Gatherings

By Katy Perry | Aug 14, 2009

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  It’s time

  By Katy Perry - Dec 29
  Ah, look! As this week's end we can say a happy good bye to 2011! On to the next day, next week — and yes, the next year — but we are here and can ...
  
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  Christmas gatherings

  By Katy Perry - Dec 22
  The hardest aspect of being a ‘collector’ is attempting to delete, save or scrap a bit of fabric or paper that once you felt was too important to ...
  
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  A nickels worth

  By Katy Perry - Dec 15
  Northern Maine was slow in recovering from the 1929 stock market crash that created the Depression. In 1935, things were not that much better. ...
  
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  2012 — Celebration Year for Hallowell

  By Katy Perry - Dec 08
  Perhaps no other time of year evokes more family memories than the Christmas season. You know what I mean. Remember the year the cat jumped into ...
  
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  Behind the face — a mystery

  By Katy Perry - Dec 01
  I didn’t recognize her face. Not surprisingly. We were a most diverse collection of women from all over the place. There are often newcomers, ...
  
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  Tales told ‘round the kitchen table

  By Katy Perry - Nov 24
  Tom pushed his red baseball cap to the back of his head, rested his elbows on the table and gave his listeners a knowing smile. “Now, I’ll tell ...
  
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  Thanksgiving in Central America

  By Katy Perry - Nov 17
  Thanksgiving 2011! In Maine we look for snow perhaps, lots of family, pumpkin pies, a day to eat and enjoy life as it is lived in our particular ...
  
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  Resting places too often overlooked

  By Katy Perry - Nov 10
  As a dedicated “shun-piker” I often spot local burying grounds lost from view. Families that initiated those resting places for their families ...
  
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  How the portrait got there

  By Katy Perry - Nov 03
  A portrait of the late Father Leonard LeClair hangs in the chapel of the Maine Veteran's Cemetery in Augusta. The story of why that piece of fine ...
  
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  Music — an emotional blessing

  By Katy Perry - Oct 27
  The sound of music is international. Every culture, every language throughout thousands of years has developed its own sounds that typify their ...
  
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  Celebrations go on and on — thankfully!

  By Katy Perry - Oct 20
  It seems the state of Maine — and perhaps your family — has been involved with many family, neighborhood and social memories and celebrations this ...
  
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  Laughter — good for the soul

  By Katy Perry - Oct 13
  On the way to the market one morning, I stopped to chat a minute with a new found friend. I found Andy and his brother, Arthur, chewing the fat in ...
  
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  Limping along without men

  By Katy Perry - Oct 06
  In addition to the lack of variety, there are distinct disadvantages to bringing up a family of boys. To be honest, the thought never occurred to ...
  
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  E. B. White

  By Katy Perry - Sep 29
  Confession time. I’ve fallen in love. Worse luck, the man is married. Also dead. Such things should not prevent one from being so enraptured with ...
  
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  Jewish New Year

  By Katy Perry - Sep 22
  On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Jewish community will be celebrating New Year. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of their calendar year and a time of ...
  

• RESTORE and keep Maine’s beauty

  By Katy Perry - Sep 15
  Here in the state of Maine we are extremely fortunate to have so many citizens dedicated to preserving and protecting our natural gifts — the ...
  
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  The Cattle Pound in Jefferson

  By Katy Perry - Sep 08
  Carefully preserved town records point out that the first Town Meeting in Jefferson was called for the eleventh day of May, 1807. Twenty-two ...
  
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  Discover Maine – a la Mount Desert

  By Katy Perry - Sep 01
  Is 1973 history? Of course. But 1973 looking back to the 1600s is REAL history. What I am about to share with you would be far more effective if ...
  
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  Small thoughts from a weird accumulation

  By Katy Perry - Aug 25
  It’s getting to be the end of summer — no, no — not time to put away the lawn mower or the garden hose, but time, me thinks, to sift through the ...
  
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  A man who made his mark

  By Katy Perry - Aug 18
  Elias Bond was born in Hallowell, Maine, Aug. 19, 1813. His parents, according to what has been penned about them, were dedicated Christians who ...
  

• Going by thumb

  By Katy Perry - Aug 11
  Many years ago, my very dear friend’s son was being married in the Boston area. Madelyn’s husband, Hank, had died just a few months earlier and ...
  

• Looking for a good book?

