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Karen (
mwshell@hevanet.com ) -- Portland, OR
5/4/08 -- 06:05:06 PM
Hello from the other Portland. I was exiled 4 generations ago
when great grandpa Francisco Major Worcester exiled to live in
Seattle. I love reading your stories and postings. I feel like
you have part of my heart. If there are any Worcesters still
around Columbia Falls and your family connection is through
Samuel Cummings and Rosina Worcester then, just so you know,
there is a whole group of us out here on the west coast. My
great Aunt, Franks youngest daughter is still living at 98 yrs
old. What a kind and gentle man he was and I hear he could
really dance the jig. Is that something from Maine culture or
just from rolling logs all his life? Thanks for your time.
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Andrew Mooers (
mooersrealtymedia@gmail.com ) -- Houlton, ME
5/4/08 -- 07:59:56 AM
Come back to Maine! Maine..the way life should be!
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Lee Conary (
leemacs@verizon.net ) -- Winter Haven, FL
5/1/08 -- 08:42:58 PM
Will be heading to Bangor mid July for one month. Can't wait
to chomp into all the Maine goodies that I miss so much.
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Karen -- Aiken, SC
4/21/08 -- 06:29:43 PM
Happy Patriot's Day to all Mainers in Exile!
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Pete Dickson (
pjd4733@hotmail.com ) -- Canton, MA
4/18/08 -- 11:45:07 AM
The Stephens High School Class of 1963 is having its 45th
reunion on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Town & Country Motor
Inn in Gorham, NH.
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Alice Duquesnoy (
duke4@blazenetme.net ) -- Daphne, AL
4/18/08 -- 05:34:12 AM
My last posting from Alabama! We head back to Maine to
live. I can't wait to cross the bridge from NH to Maine. I'm
sorry all y'alls can't come back with me!
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Michelle Lahey Hanlon (
cybermom1959@yahoo.com
) -- Oakdale, CA
4/17/08 -- 09:49:30 PM
havent been back for 35 years and yet a day doesnt go by that
i dont think about family and long lost friends. lived in bath
but family was from bangor with generations tied to the area.
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Michelle -- Gainesville, FL
4/9/08 -- 10:52:40 AM
93 days and counting til my vacation in Maine...4 full weeks
of paradise...
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Velma Gamage (
veg4951@gmail.com ) -- Johnson City, TN
4/9/08 -- 06:29:27 AM
Leaving for Maine early tomorrow morning, moving back to
Maine to be with family...gonna miss Tennessee, love it here but
family calls....I do have a daughter and 2 beautiful grandkids
we are leaving here in Tn. Thats what makes it hard for me to
leave, but I have 2 kids and 7 more grandkids in Maine so guess
it is time for me to move on and get to know these 7...hopefully
will also be able to sell my mothers property in Lincolnville
real soon...
Gonne be hard leaving this 70 degee weather also....
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Cookie (
cookiecoogan@yahoo.com ) -- Ithaca, NY
4/8/08 -- 08:00:29 PM
I miss Maine. Even in mud season.
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Cindy -- Chesapeake, VA
3/6/08 -- 08:40:53 PM
My sister and Aunt are flying in from Bath on Thurs. They
are meeting my other sister and I here, and we are going to
South Carolina for a week. None of us have been there so we
thought that would be someplace different to go. I will still
get to Maine this yr but probably for a long weekend around July
or Aug. I've been down here since 62 and still have a lot of
the northern accent. I love Maine and always will. I always
get my steamers, fried clams, Amato Italians, lobster rolls, &
Fat Boy's whenever I'm up there.
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Nancy -- Fox Valley, WI
3/30/08 -- 11:38:24 AM
Hi Everyone. I haven't posted in ages because we are
focusing on escaping the nightmare that is WI and getting back
to Maine this year. Working ceaselessly on the house to make
sure it is the standout property in its price range when we list
it. We miss Maine and have come to realize better to have less
income and be happy, than to have a moderate income and be
miserable. Hoping to be back in Maine by the end of 2008.
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Nancy Kelley-Cram (
nkelleyc@yahoo.com ) -- Wake Forest, NC
3/29/08 -- 12:39:20 PM
The next best thing to going home to Maine is having family
from there come visit. My nephew stepped off the plane last
night to temps near 70 degrees. He said he had just left about
3 new inches of snow and was happy to be someplace warmer.
I just finished making the best lobster stew ever and it is
mellowing on the stove. (Lobster he brought with him, another
great reason to have family come!) We planned to have that
tonight, but just got invited out to dinner,so it will be even
better tomorrow when we enjoy it for lunch.
We have been experiencing a horrible drought here in NC, and
wouldn't you know, it is cool, drizzling and not the 80 degrees
from yesterday, but 48. Not showcasing the place much, but he's
happy, walking around without a coat saying the cool doesn't
seem to bother him much. I always say, 20 degrees or more is 20
degrees or more, going from 50 to 30 or 80 to 60, it's still
cool if that's what you're used to.
Hope all is well with my fellow Exiles, and hope you get a
family visit from home soon. I highly recommend it, it's almost
as good as going home.
