2020-10-04 16:36
Fall foliage colors in Maine. The explosion of brilliant orange, red, yellow, brown and a zillion colors of green when the fall season rolls across Maine. Some years the peak of mixed fall c… Read More
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Maine is a simpler four season life style with hardworking, fewer but friendlier people, the 4th lowest crime state and 4 season beauty. MeInMaine blog trys to capture the flavor of "Vacationland".
2020-09-23 16:50
Maine lakes have more rocks, due to low water levels and no rain for too long a stretch of dry, hot summer weather. Farmers are concerned, harvest has started and the yield is smaller sized… Read More
2020-09-15 23:27
Getting space, away from people part of the Maine attraction. Less people can remove many problems, cure a lot of ills. Maine is a state that is vast, sparsely population except for a handfu… Read More
2020-09-02 19:45
Midcoast Maine lighthouses. This blog post about adding to the midcoast Maine lighthouse collection, soaking in some coastal harbor life. Have done blog posts before on Maine lighthouses. Ov… Read More
2020-08-21 21:37
Building your own smaller home on land in Maine. With COVID19 pandemic adjustment to day to day living, the desire to find an affordable land listings in Maine has increased. Maine was alrea… Read More
2020-08-10 16:23
Small towns in Maine, better coronavirus recovery chances. Social distancing is easier in small towns in Maine because let’s face it. Just less people populated vast and sparsely inhab… Read More
2020-07-27 23:06
Solar power in Maine, does DIY partnering up with the sun work in Vacationland? Maine is ideal for off grid solar power. But there are lots of “if”s” attached to whether yo… Read More
2020-07-14 16:56
Blogging on Maine, posts on local news. Smaller local community newspapers, radio stations, any television broadcast outlet if your Maine area is lucky enough to have one struggle to stay in… Read More
2020-07-05 21:08
4th of July In Maine. Maine, what the COVID19 virus pandemic has shown the outside World, the locals. Internet technology demonstrates you can enjoy living in four seasons Maine. Get uncrowd… Read More
2020-06-22 12:59
Baked bean suppers in Maine. Friday night in Maine growing up meat putting the yellow eye or Jacob’s cattle or soldier bean in the pot to soak. My Mom’s Saturday morning ritual w… Read More
2020-06-12 21:41
Minimalist living in Maine. This blog post about how Maine is ideally suited to a minimalist in search of a setting to practice this approach to living well. Where you decide to set up shop… Read More
2020-06-03 12:04
The work life balance when you live in Maine. For me, each new day is an amazing opportunity to try something new. Work. Life. Balance. To meet and learn from folks both local and far far fr… Read More
2020-05-26 17:57
Picnics in Maine. Most people I know enjoy food cooked outside over an open fire or sizzling on the gas grill. Munching on whatever gets served up and slide onto the plate is way way tastier… Read More
2020-05-17 15:51
Land in Maine has always been a low cost investment made for lots of reasons. People need vacations and the sheer size and less population make the state of Maine shine for lots of land for… Read More
2020-05-07 14:45
Marbles in Maine, the glass ones started showing up in the 1890’s. But marbles made of well, marble and alabaster around two hundred years before that. Winning, losing, coming out even… Read More
2020-05-01 14:48
Ice out on a Maine lake is a slow process. The thick sheet covering the many lakes in Maine measures many inches deep. So thick it allows the weight of vehicles to drive on it. Creates the i… Read More
2020-04-23 18:26
Maine potatoes, I grew up on a spud farm. Did I eat a lot of rice growing up you ask? (Smiling) Ah no. The Maine potato was king for the entire country back in the 1940’s. Maine grew m… Read More
2020-04-15 18:55
Solitude, Maine, Coronovirus. Sheltering in place. “Alone together”, “social distancing” all takes practice to develop the skill. Presidents, movie stars, writers, ar… Read More
2020-04-09 17:03
Barns in Maine, there was a time when every family farm had one or more sitting in the center of the agricultural enterprise. One at a time and not mass produced, the original Maine barns bu… Read More
2020-04-03 15:17
