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News you can’t use.

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You can’t use it, but I blog about every Monday so technically it is useful.

At least to me.

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My husband is a Vietnam vet and said the peaches and pound cake were the only edible things in MRE’s. The food was so bad he and his men scrounged, traded and pilfered the leftover WWII C rats from supply and far preferred them even though they were over two decades years old.

Now that’s bad.

(And by rats I mean rations, not actual rats. Although with the government, you never know. )

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Proof you’re never too old to be a Swiftie.

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Bat selfies.

Who knew?

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Why doesn’t this surprise me.

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As it should.

I never wear mine without one.

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Deer me.

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We have a few nice bucks visiting this fall.

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Sometimes with a companion skunk.

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As long as stinky doesn’t get too close the buck doesn’t seem to mind.

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It’s hunting season so I’m always worried about these guys, even though our property and our neighbors is posted.

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A deer’s home range is usually one square mile and while our neighbor’s properties on both sides are 4 times bigger than ours… that still leaves us about 600 acres short of a safe from bullets zone.

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We love our pumpkins.

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Every year the town of Damarriscotta, Maine has a pumpkin festival.

Every year I tell my husband we’re going to attend.

And every year like clockwork?

I forget. And have to enjoy it vicariously through other people’s photos.

So here they are, some of the wonderfully inventive and creative pumpkins I missed.

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Did I mention there’s also a pumpkin regatta where crazy Mainers dress in costumes and try to paddle large hollowed out gourds down the river?

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Yup.

It’s a thing.

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And I missed it.

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Again.

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Maps of nothing the least bit important.

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It’s autumn in New England and that’s a beautiful thing. Turning leaves, apple picking, pumpkins…

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Sadly not everyone gets to experience it.

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I can’t think of one entirely vegan or vegetarian restaurant in Maine, but clearly they exist.

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Sad to see we’re leading the way, but not surprising.

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We love our libraries in Maine and some of them are drop dead gorgeous.

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I’ll take least violent crime. Yay us.

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Someone had way too much time on their hands.

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Ugh. Allen’s Coffee Brandy was the bane of my existence when I was a teenage delinquent. Cheap, disgustingly sweet and at every party I ever attended.

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A hoppy occasion.

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We attended a dual retirement party recently. A husband and wife were calling it quits at the same time and their kids threw them a celebration.

At a brewery.

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It was like old home week for my husband as he had worked with M. at the FAA.

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Yes, my guy is a 22 year Marine and the recent retiree did 20 years in the Navy…

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So deep conversations ensued.

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But my guy did that pretty much all afternoon.

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And into the evening.

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I’d never been to retirement party at a brewery before but it was laid back and quite fun.

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No boring speeches. No power point presentations of careers. No stuffy presentations of plaques or watches.

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Just friends, family and co workers getting together for a good time.

We went home with a wood fired pizza because they were floating in it.

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And stayed well after the official end time.

But the best part about a brewery retirement party?

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Wrist bands for unlimited free beer for every guest.

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News you can’t use.

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Your number one source for stupid headlines.

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Did she have to?

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Ugh.

She did.

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I didn’t think it was possible to eat that many beans, but okay.

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I wish the media would stop saying things like this. They’re not unrecognizable, they’re older. It happens to all of us who reach a certain age. Things sag, they wrinkle. Get over it.

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I’ve been married to a Marine for 41 years. I’m well versed in the meaning of Snafu.

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Trash pandas and friends.

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The skunks beat the fox.

Now the raccoons are beating the skunks.

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It’s first come first serve at River’s critter buffet.

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Though the deer are lucky… as no one else wants their grain.

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Three deer and three raccoons.

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All are welcome.

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But I really enjoy watching these little devils tussle and push each other out of the way for the best spots.

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Random rambling

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I grew up in New Jersey and had many Italian friends. These Italian friends had Italian mothers who cooked. Boy howdy, did they ever. So when I saw this list the other day I knew I would do pretty well…

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Though I do have a tendency to make my bruschetta a soft middle consonant instead of hard.

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It’s bush hogging season in the country and when the man comes to do our neighbor’s field …

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We have him do our back half acre to the woods as well.

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Our backyard leaves have turned, but like the rest of the state not vibrantly.

Are you thinking about moving? Maybe into a slightly larger home?

If so, I’ve got your back.

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And if the high cost seems out of reach, just know it’s the house where Dark Shadows was filmed years ago. Walking the halls with Barnabas Collins? You can’t put a price on that.

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Am I the only one who does this? You’re driving down the road when you hear a song you want to add to your iPod so you take a picture of the radio for future reference?

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Considering no one uses iPods anymore, I’m going to guess yes.

I’m the only dinosaur who does this.

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I’ve long considered myself a tree hugging liberal without ever giving much thought to actually hugging a tree.

Until I read this..

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Who knew?

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