  By Katy Perry - Aug 04
  Some time ago I read a book by a rather famous author. One of his comments gave me a great deal of reassurance that I am not as feeble-minded as I ...
  

• A salute to 50 years of the U.S. Peace Corps

  By Katy Perry - Jul 28
  Ah, shucks! I missed the date - on March 1, 1966, President John Kennedy officially authorized the U.S. Peace Corps. Here we are much later, but ...
  

• People make a community

  By Katy Perry - Jul 21
  It doesn’t seem possible, but the Independence Day celebration of 2011, Fourth of July, is done! It is the small, well-organized villages, towns ...
  

• 'Jump Lines' published

  By Katy Perry - Jul 15
  Maine Media Women (MMW) is a statewide organization of women interested and involved in any aspect of communications. Little wonder that, during ...
  

• Not meaning to harass!

  By Katy Perry - Jul 10
  From time to time, I really am aware that I should keep my mouth shut – but, as many know, I don’t. At issue presently is the very strong tendency ...
  

• Respect for the American flag

  By Katy Perry - Jul 01
  The sharp marching band has just passed, flag-wavers, fire engines and other local celebrators followed. To honor Memorial Day in Hallowell, a ...
  

• The world without libraries? Never, I hope.

  By Katy Perry - Jun 24
  When I was growing up in the wooded area of Northern Maine it was many years after the development of the town that need for books was sensed. ...
  

• A bit of this'n'that

  By Katy Perry - Jun 17
  I seriously wonder. In a few decades will there no longer be a U.S. Postal Service? I dare say there are about 25 or 30 "appeal" letters the dear ...
  

• The Wisdom of Mary Parker

  By Katy Perry - Jun 11
  Many people, especially those in the Gardiner area, will recall the delightful lady, Mary Parker. This lady had traveled the world, worked in ...
  

• Remembering the Class of 1941

  By Katy Perry - May 31
  It was 70 years ago that I graduated from Farmington State Normal School in Merrill Hall on the Farmington campus – in the graduating class of ...
  

• Mount Katahdin – a unique and beautiful gift

  By Katy Perry - May 29
  A "monumental" gift was given and accepted by the state of Maine 80 years ago! It was on March 3, 1931, that the governor and executive council ...
  

• Who is listening to our youth?

  By Katy Perry - May 20
  As you jolly well know, I am far from a professional but living as long as I have, I feel most secure in interpreting some actions. One such fact ...
  

• Imagine 17 weeks of fresh vegetables

  By Katy Perry - May 13
  A brand new agricultural organization, Sheepscot Valley Multi-Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), is moving ahead to open its doors in ...
  

• Treasure family history

  By Katy Perry - May 07
  I want to tell you about a book I was given. It's not a book you can go to the bookstore and buy because there are only a dozen copies of it. Nor ...
  

• Remembering the Yankee Gale

  By Katy Perry - Apr 30
  A lady and I were chatting in the market and as we said our farewells, she added, “Katy, I love it when you write about P.E.I.!” That did it. ...
  

• Tune in to New England Music Camp

  By Katy Perry - Apr 24
  Before the season gets too far under way this summer, I want to remind you that the New England Music Camp is already gearing up to welcome ...
  

• Write your life

  By Katy Perry - Apr 16
  Do you ever wonder why people write? I do and I have mused about that question time and again. Of course, not everyone gives such a question a ...
  

• These boots weren't made for walking

  By Katy Perry - Apr 07
  “Katy, I love Anna Quindlen – hasn’t she said it all right here?” read the note attached to a clipping of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ...
  

• Memories of Camp Natarswi

  By Katy Perry - Apr 02
  Coming into the warmer season, as we are, makes me think back to the days when I knew if I was going to continue my studies at Farmington State ...
  

• A member of the team

  By Katy Perry - Mar 19
  "Hey Catherine, I got a home run." “Gee, John, why would you have to run to get home?” I replied. It was a kid's answer, for you see in the ...
  

• Salute to Peace Corps

  By Katy Perry - Mar 11
  Aw shucks, I missed the date. March 1 was the 50th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Peace Corps. That was the day, in 1961, that President ...
  
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  Clothesline tales

  By Katy Perry - Mar 05
  Ah, it’s March already. Perhaps the snowstorms of February have run out of steam (don’t bet on it) and we can expect startling winds and days of ...
  

