Flashback Friday- songs your mother never taught you

originally posted - February 9, 2021 I had moved to Portland to get away from Boston. In those days, the late 1960's, Portland was a hike from Boston and was in an entirely different cultural world.Portland came well equipped with a small church-run coffeehouse that I could habituate when not working. The Gate Coffeehouse became …

Taking Care Of Business

The Maine Boatbuilders Show was an unusual event. They held the show on the first full spring weekend in the old Portland Company complex on Fore St. in Portland, Maine. The show was funky. The overhead cranes in the big bays still loomed over your head. The cranes were reminders that this space had been …