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DC ( dcamp67@yahoo.com
) -- Ocala, FL
3/27/08 -- 08:12:57 AM
Ahhh I do miss THE County a lot. Went to Jr High and H.S. in
Presque Isle and left for military service. I still regret that
I didn't go back once I was discharged, but when you're 22 and
have the option to go back home to northern Maine or move to Ft.
Lauderdale (when it was still THE place to be for Spring Break),
you tend to think different then when you get a few years under
your belt and really understand what "home" is all about...
Miss it every day. Ayuh, I do.
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Jocelyn Pelletier Jackson (
jocelyn.jackson1326@yahoo.com ) -- Pikeville, NC
3/26/08 -- 08:17:48 AM
HI my exiled friends!! Great news~I will be landing in
Portland tomorrow morning for a weekend in the Casco Bay area!!
Whoo-hoo! I have packed my long johns and thick socks...no other
way to spend your birthday weekend than snuggling with family in
the most beautiful land on earth!! Gonna hit Bobs Place on 302
and eat italians everyday!
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Ellen (
mommasayankee2@yahoo.com ) -- Lexington, NC
3/24/08 -- 06:09:26 PM
Hi all,
I was born in Farmington, lived in Avon and went to school in
Strong. I was a member of 1967 graduating class of Strong High
School.
I moved to Lexington, NC in April of 1968.
The older I get, the more homesick I become.
Just hearing from my cousins and friends in Maine this winter
whenever they've had a new snow, gets me all excited, because it
reminds me of how excited I was always when it snowed when I was
growing up.
I miss everything about home. Even the smell of IP!!!!
I have birch trees and a spruce tree in my front yard, along
with a purple and white lilac bush. Just because they all
remind me of home. Plus, I think they are beautiful.
I miss the small towns and the feeling that everyone is family,
whether they are actually related or not. I miss the fresh,
clean air. I miss the birds' songs, all the wildlife,
especially the moose. The crystal clear lakes, ponds and
rivers. The huge rocks. The wildflowers, the ferns growing
along side the roads.
I could go on and on.
I know I'll never move back to Maine, because all of my children
and grandchildren are down here, with the exception of my son,
who is a Biology Professor in PA.
But my heart will never leave Maine. And when I die, my cousin
has promised me she will spread my ashes for me in Maine, in one
of the many fields I spent hours upon end roaming through all 4
seasons.
I met two really great friends on this site several years ago.
Would love to meet more.
As far as I'm concerned, Maine is the closest thing to heaven on
earth.
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A. D. -- Daphne, AL
3/23/08 -- 06:54:04 AM
Happy Easter to all Mainers in Exile!
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Tenar ( Mainer@cox.net ) --
Falls Church, VA
3/22/08 -- 05:28:55 PM
Born in Augusta and raised in the Midcoast, I've always loved
Maine more than your average black bear, even as a youngster.
But life goes by so fast, doesn't it? I left in '94 for
graduate school, and never meant to be gone this long.
Subsequent job opportunities led us to MA and VA. Although I
get to our Maine homeland several times a year, I always enjoy
reading the messages posted here from the rest of us living in
Exile. Someday soon I hope to return, permanently, to enjoy the
fiddleheads, smell of spruce trees, mossy ferny rocks, black
flies, dry humor, rough roads, and all the rest I miss about
Maine.
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Kathy (
kathyscavette@comcast.net ) -- Millville, NJ
3/20/08 -- 07:36:57 AM
Hi I'm a 15 year Mainer, was a flatlander and now a
flatlander again. Miss conversation with the topic of "how's
your garden." and of course the wonderful views.
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I. P. -- N Chicago Burbs, IL
3/17/08 -- 7:10 AM
Reading these messages makes me long for home even more..
In mention, the comments made about getting off the bridge from
NH, and visiting the Welcome Center and enjoying the scent of
pine/fir. That's one of my favorite events on the trip
from ill-annoy - getting back to the scent of the Pine Tree
State... My mind, body, and psyche seem to know when I'm back in
New England - even without a border sign! It seems
that the air suddenly seems fresher, and I automatically relax,
for now, I am HOME!
A good stiff drag on a bottle of Moxie, and a couple molasses
donuts, doesn't hurt any, either.
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Nancy Kelley-Cram (
nkelleyc@netzero.com ) -- Wake Forest, NC
3/16/08 -- 08:10:05 AM
I awoke to the sounds of a loon call this morning! I
thought I was at home on Spring River Lake! We have a
lakehouse on Lake Gaston here on the NC/VA border. The
loon winter here with us. They are usually silent, but
this morning they were calling! They are turning back to
their wonderful black and white coats. I guess that means
they will soon be leaving us! But will the ice be out?
I heard there is still lots of snow from Gray north.
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H.T. (
maggie-maine@hotmail.com ) -- Dubois, WY
3/14/08 -- 03:18:19 PM
WYOMING IS GOOD,BUT not as good as MAINE!!!! I want to come
home to Maine so bad. When i can get back i won,t be so
depressed. Wyoming is hard.