Epicurean, simple living in small town rural Maine. The direction, how you chose to live your life happens slowly. My Dad told me there are two basic groups of people. And like the soft serv… Read More
2020-03-27 16:12
Living in a small Maine town, the grapevine news is not just gathered filtering national news sources. The latest happenings around the Maine community not covered by CNN, Fox, NPR, BBC, NBC… Read More
2020-03-23 16:02
Rural Maine and the day to day when you live here adjusting to conorovirus. Over the weekend, checked in with one brother living in Vancouver Washington because Seattle has been in the news… Read More
2020-03-16 15:01
The points of interest, things to do in Maine when something like a coronovirus happens. We are lucky to live in Maine where maintaining personal space is easy. Six feet from others and prep… Read More
2020-03-09 14:08
Tapping maple syrup sap, the trips to the Maine wood lot made for not just next year’s fuel to heat your home. The eighty acre Ludlow Maine timber stand in our family since the early 1… Read More
2020-03-02 16:54
Having more than enough to just get by takes practicing frugal living in small town Maine. Quality of life in rural Maine communities is home made without a lot of money involved. Growing up… Read More
2020-02-24 20:06
The Aroostook County, Portland, Boston down and back quick trip. Interstate 95 starts in Houlton, connects Maine with the Atlantic Canadian provinces and makes for easy traveling. This… Read More
2020-02-18 20:05
Small town newspapers in Maine where local is everything. The local newspaper used to be the only way to learn what’s happening. What’s important in a small Maine town makes the… Read More
2020-02-11 16:47
The quick down and back trip to Bangor Maine when you live in Aroostook County. Maine is a big state. When you live here, the exploring it in bits and pieces small bites is enjoyable. Living… Read More
2020-02-03 22:44
Maine blog posts don’t need a sea of words to relay worthwhile information. In fact, images of Maine, videos of local Maine events can do the heavy lifting relaying what is it like liv… Read More
2020-01-27 16:21
Maine bees, the busy buzz pollinating benefits to flower enthusiasts and vegetable farming. There are over 270 native Maine bee species in the state. Honey bees are not native to Maine and E… Read More
2020-01-21 16:27
Maine winter weather shoveling, snow plowing means watch and prepare for what’s in the forecast. Except the open winters where a drought of the white stuff happens. For those in the bl… Read More
2020-01-10 22:52
The St John River Valley is the Crown of Maine. When someone says they’ve been to Maine, ask them to tell you where. Dollars to donuts, the landing in Maine is usually near the Green B… Read More
2020-01-02 21:32
New year’s resolutions, are you after simple living, doing your thinking in quiet places? Is your new year’s resolutions list held firmly under a strong magnet on the front of yo… Read More
2019-12-29 20:58
Soap box derby racing, in Maine the date to remember is always in June. This year June 20th is the 25th year of Northern Maine soap box derby racing date. The Houlton Maine derby program enj… Read More
2019-12-17 16:16
Living on less, you considering moving to Maine. Roughly 38 million people spent time visiting Maine last year and 1.2 million people actually live here. That’s an awful lot of outside… Read More
2019-12-09 16:55
Ice fishing in Maine, what’s the heck is the attraction some wonder ? To many not anglers for wildlife with gills, could there be anything slower or more boring than fishing through a… Read More
2019-12-01 16:46
Snowmobiling, snow sledding in Maine, where you get lots of varied riding on plenty of well marked groomed trails. The trail maps change as new routes to explore open up the winter adventure… Read More
2019-11-25 16:38
Work ethic, where’s it come from and what feeds or hurts the drive to be anything but lazy. The fire in the belly fuel to go above and beyond. How do you create and maintain that produ… Read More
2019-11-19 17:24
Winter in Maine, living on a lake as a new season ushers in slowly. It’s a chance to reflect in front of a crackling wood stove fire. To sample good locally sourced food that is farm t… Read More
2019-11-10 19:09
