Often, the reason is that people cut off flower buds during improper pruning.
May 2018
Posted inSea Change, Source
Appreciating Mother for sharing the gift of wonder
A sense of wonder can be lost by adulthood, eroded by the stresses and strains of the workaday world.
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Society Notebook: Coastal Enterprise Inc. marks 40 years of growing Maine’s economy
CEI provides financing, advising and workforce support to businesses.
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Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit hosts June programs
WELLS — The Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit is ready to welcome the community in to June programs like Saturday Tours, and DIY History Games. Local businesses support these programs, with Barnacle Billy’s sponsoring the Music in the Meetinghouse series, and Crickets Corner Toys and Kites sponsoring the family program, DIY History Games. The […]
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How can you meet your short-term goals?
Why do you invest? If you’re like most people, you’d probably say that, among other things, you want to retire comfortably. Obviously, that’s a worthy long-term goal, requiring long-term investing. But as you journey through life, you’ll also have short-term goals, such as buying a second home, remodeling your kitchen or taking a much-needed vacation. […]
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Momentary Lives
In the dream, he looked just like Einstein. I knew this couldn’t be, but the professor’s hair was so wild, his speech so impassioned, and his pacing so intense that his trailing lab coat snapped as he spun to amplify his point. Breathing hard, he paused near the blackboard equations, his final question lingering uneasily […]
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Banning all politicians from parades is out of step
I’ve got a question for organizers of the Maine Lobster Festival parade, who announced last week that all things political will forthwith be banned from their annual procession down Rockland’s Main Street. Was it something someone said? And if so, who, what, when, where and, most of all, why? “The Maine Lobster Festival Parade is […]
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A Tribute to Mother’s Day
What’s the nicest thing you can give a working wife with children on Mother’s Day? Answer—a week off, a week away from alarm clocks, cooking, cleaning, laundry, lunches, and endless to-do lists. I have given my wife this gift for forty years. What she did with it was surprising. Her sister hatched the idea. “We’ll […]
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Ride benefits veterans memorial
SANFORD — From the struggle for Independence to today, America’s military and their families have made sacrifices for their country. Some died in battle, some were wounded — and some never came home. To honor and remember those sacrifices, the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Association is planning to install a series of monuments at […]
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How can you meet your short-term goals?
Why do you invest? If you’re like most people, you’d probably say that, among other things, you want to retire comfortably. Obviously, that’s a worthy long-term goal, requiring long-term investing. But as you journey through life, you’ll also have short-term goals, such as buying a second home, remodeling your kitchen or taking a much-needed vacation. […]