This blog is of the life of Carol and Richard after retiring from Silicon Valley in the USA. We moved to India in 2007 to stay at the foot of the holy mountain, Arunachala. Then after eight amazing years, we moved to Mexico, where we now reside. We love our retired life, and I sh...
Oh right this is a random thoughts column so I can go anywhere I want. How about Maine. About six weeks ago I went there for some R&R with my wife, Catherine. We saw gorgeous fall colors, and ate delicious lobster. Did you know that Maine is the only state in the U.S. with a ...
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Maine(4 electoral votes)and Nebraska(5 electoral votes)have decided to use a slightly modified version. Both Maine and Nebraska award two votes to the statewide popular winner. And they award one vote to the winner in each of their congressional districts. (Maine has two districts and Nebraska...
You don’t see the other 48 states rushing to join them. The rest of the states and the District of Columbia watched the interesting innovation by Maine and Nebraska. And decided to stick with straight winner-take-all. Perhaps there’s beauty in simplicity. Or maybe it’s comfort with the...
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East was Home, and with it safety and familiarity, West was wildness, adventure, and an ineffable invitation to confront the unknown. However, throughout it all, the stand-alone mountain in northern Maine, called Katahdin, has called to me from the East with the same sense of sacred ...
Reddit Tumblr Pinterest Home Cooking–All Local New Year’s Meal Let’s Eat! Way back in the 1970’s Neil Young had it right with his song “Homegrown.” Here are the first few lines: Homegrown’s alright with me Homegrown is the way it should be ...
Minstral was a ‘bonus’ we brought to Mallorca when we moved here in 2004. In September 2001 we had been to Sussex to see a distressed Maine Coon under foster care, with a view to adopting him. He was with a woman who fostered cats, but also bred Birmans. I’ll never forget her...
Bangor, Maine, Is Among Top 25 Geography of Frugality? Some of the Top 25, But Not All. A little bit of Main Street in downtown Bangor, Maine. It’s a good thing my niece and her husband, along with my sister, have a signed contract to buy a wonderful 100-year-old house inBrewe...