Musings in Mud Season
I usually include enticingly beautiful photos of the Maine Coast in my blog entries. But just to prevent readers from getting too serious a case of “Maine envy”, this photo shows what it really is like to live in Northern New England in March, a.k.a. Mud Season! I live on this dirt road with a few other hardy home owners. Those without four-wheel-drive better stay home this time of year! The pot holes are pools and the ruts are canals! The road will look like this for about a month! The timing of this spring phenomenon is such that it serves to depress Mainers, who’ve just about had it with winter, have seen a few glimmers of spring-like weather, only to be stuck in the mud for a few more weeks. Those nice walks in the woods? Forget about it, the trails are extremely wet and muddy! The subtitle for the blog entry might be: “Making and Taking Sides” ! In the “slice of life” segment of my blog, I’ll be talk...