The lake camp up in Maine. Home remodeling, working on a property in Maine is very satisfying. Hands on, not hired out is something Mainers enjoy in construction projects. I am lucky to live… Read More
2019-11-04 16:15
Old cars, trucks, farm tractors on the edge of a field or caught by a web of wood lot trees. The family wagon or pick up parked up back on the edge of a pasture. That sits, waits and nothing… Read More
2019-10-30 15:54
Halloween, trick or treating, door to door canvassing for candy. The goblins low to the ground, most eye level with the heaping bowls of sweets and treats. The high caloric ammo stocked up a… Read More
2019-10-16 22:29
Early radio, television broadcast stations in Maine, the history lesson. In the beginning Maine news was spread by papers. Everything was black and white with a crease to open wide and read… Read More
2019-09-08 22:59
A lot of the folks who call Maine their home were not born here. These transplants have birth certificates with hospital locations at birthing centers in city setting centers south of Vacati… Read More
2019-08-20 19:54
Well water in Maine, it is not the same here as you find in other places. Drink up. Vacationland has lots of clean, fresh water to guzzle. The eight glasses a day kind you and I are suppose… Read More
2019-08-11 23:29
When you make the switch, find yourself moving to a small town in Maine. Everything is not going to rock and roll the exact same. In small town Maine living, you enjoy the lack of traffic, t… Read More
2019-07-31 22:20
Weather in Maine, anywhere in Vacationland. When the topic comes up it is a more often than not a discussion involving snow flakes. How cold does it get? How much white stuff do you fellas c… Read More
2019-07-11 11:56
The impact of Rotary Clubs in Maine, small towns know the true merits of the blue and gold wheel.
If there was no Rotary Club, much would be missing in the community landscape in the M… Read More
2019-06-20 17:43
Soap Box Derby in Houlton Maine, the Aroostook County race venue held it’s big June race last Saturday. The State of Maine Soap Box Derby race is in Houlton each year.
This Is &ldq&hell…Read More
2019-05-27 15:29
Small towns in Maine.
The northern rural New England state is known for its sparse population and wide open spaces. So how does a small town exist? Some of them don’t because keepi… Read More
2019-05-14 13:56
Dance companies in Maine, schools where everything from tap, jazz, ballet and more steps are learned.
The joy of dancing is an extension of the music.
Feeling the groove, catching… Read More
2019-05-08 13:29
Growing up In Maine. Earliest memories living in small town rural Maine.
The youngest you were where you can remember vividly. How old were you when events happening around you can be re… Read More
2019-04-21 20:35
Easter in Maine, growing up our family attended church services, received something for spring dress clothes along with the Sunday noon ham, green bean casserole, the squash, potato, and amb… Read More
2019-04-15 21:42
The death of a Maine home owner with lots of personal property and a place loaded with furnishings. Where the owner has called the sticks and bricks home for a half century or longer. They… Read More
2019-03-29 14:18
News about areas of Maine that don’t get gallons of ink in the press.
Maine places that you just don’t see boat loads of online recycled electrons for copy used to spread the wor… Read More
2019-03-11 00:13
Maine is pretty sparsely populated.
You and I have not debate nor need to split hairs on that statement. But within the stretches of remote wilderness, some areas stand out more than others… Read More
2019-03-04 01:34
Story telling in Maine, the art form for weaving a tale has not lost its appeal.
I am lucky to have had parents who exposed all four boys in the farm family to many endeavors. Some like to h… Read More
2019-02-08 21:56
Maine is a big, spread out, sparsely populated state. And on the glossy four color tri-fold tourism brochures, the description of life in Maine is pretty skimpy.
Local Musicians, Community B… Read More
2019-01-20 20:26
Homesteading, finding a property in Maine the easy-does-it sensible way.
This blog post will take it slow and spell out one methodical approach to homesteading. The desire to create from sc… Read More
2019-01-06 21:08
Sometimes you have it made but can lose track of just the why part when you live in Maine.