• 'Music Lesson' still resonates

  By Katy Perry - Feb 26
  The first Senior College course I ever taught was at University of Maine at Farmington’s Gold Leaf class. The following story, written by Mitsuko ...
  

• The road not taken

  By Katy Perry - Feb 26
  Lake Derg, or Lough Derg as it appears on Irish maps, empties into the Shannon River. Some years ago, my late husband, Bernie, and I were in that ...
  

• Remembering Harpswell Sound of music

  By Katy Perry - Feb 19
  A few decades ago, when I was employed by the radio station WRDO in Augusta, I met and interviewed a quartet of talented women who called themselve...
  

• Learn about gifts from the sea

  By Katy Perry - Feb 12
  "Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in." It might have been those simple words from “The Death of the Hired Man” ...
  

• A stitch in time

  By Katy Perry - Feb 05
  There was a time, oh many years ago, when, if a skirt got too tight, Mother opened the seam and provided more room for a fattening belly; or, if a ...
  

• Kindness costs nothing

  By Katy Perry - Jan 27
  I am a dedicated believer in the work that has been accomplished by Southern Poverty Law Center founded by Morris Dees in Montgomery, Ala. The ...
  

• The gift

  By Katy Perry - Jan 21
  'Twas an amazing event way back in 1931 for a wee little girl to be given a book. Even more amazing when the book was inscribed, "Catherine — in ...
  

• Preserving Maine

  By Katy Perry - Jan 15
  For those of us who live in Maine, we know and adore the amazing natural terrain surrounding us. We can enjoy the nearby Atlantic Ocean, even if ...
  

• Age is only a number

  By Katy Perry - Jan 06
  Some time ago I read a report that stated the state of Maine has an amazing number of elderly people — more than any other state, as I recall. Pe...
  

• 'Rabbits'

  By Katy Perry - Dec 30
  Friday, Dec. 31, we'll enjoy (I hope) the last day of the year 2010. Jan. 1 will be the first day of 2011 and, as such, let me tell you a short ...
  

• Gift wrapped for fellow man

  By Katy Perry - Dec 23
  Not only at Christmastime did Ethelyn and Richard Stubbs adopt a worthy charity. They took unto themselves struggling students, poverty-stricken ...
  

• Christmas around the world

  By Katy Perry - Dec 16
  Since 1871, St. Mark's Home for Women, at 57 Winthrop St. in Augusta, has provided a comfortable home for senior women. A dozen or more ladies ...
  

• A child in need

  By Katy Perry - Dec 09
  "A Christmas Memory" is a small book that I would like to mention a few weeks before the annual holiday. It was written by Truman Capote, a writer ...
  

• Mistaken identity

  By Katy Perry - Dec 04
  I had just finished my Sunday lunch and had picked up a book of short stories when the phone rang. "Hello," I said. A strange noise resounded as ...
  

• A hefty cause

  By Katy Perry - Nov 26
  When I was doing a daily radio show at the Augusta House - a historic building now gone - I asked Ralph and Rose Prime to join me. I had learned ...
  

• Think of the 'thanks' in Thanksgiving

  By Katy Perry - Nov 18
  Every person stashes away things they believe are "valuable." I am not talking about financial value, you understand. Rather, saved objects that ...
  

• Shunpike, see what you find

  By Katy Perry - Nov 11
  My brother, John, was spending a week with me while his wife was off with lady friends. The September Saturday was beautiful, so we decided to ...
  

• Make date with Augusta Symphony Orchestra

  By Katy Perry - Nov 04
  My memories could be far off the mark but I believe the Augusta Symphony Orchestra is at least 85 years old. That delightful orchestra will open ...
  

• Thanks for Maine Media Women

  By Katy Perry - Oct 28
  Maine Media Women — or Maine Press and Radio Women as the organization was originally named when founded in 1951 — has many reasons to be celebrati...
  

• A saving grace

  By Katy Perry - Oct 21
  It is not often you find a letter in your files that was penned more than 75 years ago. Recently, I found such a letter and it carried such ...
  

• Cruising the Pacific Northwest

  By Katy Perry - Oct 14
  The year was 1981. My husband, Bernie, had died earlier in the summer. As I felt the approach of autumn, I thought seriously about the coming ...
  

• Take time to read

  By Katy Perry - Oct 07
  With the beginning of October here in Maine, it is, or certainly should be, time to do some of the things you have been hankering to do throughout ...
  

