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Slow-Cooker Curried Fish & Butternut Squash Stew
Hi. Barb here. We’ve had one of our trademark beautiful falls in New England this year, but the last few days, a nor’easter has been lashing at us. That’s put me in mind of this delicious recipe that...
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Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave–the Maine Connections
Hi, Maine Crime Writers Blog readers. Barb here. Last weekend was the New England Crime Bake and with it comes the launch of the latest Level Best Books anthology of crime stories by New England...
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Key West Corners
Hi. Barb here. Or rather there. My husband and I are in Key West for January and February At times, I’ve felt a little guilty as I’ve seen Facebook friends from frozen New England posting about All the...
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Maine–Finally
Hi. Barb Ross here. Finally coming to you from Maine. My view as I am writing this post Usually, we arrive in Maine in early May. Honestly, it’s not the best time weather-wise, but it’s a great time to...
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Some Maine Pretty to Brighten Your Day
Hi. Barb here. Or rather, Barb in the hospital recuperating from knee replacement surgery. So, to give myself a bit of a break and celebrate the end of the summer season, I thought I would share some...
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Windjammer Days
by Barb, in Maine at last It’s Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor. My husband, Bill Carito, has gotten deep into iPhone photography, so we took a Balmy Days harbor tour billed especially for...
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Bikes of Key West
Hi. Barb here. Unfortunately I’m in book jail. Deadline near and far more writing road to travel. Then a proposal and a short story due after that. Like planes stacked up over an airport with a single...
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The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
by Barb, stuck in Boston because she’s selling her house, but soon to be spending more time in Maine! We hope many of you, both authors and readers, will be coming to visit us soon at Books in Boothbay...
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Beth’s Farm Market
by Barb who’s cleaning out her house in Massachusetts, so she can spend more time in Maine (Yay!) Everybody has a favorite farmstand, right? When it’s just Bill and me, we meet most of our produce and...
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My Friend, Lea Wait
by Barb, listening to the gulls outside her window and feeling wistful In normal circumstances, eulogies come after a person is gone, which has always seemed like a terrible waste to me. And because my...
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