PART ONE: The From Away Getaway     Mainers use the expression “from away” to describe people like me.  It is a mildly derisive colloquialism, applied to those who bear the misfortune of being born somewhere other than Maine.  There are implied tendencies of this misfortune, such as interloping or carpet bagging–not to mention a […]

There ain’t nobody here but us chickens There ain’t nobody here at all You’re stompin’ around And shakin’ the ground, You’re kickin’ up an awful dust –Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney   I live in Waterville, Maine, a small town of about 15,000 people located on the west bank of the Kennebec River.  It is […]