• Long-ago thoughts still relevant

  By Katy Perry - Sep 30
  This week’s story was penned 24 years ago, but it has, for me, a valuable lesson on aging.I reread it the other day and remembered this interesting...
  

• A stream of thought

  By Katy Perry - Sep 25
  For more than a dozen summers, I lived at my rustic cottage along Kildare Capes on Prince Edward Island, Canada. During those months, my Those ...
  

• Carving out livelihood in Hallowell

  By Katy Perry - Sep 18
  If you grew up in Hallowell or any other Maine town 60 or 70 years ago, you may remember many different things. That fact became very apparent to ...
  

• Man of any century

  By Katy Perry - Sep 11
  If you spend several months each year in the same foreign land, it is not surprising that before long you identify with the local mannerisms. How ...
  

• Replying to Indiana girl's request

  By Katy Perry - Sep 04
  We hardly get past Labor Day when, once again, we spot the yellow school buses weaving through town. Summer leisure for the kids — and many adults ...
  

• To thine own self be true

  By Katy Perry - Aug 28
  It is amazing how simple events that happened decades ago emerge, stimulate memory and teach lessons that last. That’s what happened a few weeks ...
  

• Don’t toss — recycle

  By Katy Perry - Aug 21
  I have lived in Hallowell only 26 years, but I have become greatly aware of the effort, knowledge and dedicated work that Hank Tyler has provided ...
  

• Fine-tuning awareness

  By Katy Perry - Aug 14
  A dozen years ago, I was asked to speak to a group about living for two years as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Belize, Central America. ...
  

• A changing world — are you ready?

  By Katy Perry - Aug 07
  The daily news and the accelerating speed of living has awakened me to this thought: Are we prepared and ready to greet this amazing change in our ...
  

• Paying it forward

  By Katy Perry - Aug 01
  There are humorous, happy, and insightful stories taking place every day that are enough to inspire anyone looking for a positive saga to recount. ...
  

• You can do it, too

  By Katy Perry - Jul 24
  People from all walks of life give to their community when they see a need and to whatever extent they can. Whether it's running for the town or ...
  

• Moments in history

  By Katy Perry - Jul 17
  Moments in history are just that. Moments. The incident may be minor or even, perhaps, monumental, but if it is not noted — and recorded — when it ...
  

• Meet me in Sidney

  By Katy Perry - Jul 10
  It’s that time again. On an annual basis, I feel completely justified in reminding you that the New England Music Camp is actively sending musical ...
  

• Thumb suckers and birds in church

  By Katy Perry - Jul 03
  By my recollection, I’ve been penning stories for this newspaper almost as long as it has been printed. Now, it’s time to get a bit of feedback ...
  

• Relish the good stuff from mid-1900s

  By Katy Perry - Jun 26
  I hope and pray the answer to this question is a most positive no! The electronic age is well established, but there is still a great deal to be ...
  

• Nostalgic memories of Togus VA

  By Katy Perry - Jun 19
  In 1966, the Centennial Planning Committee at the Veterans Administration center at Togus had arranged a year-long series of events that incorporat...
  

• Everyone has a hidden talent

  By Katy Perry - Jun 12
  I firmly believe that every person, yes, every person has an undiscovered talent. You may never have been interested in any of the arts, but one ...
  

• Learning from mistakes

  By Katy Perry - Jun 05
  The popular American author Willa Cather may have centered most of her writings in the Midwest, but she had a true fondness for the East Coast as ...
  

• Some Maine history

  By Katy Perry - May 29
  It’s true. Honestly. Two Mainers from the small village of Sangerville in Piscataquis County captured the attention of British royalty so that one ...
  
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  Old-fashioned barn raising — a positive move to the future

  By Katy Perry - May 22
  Once I found a place to park – which was not easy with the mile of cars parked on both sides of the Whitefield country road – I was completely ...
  

• Music and nature, a perfect mix

  By Katy Perry - May 15
  The sound of music is international. Every culture, every language throughout the centuries has created its own unique melodies. But all music, ...
  

• Hero with a capital 'H'

  By Katy Perry - May 08
  This time of year, we honor those first women we ever knew – the girls or ladies who brought us into the world. Our mothers.We may have resented, ...
  
