
last active 12 years ago
This will be the place to hang out with a good glass of wine, a cigar(a tiparillo is not a cigar…more
6 members,
last active 13 years ago
...September 14, 2012 to October 14, 2012...
13 members,
last active 6 years ago