It is easy to take for granted what we have so much of when it is not this way many other places on… Read More
2018-12-30 20:43
Cross country skiing in Maine, one of the best ways in winter to get exercise and lots of eye candy at the same time.
What Exercise Do Your Do In Winter Outside Your Maine Home?
This Maine b… Read More
2018-12-18 15:57
Trips to Boston, across into Canada are common when you live in Maine.
The latest trip to Bean Town was not because of a Red Sox game. Everyone in Red Sox Nation is still smiling from this y… Read More
2018-12-09 20:20
Minding my own business and the phone in Maine rings. Ever get a call where someone promises you this phone interview should not take long?
They act like you are getting an important call yo… Read More
2018-11-25 17:58
Insulating your home in Maine, how to heat it more efficiently when the dollars are scarce.
This blog post is about how to stretch your heating dollars. Because money left over from heating… Read More
2018-11-18 16:47
To someone with no Maine winter snow experience, there are mixed emotions.
The reaction to the snow flakes in the weather forecast hits folks in many different ways. If you are not prepared… Read More
2018-11-10 16:14
No one should go hungry and in Maine so many volunteers make sure the local population does not.
Local Maine farmers gladly welcome gleaning the fields and hand off the kitchen grade food to… Read More
2018-10-26 21:18
It’s the little things and you feel the connection living in a small Maine town full time.
Like during a local movie, when you are at the snack bar as the lights dim. The movie coming… Read More
2018-10-15 00:06
Drive up US RT 1 in Aroostook County and glance to the east for something very large, red and white.
International Super Shortwave Radio Station WBCQ Goes Live Sometime This Fall With A New… Read More
2018-10-05 21:32
Small town rural Maine is simpler living whether you are on vacation or considering moving here full time.
And even though the fresh air, blue skies, clean water and friendly people are on t… Read More
2018-09-26 16:41
Maine small town living involves lots of volunteers working together for the unique quality of life experience.
And when local festivals or celebrations are started, the tradition needs prot… Read More
2018-09-15 15:12
Moving to Maine, because where you hang your hat now is not the right fit.
For lots of reason, relocating to Maine is a good choice and appeals to many in the real estate audience. Maybe you… Read More
2018-09-05 16:17
Being cold is never something Mainers desire and heating, cooling your home takes money.
Making the Maine home more efficient to stay warm to to be cool means study. To see what heating assi… Read More
2018-08-29 15:12
Hear the live music? Outdoor anything in Maine is memorable because fresh air, sunshine and blue skies are the perfect backdrop.
And the wide open space coupled with friendly people creates… Read More
2018-08-21 14:04
Small private pilot airplanes, they are becoming more common as individuals take to the friendly skies over Maine.
Wings And Wheels Makes A Local Border Airport Buzz With Activity.
Here is a… Read More
2018-08-12 20:19
Under your own power, not twisting a throttle or pushing a foot feed on one of Maine’s many lakes.
That’s the best way to see, hear, smell, feel Maine under your own speed with s… Read More
2018-07-29 13:36
Maine offers so much for vacation fun by herself.
But her proximity to Atlantic Canada means crossing the International border is so easy and expands your visit to create a two nation vacati… Read More
2018-07-25 13:55
Humidity in a Maine weather forecast.
When it happens you feel droggy, sluggish, out of sorts. Not on the top of your game. Not as productive as you are used to being each day. Lack… Read More
2018-07-18 16:22
72 hours in Maine, when there is a clock ticking and you want to take a mini vacation in the Pine Tree State.
I have read stories and blog posts that try to sum up seeing the total experien… Read More
2018-07-11 13:08
Farming life in Maine is hard work but rewarding.
The kids on a family farm learn work ethic and responsibility. The skill set grows when you have to use the business end of a hammer. Or fir… Read More
2018-07-03 13:02
The life in a small town Maine community is more connected, down to Earth, real.