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  Around the world and back in Maine

  By Katy Perry - Apr 30
  After 25 years of serving her country around the world as a member of the U.S. Army, Kimberly Mendall Mondonedo recently returned to her roots and ...
  

• Old age -- simply a point of view

  By Katy Perry - Apr 25
  As I look back over the past 30 years or so, I have come to realize how many very interesting developments have taken place that people living ...
  
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  There’s always time for an Irish story

  By Katy Perry - Apr 16
  Saint Patrick’s Day is long gone this year. No matter. Let’s have an Irish story just the same. Mary Ann Ward was born in 1841 in County ...
  

• Remembering that early March weekend

  By Katy Perry - Apr 10
  Remember the first weekend in March this year? You should because it was more like May than March. The sun shone bright in the morning, and no ...
  

• Did you ever play catty?

  By Katy Perry - Mar 25
  Did you ever play catty, alley-alley over, lotto or hopscotch? (Oh, of course you played that last one. Even today’s kids play hopscotch.) I ...
  
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  Memories of a long lost brother

  By Katy Perry - Mar 19
  Memories from the past are not always happy but they can be important. A photograph I received in the mail a few years ago of a long-ago acquaintan...
  
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  No job too small

  By Katy Perry - Mar 13
  Rarely do you find a man who can fix a broken window or repair a leaking roof who does not also have more innate talents than you would ever ...
  

• Trash!

  By Katy Perry - Mar 04
  Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear some comment about trash or waste. Truth is, even with the most care, we all contribute to the amazing ...
  

• A community observation

  By Katy Perry - Feb 27
  It was back in 1920 – 90 years ago – that the role of females in the world was seen as comparable to all other human beings. It took a long time, ...
  

• 'To sleep, perchance to dream,' be it day or night

  By Katy Perry - Feb 19
  One night, I ingested no sloe gin before retiring to bed and the next thing I knew, I was contacted by the New York Times to do a three-part ...
  

• A man of amazing fortitude

  By Katy Perry - Feb 12
  It is my belief that no name in the history of the United States speaks more strongly for equality for all than Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president...
  
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  A Hallowell man of note

  By Katy Perry - Feb 06
  If you are beginning another decade of life, you might think things will be different but, believe me, the daily routine will hardly change a ...
  

• Get acquainted with 'New Mainers'

  By Katy Perry - Jan 30
  No doubt about it, there are some bumps along the road of life, especially if you live in Maine. Mainers have to endure short days of winter; ...
  

• 'The Wisdom of Forgiveness'

  By Katy Perry - Jan 23
  I am not a fan of fantasy, but if a great "guru" hovered over my head and asked a question, of course I would listen. And if the question was, ...
  

• Friendly meetings along the way

  By Katy Perry - Jan 15
  If you read my thoughts from time to time, you must be aware the most rewarding part of my life is meeting new people. Such was the case one ...
  

• A diverse lesson

  By Katy Perry - Jan 09
  I sincerely hope the future will be more open to people whose faith, political persuasion, color or dialect is recognized as "their own." After ...
  

• Imagine, 2010 is already here!

  By Katy Perry - Jan 02
  Do you recall the dire predictions that confronted us before we welcomed a new century? Was that 10 years ago? Well, yes it was. As is too often ...
  

• Christmas poems from long ago

  Dec 25
  Christmas 2009 is here! Finally no more talk about gifts, let’s talk about memories. Poetic memories, if you will. Poetic thoughts from a uniquely ...
  

• 60-year-old Christmas memories

  By Katy Perry - Dec 20
  Getting ready for the Christmas holiday doings that came about 60 years ago are far different than those this year, 2009. The memories, a bit ...
  

• Controlling media exposure

  By Katy Perry - Dec 12
  "The Cleveland Club Forum," a MPBN radio show, was airing on my car radio as I drove to the market one day, and James P. Steyer was speaking about ...
  

• From rags to rugs

  By Katy Perry - Dec 05
  I want to tell you a story about going from rags to rugs, rather than riches. The year was 1948. My husband, Bernie, and I with our first son, ...
  
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  Payback can be a blessing

  By Katy Perry - Nov 25
  Payback. This single word may be a negative or a positive thought – however you translate it. What I am about to tell you is surely a positive ...
  
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  A lesson from Leon

  By Katy Perry - Nov 21
  Many times I read about a person long gone and I marvel at what an amazing person that former resident was. It was just such a case when I read ...
  

