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A Lobsta Dinner I'm not a great fan of "Lobsta"; don't hate it. But don't love it.In 1965 I was a waiter at the old Poland Springs Hotel. I carried a thousand platters of lobster with drawn butter into the main dining room. The trays filled with lobster leaked brine all over my waiter's monkey …
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I'm not a great fan of "Lobsta"; don't hate it. But don't love it.In 1965 I was a waiter at the old Poland Springs Hotel. I carried a thousand platters of lobster with drawn butter into the main dining room. The trays filled with lobster leaked brine all over my waiter's monkey jacket, and the …
I'm from New York City. But I've lived in New England for so long that lots of it's habits and ways rubbed off on me. Much came from Coastal Maine. there I learned a style of English, cooking, and life that was very different from life in the City. The incidents described here happened in …
I wrote a series of stories a few years ago based on some of my experiences, and people I had known while living in Coastal Maine. While the intimate detrails were contrived, most was copied from real experiences. this particular story is about a boatyard cat, and the events happened pretty much as I described …
This happened one muggy day in July…a long time ago. Clancy was a bloodsport type of cat. If no other cat or dog were available to pick on, he'd pick on me. He eventually ran out of cats to fight because other rough cats he met would either start staying clear of him or team …
Some Hot! I recall that on the coast, way back when, the older ladies would sit on the porch on July evenings complaining of the heat. I'm in my garage workshop carving a sign and idly listening—" Ahhh! Some hot!" Aunt Grace would declare, and Cora, my mother-in-law, would pipe an agreement. Off to one side, my father-in-law, …
"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
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