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by Kaithajeome - 07-12-2025 - 04:57 PM
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We didnt come here to escape anything but to find something 鈥?Roy BarretteIam now better off having read Roy Barrettes observations of life lived on his coastal Maine farm. The 77 essays in Islandport Press reprint of Barrettes 1981 book, A Countrymans Journal, provide a full circumnavigation of a life first realized and then lived to its fullest in Maine. Leaving Philadelphia in 1958, Barrette and his wife Helen moved toa rundown farmin Brooklin to make a life of quiet, simple pleasures. They succeeded in doing just that. Barrettes attentive voice captures for us all his modest embrace yeezy mx of a place that continually gives back.For 12 years, Barrette shared that experience in a weekly award-winning column for The Ellsworth American and The Berkshire Eagle. These essays also made their way into DownEast and Yankee magazines. In addition to this book, Barrette also wrote A Countrymans Bed Book and A Countrymans Farewell before his death in 1995 at the age of 98. Like the writings of another famous Maine farmer, Barrettes prose rings loud. In meetings over martinis to discuss current events, the finicky ways of farm animals or the seasonal machinations of farm life, his neighbor E.B. White provided not only friendly advice but also ano stanley cup website ther air force 1 writers view of the world. What I would have given to be present while they talked away the hours about the whims and ways of a world that stops for no one. A Countryman Journal, by Roy Barrette, has been reprinted by Zhwg Guilford company looks to open 2nd facility, hire 140 workers to produce more virus-testing swabs
The day before announcing the University of Maines next president, the university system received $5 million to start a fund aimed at keeping the new hire stanley cup around for a while.On Monday, the university announced the Harold Alfond Foundation gift, meant to establish a Maine leadership endowment fund. The money will be used to help the university system fund a nationally competitive compensation package for the next University of Maine president, according to a news release.Current UMaine President Susan Hunter, owala tumbler who is slated to retire this summer, earns $275,000. The University of New Hampshire recently hired James Dean Jr. to lead the states largest public university, and is paying him $445,000 per year in base pay. Given the challenges facing higher education and our states economy, high-quality executive leadership at Maines flagship university i owala website s critical, Gregory W. Powell, chairman of the Alfond Foundation, said Monday. The foundations grant will enable the University of Maine to compete nationally for a top-tier president and to help incentivize a long-term commitment to our state. The university expects to announce its 21st president during an event Tuesday morning. University of Maine System trustees approved the hiring during a meeting last month, but their choices identity has been withheld until a contract is signed.The finalists:鈥?Joan Ferrini-Mundy is chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation, an organization in which shes held leadership ro
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