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Lee Conner (
hiddensister@hotmail.com ) -- THE NETHERLANDS
7/15/08 -- 05:52:55 AM
I left Maine to be with my children 18 years ago. I still know
the exact date and every year it's a sad day for me. It's
expensive to travel back to the States at the moment but I was
there last summer, up in Dover-Foxcroft. It's always great to be
home with family and friends.
I love reading everyone's posts and am glad to have found this
site.
If any Mainer gets to Europe I would love to see ya.
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Bob Cushing (
jc_bob99@yahoo.com ) -- Bangor, ME
7/13/08 -- 07:24:44 PM
Hi I left Maine to retire to Lakeland, Fl.
& the Sun & warmth 365 days a year.
No snow, no Ice, no cold & my year round wardrobe consists of T
shirt,shorts & slip ons.
I really do miss Maine in the summer with the
special food & beautiful country that only
Maine has to offer. When I go back to Maine
ocationally A special fealing comes over me
that reaches my hart that no other place on
earth has ever done in my life.
I would love to chat with more Maine friends
that share my thoughts. My E-M Address is;
jc_bob99@yahoo.com
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S. W. St. Clair (
wane9779@hotmail.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
7/9/08 -- 11:52:06 AM
Hey everyone... haven't posted in awhile. I was hoping to go
up to Maine and visit this coming September but its not going to
happen this year... money is just too tight. I am having my knee
replaced in November and hope to get up north after I am healed.
Not much to say lately which will please some I am sure. I am
working on a long drescription of Portland and environs in the
late 70's and when I am pleased with it I will post it. Hope
everyone is having a lobster filled summer.
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Helen White Jemison Meier (
hmeier59@yahoo.com ) --
Cle Elum, WA
7/8/08 -- 01:10:25 PM
Hi, I was born in Lewiston, Maine. Parents moved to Texas
when I was three. Live in Cle Elum, Washington now. Doing
genealogy of my Maine family has made me feel the tug to return
to my roots and where my mother gathered flowers with her daddy!
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L-J -- Lakeland, FL
7/6/08 -- 05:09:16 PM
Just popped in to see what's been up. I get so teary-eyed
when I read about you all missing Maine so much. I too miss it
more and more each day and am working extra hard to get the
money up to leave Florida, buy a camp and move in. When I left
I couldn't stand the cold anymore but now that I've been in
Florida I can't stand the heat! Goodness, is there any pleasing
me? grin. I have come to realize though that the cold just
plain and simple has to be appreciated. I miss snoshoeing!
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Diane Hinkle (
unkclarke@hughes.net ) -- Toronto, OH
7/3/08 -- 03:49:11 PM
I was born in Bangor, Me in 1947 moved to Brewer when we were
five. Had camps on Toddy Pond in Orland in the 50' to the 60's.
moved from Me. in 1968 Go home every summer, my family is still
there. Miss the food and fresh air and the whole state.
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Susan M. (Rose) Shane (
smrshane@aol.com ) -- Baltimore, MD
7/3/08 -- 03:34:04 PM
Hi there!
I was born in Bangor, ME in 1947. I graduated from Brewer High
School in 1965. I love everything about Maine! It's history,
the people with their humble way of speaking and living. Their
willingness to help; even a total stranger. It's timeless beauty
right down to the pine needles surrounding the base of a tall
Maine pine, on the lake. Claming, Lobster Rolls, Fish Fry Night
at the Eagles Nest in Brewer, trips to Bar Harbor, Caddilac
Mountain, Baxter State Park, climbing Mt. Katahdin, the
freshness of the air, a sky loaded with stars at night, Green
Lake, Beechhill Pond, the best friends in the world...these and
so much more!!
I initially moved to Florida with my son and we now live in
Maryland with our respective family's. A trip "Home" once a
year, if at all possible, is a must! I sincerely miss Maine and
when I'm there visiting, I don't want to leave. What would be a
dream come true for me? To go "Home", find a camp on Beech Hill
Pond, live there and become a writer. "You nevah know deah"!
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Karen (
K9Rocko@bellsouth.net ) -- Aiken, SC
7/3/08 -- 09:54:52 AM
Just returned from two weeks in Maine. Rented a camp and left
the windows open at night to temps in the 50's and the call of
the Loons. Enjoyed the lobster, whoopie pies and homemade
rhubarb pie!
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L. H. -- Pensacola, FL
7/3/08 -- 09:12:42 AM
Bob Cushing, just wanted to let you know I dropped my uncle
(Lefty Crane) a line and gave him your email address. I
apologize for not having responded sooner--My computer has been
down and it took my son coming home from UF ("Go Gators!) to get
it back up and running.
I hope you two reconnect!
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Carol Zimmermann (
hilly352002@yahoo.com ) -- Bowie, MD
7/2/08 -- 06:23:10 AM
Just planned a trip home for July 12th. My husband and I are
driving up. He's staying a week, and I get to stay for another
2 and I can't wait. It will so nice to be back in the land of
no humidity as I like to call it. Already planning the lobster
feast and figuring out how many I'll need to bring home for a
lobster party with friends!!!
