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It’s a sad irony that the following post was scheduled for today. A mere 41 hours after a gunman murdered 18 of my fellow Mainers.

Our beloved state is still reeling from the shock and my area is still sheltering in place. Crazy times.

My neighbor posted this on FB today.

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Another child has lost another parent. It’s heartbreaking… and no state, no city, no town can ever be immune.

We thought we were.

We were wrong.

And now… my post.

Even with all the bad luck we’ve been having trying to renovate our house, there’s no place I’d rather make my home than Maine. It’s laid back, scenically beautiful, has abundant seafood and the most craft breweries per capita in the nation.

Here are a few other reasons I love it.

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That’s my kind of library.

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Thanks mom.

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Someday I’m going to have to drive by this woman’s house and take a peek at her gardens. Judging from the amount of flowers she gives away, it must be amazing.

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Halloween is right around the corner and these are some pretty impressive arachnids.

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Yes sir.

That’s a spider.

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