People and Places

I hope this column will serve as a way to look in the mirror, to see what we have in our midst. I see it as musing, a word that is defined as thoughtful, meditative, contemplative…all things I’d like to be, although I often fall short of that. I’m apt to make snap judgments, to be outraged or intolerant. I have my prejudices. I’m slowly learning that this does little or nothing to further whatever causes I support. I’m a freelance writer and photographer living in Waldoboro. I can be reached at writer@midcoast.com
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Contradancing: A real social network
By Steve Cartwright - Jan 27When we come together to contradance in the rickety old wooden hall with its beast of woodstove and “two-holer” outhouse, we are an extended ...
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As Mark Twain said....
By Steve Cartwright - Dec 30No less a smarty-pants than Albert Einstein said, “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” He has a bunch of pithy quotes, but ...