97 posts tagged “maine”
I left work early and biked home in the snow today. On the plus side, there wasn't much traffic. On the minus side was, well, everything else. Roads not plowed well yet, lots of slush and my face kept getting things frozen to it :)
This Friday I'll be on the radio talking with DJ Adira about cycling in the wintertime. Tune in from 10:30 - Noon EST. In between chatter, enjoy your favorite electronic bellydance tunes and other music that facilitates the movement of your hips.
In Maine tune into 90.9 or 104.1 FM; outside of Maine, listen in at WMPG.org
Police log via the local paper:
... Dispatch call ... Somerset Communications Center
... Skowhegan ... Back Road
... 2:40 p.m. ... Aug. 13Narrative: Caller reports an animal in the field next to Box 121, most likely a gorilla but not sure. Animal is brown/black with long hair.
Narrative: Left message on ACO's (animal control officer) machine.
Narrative: (Officer)...will be all set, has the individual.
Narrative: (Officer).. off at (address) Back Road with male juv. (juvenile)
Narrative: (Officer) ...the juv will remain at home and not be running around.
Translation: A woman in the neighborhood reported seeing an animal that looked like a gorilla. Police and dispatchers said it turned out to be a young man in a "gilly" camouflage suit, which has strips of cloth hanging off it.
He was jumping out in front of cars with a stick.
"Gilly" suit: Leafy or shaggy camouflage suit that disguises the wearer and looks much like a hairy animal.
... Over and out ...
a This weekend I took a bike ride down to Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred, Maine. This has been "our" farm for six years, which is how long they've been a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. The chickens (and the portable chicken coop) are new this year.
After a hot 30-mile ride, it was nice to cool off in the Mousam River!
Last week I finally finished getting all the odds and ends out of the old house. It's the last 5% that takes forever!
We considered ourselves lucky to find it almost exactly four years ago and had a lot of good times there. It is over 100 years old and was originally a barn before being converted into a duplex. It looks like a standard old house from the outside, but has amazing detail work within. In fact, when we first called the landlord to set up a viewing he pleaded with us not to just drive off when we got there and saw the outside, because he was having work done to restore that as well.
It is in the center of downtown and was walkable to everything - especially the library, which was just a few steps away. On the minus side, that meant it was a bit loud - especially in warmer weather with windows open. Also, there is no yard space to speak of, and while you were close to parks it is nice to have a least a few square feet where you can do your own thing once in a while.
Many more details and pictures in the photo collection:
Or, at least on the top of North Peak at Sunday River:
