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The 2022 World Cup may be the most corrupt sporting event in history. Qatar was chosen as host in 2010 and since then the bribery scandal has resulted in most of the FIFA governing body being exited. Qatar has no business hosting a World Cup. In the 12 years since being chosen, the press haveContinue reading “Why I will watch the World Cup”

Three years ago (2019) found us in Galapagos for a bucket list holiday (my wife’s bucket list). Three of our kids joined us, as the fourth was living in Korea at the time and couldn’t join. We promised him he would get to see Galapagos as it is amazing. So…here we are in 2022 andContinue reading “Galapagos!”

I’ve made it clear that I love it in Maine, haven’t I? It is peaceful, beautiful and almost everything I want. I recall most of the times I had to leave at the end of the summer season. It used to be after just a few weeks’ vacation up there. It was time to getContinue reading “Leaving Maine”

One of the benefits of living in Stonington Maine is the availability of lobsters, right off the boat. All my life I have enjoyed fresh lobster either from one of our local fisherman friends or from the docks of the Stonington Coop. We pay a fraction of what most people pay in restaurants and theContinue reading “Confessions of a lobster snob”

As it turns out – and I mean this is just dumb luck – we live in a spot that is characterized as the “best sea kayaking on the east coast” by online forums. Stonington is a little fishing village, and it’s surrounded by over 60 islands. This archipelago is “to die for” if youContinue reading “And then he started a kayaking business”

When my Dad got sick we moved him off the island so we could get him better health care. It’s (probably) okay to get stitched up here at the Island Medical Center, but for Alzheimer’s?…. It was a very traumatic decision, but we sold the house that Mom and Dad had been living in forContinue reading “Oh you’re THAT house (“From Away” #2)”

Every once in a while I have an interaction that makes me shake my head or smile, or both, and remind myself that I am indeed Down East (and will always be from away). *For those new to the idea, “down east” isn’t just Maine, it’s “real Maine.” Sorry to all my good friends inContinue reading “Gee thanks Dean (From Away, entry #1)”

I’ve decided to do a few entries about Maine. No idea what took me so long to think of this, or even whether they will be interesting to anyone but me, but heads up. Translation – anyone who wasn’t born and raised here is “from away.”

The Queen of England died yesterday, 8 September 2022. She was 96 years old and had been Queen for 72 years. I read and watch the various reactions to her, her role and her passing with interest. Many find the role of the royal family of great value, but many do not, believing it toContinue reading “Tradition”