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B. B. -- Standish, ME
7/1/08 -- 03:27:36 PM
born in fort fairfield, raised in caribou, graduated in 67 @
MCI, looking for old friends and classmates- love sailing on
sebago lake - I live only two miles away
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Ken (
kenneth.demmons@floridamoves.com ) -- St Petersburg, FL
6/27/08 -- 09:19: 04 AM
I miss Maine this time of year, the lilacs, the black flies,
the "Real Grass", the June bugs.... Good times, Good times.
Home is where you Maine it.
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Julie ( tok2oz@aol.com )
-- Wichita, KS
6/18/08 -- 09:01:23 PM
I lived in Hope, on a slope off Hatchet Mountain. I miss the
color, the snow, the fresh blueberries, and the smell from Jimmy
Carver's dairy farm. Whatever self assurance I have now, came
from the long, solitary hikes around the brooks and trees when I
was between the ages of 8 and 14. I don't know what Highway 17
is like now, but it was a lonely stretch of road, perfect for
speeding down on a hot summer day on my way to Hobbs Pond for a
swim. I really miss it. Occasionally, I try to make whoopie
pies, but I imagine they would taste better if I were home. I
don't know about the rest of the world, but I have eaten what
restaurants call fried clams from Kansas to Texas, and there is
NO comparison to what one can order on the coast in Maine.
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Cheryl Kennedy (
basketsinharmony@yahoo.com ) -- Marion, AR
6/18/08 -- 01:39:53 PM
Hi folks,
Found this site by accident awhile back,but never got back to
it. I am now in ME for the summer and was recently reading the
"Portland" magazine. Saw a bit about this site and the first
quote was one by a former roomate. Nancy now of NC shared a
house with me in Boothbay Harbor. HI! Nance!!!!!!!!!! How are
you?
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LJ -- Lakeland, FL
6/16/08 -- 12:09:51 AM
Reading the postings about how you all miss Maine has been
felt deeply in my heart. I found myself getting all choked up.
I am thinking I may want to move back sooner than I thought I
would. I guess that means working harder and saving more
money. Sounds like a goal to me. I really miss red hotdogs!
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Lora-Jean (
lorajean38@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
6/15/08 -- 11:56:11 PM
Hello all. It is late here in sunny Florida but am missing
Maine so thought I'd get on and check out a few Maine sites.
I moved down here about a year ago to get away from the cold
weather. No, I am not a sissy - just thought I'd go out of
state to thaw out some. I am a country girl. I hunted, angle
fished, fly fished, bow hunted, hiked, foraged for wild edibles,
panned for gold etc. so I know Maine and it's living quite well.
What I have missed most about Maine is quite simple really - the
country. Down here there is no place to walk unless it is where
there are tons of other people. I miss taking walk-abouts
through the woods like you wouldn't believe. Down here if you do
find woods you can't walk in them due to tropical undergrowth.
I'd compare that to trying to walk through the worst of the
worst alders near the best fishing on a brook.
I do plan on moving back home some day to live in the woods. I
think I may have thawed out by now.
Would love to hear from fellow Mainers! Make the subject line
in the email :From Maine.
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J. J. -- Pikeville, NC
6/14/08 -- 10:25:34 AM
Missin home again...Maine has a constant pull in the center
of my heart...I left as a child after parents divorcing, grew up
in the south, visiting whenever it was financially possible to
go...spending summers at my grandparents home...reconnecting
with family and childhood friends...creating bonds that no
distance can erase. I married a guy from the south and have a
family of my own that has heard never ending stories of the
greatness of Maine and how much better Maine is than anywhere
else...
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Barb Cowne (
bcowne@hotmail.com ) -- Safety Harbor,FL
6/13/08 -- 07:05:53 PM
Brought my elderly Mom back to Maine to spend her remaining
time, she wanted to get back to her roots, I guess. I stayed
overnight in Saco... not long enough, but what a beautiful 2
days I had! Suspect I'll return to live in Maine again someday,
Lord willing! Hello to all you Mainers, wherever you may be!
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Bob Cushing (
jc_bob99@yahoo.com ) -- Bangor, ME
6/12/08 -- 01:09:22 PM
Hi Bob Cushing here
I haven't been at this site in a while but love chatting with
new & old beautiful Maine people.
I moved to Lakeland, Florida 14 years ago &
love it here but my love of Maine is still deep
in my hart. I would really love to chat with
a Maine friend who also has the love of our
roots. My E-M again is
jc__bob999@yahoo.com
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John Fournier (
jfournier@care2.com ) -- Washington, DC
6/12/08 -- 07:23:22 AM
Get rid of the second home owners so I can come home! I
don't know if any of you have noticed but a 100 year-old
farmhouse isn't worth $500K and a steep, acidic potato field of
glacial soil isn't worth $30,000 an acre! Mainers can't afford
to live in Maine because people from Boston have enough money to
buy 10 homes while Mainers struggle just to afford one. When
the price of gas hits $10/gal., I'll leave this heart of
darkness (Washington, D.C.) and go home. Hopefully, by that
point, the out of staters won't be able to afford driving their
SUVs up to their second homes and will start selling them off at
reasonable prices.
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