• From brawn to brains

  By Katy Perry - Nov 14
  Some time ago, I picked up a copy of "The Record," a publication of Good Will-Hinckley, at Hubbard Free Library. At the time, I was surprised to ...
  
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  The fabric of family history

  By Katy Perry - Nov 07
  Think about it — 200 years ago, communication between people was entirely personal talk. Now this may not be a scientific fact, but it’s as I ...
  
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  Thinking about a winter vacation?

  By Katy Perry - Oct 31
  Far be it for me to encourage people to leave Maine in the colder months. But then, I realize many people, quite unlike this writer, are not ...
  

• October's meet the blind month

  By Katy Perry - Oct 24
  October is proclaimed “Meet the Blind Month,” according to my one-year calendar, courtesy of the National Federation of the Blind. Why this fall ...
  

• Hallowell, my 'home' town

  By Katy Perry - Oct 18
  If you have submitted yourself, over the years, to pieces I have written here, you are aware of my sincere dedication to the small city in which I ...
  

• Personal philosophical thoughts

  By Katy Perry - Oct 10
  You may not be impressed with what I am about to tell you but, with nearly nine decades of living, I have garnered a host of things I believe are ...
  

• What Don Fendler and I share in common

  By Katy Perry - Oct 04
  A newspaper story about an event that took place July 17, 1939, grabbed me right by the hand and marched me back 70 years!You may have read the ...
  

• Forging worldwide connections without even trying

  By Katy Perry - Sep 26
  Often your occupation or hobby may be an unexpected way to send your name around, sometimes even around the country! Such a thing has happened ...
  

• Forget growing old, live today

  By Katy Perry - Sep 19
  Growing old should not be a term that demands you to stop living. For too long, many of us see only dark, dreary days when we pass a birthday ...
  

• A lesson from Belize

  By Katy Perry - Sep 12
  The following story was penned for my grandson, Luke, when he was 5 years old. I wrote it in much the same way I would speak to him, or any other ...
  

• Going back to school isn't just for kids

  By Katy Perry - Sep 05
  Wow! Have you noticed – we are already in the month of September. School time, big time. Recently I had a long wait at the checkout counter, and ...
  
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  A tribute to the Skowhegan Indian

  By Katy Perry - Aug 30
  Many do not believe that time flies, and perhaps they are right, but when you look at history – even as we live the years – it’s startling to find ...
  

• Confronting the 19th hole

  By Katy Perry - Aug 21
  My mother used to pick up the morning paper and immediately turn to the obituaries. I thought that was obscene! But today, well, today I do the ...
  

• A thought about Native Americans

  By Katy Perry - Aug 16
  One ability legislative representatives of the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe do not have in the Maine Legislature is the right to ...
  

• Peace Corp Volunteer story

  By Katy Perry - Aug 09
  At this time of year in 1985, I was occupied trying to find a buyer for my house, and selling, giving away or storing household accumulations of ...
  
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  Bringing back home murals

  By Katy Perry - Aug 01
  Maine native and artist, Rufus Porter, as the legend goes, walked throughout New England in the 1800s, painting murals on the walls of treasured ...
  

• ‘In the Shadow of the Eagle’

  By Katy Perry - Jul 25
  I met Donna M. Loring once, but that was only in passing. Since then, however, I have read her book, “In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal ...
  
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  Uncovering long-forgotten treasures

  By Katy Perry - Jul 18
  I did not know what a stimulating bit of writing I have overlooked for years until I found a 1992 copy of “Kennebec: A Portfolio of Maine Writing” ...
  

• Thoughts about 'freedom'

  By Katy Perry - Jul 11
  Fourth of July. What did that holiday mean to you and your family? Every family and every person has their own answer to that query. Frankly, to ...
  

• Walking to the Civil War from PEI

  By Katy Perry - Jun 29
  It's easy to assume when the clouds of war waft over a country it's always the local people who are pressed into service. As I pondered about a ...
  

• Tribute to men

  By Katy Perry - Jun 25
  As many of you know, if you are old enough that is, Ethelyn Burleigh Stubbs was a vibrant member of the Augusta community during the 1920s, 30s ...
  

• Historian researchers in the area

  By Katy Perry - Jun 22
  Jane Radcliffe and Ron Kley worked together at the Maine State Museum in Augusta long enough to realize there were many opportunities throughout ...