What is important is the other people in the local area. Every individual who hangs his or her hat in the sma… Read More
2018-06-24 22:48
State of Maine agricultural fairs, there are twenty five last count that start the end of June and run until October.
The number of local community members working year round on Maine fairs… Read More
2018-06-17 20:46
Vacation homes, lots of them bought, some get rented out in Maine.
And what colors to apply to the exterior, interior of the places for rent for those sampling Maine on a vacation? Your seco… Read More
2018-06-12 12:50
Maine, what’s the big attraction?
For many it is a lot of little things. But always, a major part of the pull to Maine is the friendly nature of the small communities that dot Vacation… Read More
2018-06-04 00:27
The state of Maine soap box derby race is held in Houlton ME and this year’s running is June 16th, 2018.
June 2nd the derby crew held a tech day and hands on session for new drivers a… Read More
2018-05-30 13:19
Fenway Park, touted as America’s most beloved major league baseball stadium. Fenway opened April 20, 1912.
And when you live in New England, you see lots of Red “B’s demons… Read More
2018-05-21 18:13
Maine homes are more often than not surrounded by big lawns.
If you have company from across the pond, this fact is one of the first observations someone from say London or Paris noticed. Ba… Read More
2018-05-14 00:53
Maine has over 6000 lakes and ponds and is one reason Vacationland is a very popular destination.
But what is the difference between a Maine lake, a pond? Well it is more than size. Because… Read More
2018-05-07 23:43
When the calendar ushers in spring, what is it like in Maine?
Past times like spring smelting happen. Canoe and kayak river races show up on the Maine community eve… Read More
2018-04-29 14:14
As a little kid and still today the hole of a donut is my favorite part.
How can a hole be real? The hand made circle of dough that gets collected from the center of home made donuts. The k… Read More
2018-04-24 14:17
Early cars, trucks, vehicles that you remember in your life.
Like the family pet that grows up in your home, makes all the holiday picture appearances in the cherished photo album. The vehic… Read More
2018-04-08 22:18
In 1810, 84% of folks in the USA were farmers.
Today one American farmer feeds 165 people. Our country has a cheap food policy and the grower, whoever raises your food gets about 16 cents fr… Read More
2018-04-01 18:56
Fixing up old ME farmhouses and all the buildings around the homestead.
Country living housing projects require plenty of skill, lots of home work study and boat loads of patience. Building… Read More
2018-03-26 11:33
Living in a small Maine town.
Waiting For His Turn Down Derby Hill In Houlton Maine. Stomach Butterflies Happen.
Every single one of the population is needed, has a vital role. Most Maine co… Read More
2018-03-18 17:12
Sailing a boat in Maine capturing the prevailing winds using one or a series of multi shaped and sized sails.
It’s one more method to travel using the waterways of Vacationland. But wh… Read More
2018-03-11 17:42
Spring weather in Maine, the early season signs are many.
Longer hours of sunlight and the big orange ball increasing it’s radation. Snow melting, your yard banks retreating to make dr… Read More
2018-03-04 17:14
Living well on minimum wage. How does that statement strike you?
Not where you live, not anywhere you believe? Is the notion a stretch to imagine? And if you make a lot of money hand o… Read More
2018-02-26 00:32
Unorganized townships in Maine. Over half the state is township this, range that and just not organized.
Didn’t even get a name. With no school colors or mascot or basketball team to m… Read More
2018-02-19 00:47
Fresh dragged, groomed snow sled trails carved and made smooth during the middle of the Maine winter night.
And this fine next morning you, your snowmobile party can’t wait to tr… Read More
2018-02-12 15:13
Heading North to Maine.
What is the magic of just the location, that one word North? Heading into the North Maine woods. Pointing whatever you drive or piling in with a group of friends to h… Read More
2018-02-04 21:50
The Norwegian Designed Cast Iron 118 Model Wood Stove Has Old Country Designs But Burns With Modern Techniques To Maximize Your Fire Power.
There are so many reasons to heat your Maine home… Read More