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Sandra Morgan (
sandymm@adelphia.net ) -- So Glens Falls, NY
3/3/08 -- 08:38:47 PM
Still living in exile and it's been almost 33 years. Thank
God I still have a son and daughter living in Maine, so I have a
good excuse to visit.
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C. K. -- Beverly Hills, FL
3/1/08 -- 05:07:42 PM
Hi All,
Here in Citrus County, FL, we have a Coffee House once a month
with featured performers from all over. Last night, Castlebay,
from Round Pond, Maine gave an excellent performance of Irish
music which I would recommend to anyone who can catch a
performance up and down the coast from Maine to Florida, or when
you are home. If you like "Schooner Fare" type music or Maine
storytelling, you will love this group.
http://www.castlebay.net/
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Bob Cushing (
jc_bob99@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
3/1/08 -- 04:55:04 PM
Linda
From Pensacola,Florida;
I to graduated From that Catholic H, S. Called
John Bapst High in 54. I don`t recall your mother but the name
Lefty Crane rings a bell.
If u talk to lefty ask him if he knows me or
my brother Joe Cushing
My E-M address is
jc_bob99@yahoo.com
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Bob Cushing (
jc_bob99@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
3/1/08 -- 04:26:19 PM
Hi Exiles
Im back on line & I hale from Bangor. I don`t
mis the cold but I do mis the Fried Clams &
the greatest land on earth. The Bangor Rams
are # 1 & Im lonesome for the tournament Action.
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A. D. -- Daphne, AL
2/29/08 -- 04:21:40 PM
WE ARE MOVING BACK HOME! Can you tell I'm excited? We will
be arriving in Brunswick in late March and I can't wait. I am
going to be counting the days. It has been nice living in lower
Alabama but there is no place like Maine! Wish you all could
move back also.
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Gary Furbish (
gfurbish1@yahoo.com ) -- Atlanta, GA
2/24/08 -- 04:44:23 PM
Moved away to find myself and my foutune. Found myself still
looking for the fortune... From Brunswick Maine. I have been
in Atlanta for 15 years now. Still love it, Still miss it.
Most likely won't move back but love to visit home.
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EJ (
waterdancer222@yahoo.com ) -- Warrenton, NC
2/21/08 -- 01:38:59 PM
Hi All, I've been living in self-imposed exile from my home
in Maine for the past 4 years - I'm a teacher, and North
Carolina beckoned for many reasons, they need teachers here, and
they pay well. My home is in Machiasport, my daughter and family
live there, and I get home every chance I get! I've got an old
farmhouse, and some acres, and I know I am blessed- many people
here in North Carolina have "fantasy lives" in Maine, and they
enjoy hearing the stories! I'd love to chat with people from
Maine that are living here in NC...
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P. A. -- Lompoc, Kalifornia
2/20/08 -- 02:06:26 AM
I am not, and will not be called, a "mainer"!! I wuz born a "mainiac"
and got to pick what kind. I'll be goldarned if'n I'll change so
some stranger from outa state can understand and not be upset!
Beside, I have people who will swear to it! They may not use the
same definition, but they mean well!
Paul Andreasen
Originally from Seal Cove, and then Long Pond Road, Southwest
Harbor, on Mount Desert Island. Course I was born there! You
think I was hatched? Born in Portland, in the big city! Why'd I
leave? Judge said he thought I was made for the military...or
something. I am now in Kalifornia, land of the fruits and
nuts! And we ain't talking the one that grow on bushes and such,
neither! Retired from the Air Force hereabouts, and can't stand
to leave the weather! About 65 degrees, year round. Not half so
boring as you'd think! Run a business here called Mount Desert
West!! Figures, huh?
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Bob Cushing (
jc_bob99@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
2/19/08 -- 03:39:44 PM
Hi folks up in frozen country, wish u were here in 76%
sunshine.
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Mike Denis (
mdenis46@gmail.com ) -- Oakland/Parksville, ME/KY
2/7/08 -- 06:46:26 PM
Retired from 39 years of teaching, and moved to the Bluegrass
region of Kentucky. Warm enough to actually HAVE a summer (with
no mosquitoes) and a winter (with honest snow, or at least
flurries, but not enough to shovel - I mowed the lawn Dec 1).
Seriously, I love Maine but hate snow, nor can I afford to live
in Maine on my pension. But I read the Waterville Sentinel
every day online! People down here will say, "Y'all, have a
naaahs day, Hon" but I still reply, "Ayuh."
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Herb Bacheller (
sabacheller@yahoo.com ) -- Indianapolis, IN
2/7/08 -- 01:45:15 PM
I miss Maine, and a time when things were so much simpler. I
left to seek my fame and fortune in 1963, I found neither, but
had a lot of fun doing it.
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Linda -- Pensacola, FL
2/1/08 -- 08:37:22 PM
Bob, my mom passed away a couple of years ago but you may
have known her: Carolyn Crane from Brewer. She graduated from
Brewer HS in '54. My uncle started at Brewer but I believe he
graduated from the Catholic HS in Bangor: Bobby ("Lefty") Crane.
He was a year older.
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