I love Maine and I understand how you're drawn to it as a peaceful light filled place away from the current reality. I experienced it first as a student at Skowhegan school and then as a landscape painter renting cottages on Deer Isle and in Lincolnville in the 70’s& 80’s One of reasons we moved upstate is attempting to recreate a country idyll closer to commuting distance to the city where we worked. Not the same —33 years in the hamlet of Surprise was a true country escape but not the same. And. Hudson is now a bustling small city .
I have also spent time in Deer Isle and other areas near there. It is special and without equal. But the afternoon light here in Hudson after a summer thunder shower is its own work of art...
Haha, ingrained in my ear: "Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, where women are strong, men good-looking and children above average!" (Did I get it right?)
Yes, you did! I love that you remember that.
I love Maine and I understand how you're drawn to it as a peaceful light filled place away from the current reality. I experienced it first as a student at Skowhegan school and then as a landscape painter renting cottages on Deer Isle and in Lincolnville in the 70’s& 80’s One of reasons we moved upstate is attempting to recreate a country idyll closer to commuting distance to the city where we worked. Not the same —33 years in the hamlet of Surprise was a true country escape but not the same. And. Hudson is now a bustling small city .
The dream of Maine stays in the mind .
I have also spent time in Deer Isle and other areas near there. It is special and without equal. But the afternoon light here in Hudson after a summer thunder shower is its own work of art...
I love your description, all of it, and the wonderful allusion to the Lake Wobegon stories by Garrison Keeler!
I'm delighted that you caught the reference.
“the people are proud and defiant, and trees grow straight and strong.” Sounds like the beginning of a story. Just sayin’
I'll think on that. Let's see how the tariiffs go...
I hope your dreams come true!