Comments on Sarah Laurence Blog: White Mountains, ME

Andrew, welcome to my blog! How nice to find anot...

2008-11-21T17:46:13.462-05:00

Andrew, welcome to my blog! How nice to find another Maine writer. Don’t you love all the Old World Maine names: South Paris and Norway? I’ll come visit your blog too.

Came across your blog deliberately by chance: I am...

2008-11-20T12:58:52.496-05:00

Came across your blog deliberately by chance: I am searching out fellow writers, particularly those living here in Maine. I grew up in the Oxford Hills, so I can appreciate your fall foliage pictures, especially those shot in South Paris, just over the tracks from my hometown of Norway...

Your blog is especially welcome. I tend to find refuge in the words of other writers when my own will not suffice. So thanks for that.

Christina, thanks!Kerri, welcome to my blog! I’m ...

2008-11-12T17:09:27.626-05:00

Christina, thanks!

Kerri, welcome to my blog! I’m looking forward to checking out the leaves on your post. Ours have all fallen now.

Hi Sarah, I popped over from WWW's blog to see you...

2008-11-12T14:06:03.738-05:00

Hi Sarah, I popped over from WWW's blog to see your kids scrambling up the mountain :)
Your weekend in the White Mts sounded wonderful and your photos are beautiful. The fall colors are glorious. I particularly love the 'abstract painting' in the quarry pond.
How clever of your son to find that lovely inn that accepts dogs. Stella has such a sweet face. I'll bet she loved the getaway with 'her' family :)
I linked a fall color post to Dave's too after seeing him mentioned at Nancy's Soliloquy. Great idea.

Your hubby and stella are both adorable! : )

2008-11-06T18:06:05.434-05:00

Your hubby and stella are both adorable! : )

WWW, Stella does have a sweet face, but she can be...

2008-10-31T09:58:31.075-04:00

WWW, Stella does have a sweet face, but she can be very mischievous. She’s always hiding our socks and my daughter’s stuffed animals. Any food left out, especially candy, is fair game. We love her anyway. I enjoyed your scrambling post too. If others want to visit, here’s the link:

if I had a rowboat

Welcome to my blog, Grandpa! At first I thought you were my kids’ grandpa. I enjoyed visiting your blog and reading about comic grammar problems. I do love the majestic rocky mountains too, and that quotation captures the difference perfectly. Thanks for sharing it.

The photos are wonderful. I grew up and lived in O...

2008-10-31T09:32:18.776-04:00

The photos are wonderful. I grew up and lived in Ohio, but moved to New Hampshire in my mid thirties when I finished graduate school. I had a friend who, when he heard where I was going, told me I was going to love it there and described the white mountains as one of his favorite places on earth. "They're like the rockies," he said, "only on a human scale." He was absolutely right.

I came back to copy the url from this post so that...

2008-10-31T02:49:33.961-04:00

I came back to copy the url from this post so that I could link to it in the post I did today. Looking at the pics again I was struck by Stella's sweet and quizzical expression.
--Curmudgeon

WWW, sometimes scrambling to get out the door on t...

2008-10-30T18:45:20.075-04:00

WWW, sometimes scrambling to get out the door on time feels harder than climbing a mountain. There really is nothing like a New England fall, but your part coast is stunning too.

So the next time I'm "scrambling" to get my act to...

2008-10-30T15:44:56.310-04:00

So the next time I'm "scrambling" to get my act together and get out the door in time to make my bus I'm going to try to visualize myself climbing a mountain surrounded by nature's beauty. Gorgeous colors! I will always long for Fall in New England. Here we are lacking in the intense reds and yelllows. There are mostly golds, oranges and browns. But we do have lots of the dark leafed trees that just stay dark and provide a beautiful deep plum to contrast with the golds.

JAPRA, this was the second trip my son planned. T...

2008-10-28T07:35:26.590-04:00

JAPRA, this was the second trip my son planned. The last one was to Scotland via train that he planned with his dad. His school vacation didn’t overlap much with his sister so I missed it. My son’s hobby is collecting maps, a most useful skill. We don’t need a GPS with him navigating. I think you’re lucky to have a daughter happy to go anywhere you choose. Sometimes we have to work to find a vacation we all want. This one was great. I loved that part of Mary Poppins too.

I love that your son planned this beautiful trip! ...

2008-10-28T03:52:56.591-04:00

I love that your son planned this beautiful trip! I have been encouraging Roxi to tell us where she'd like to go for her breaks. She's happy to go anywhere we take here, but I would love for her to lead us on an adventure.

Your photos are truly stunning. I wish I could jump right in, Mary Poppins style.

Kari & Kijsa, thank you. I do love fall, but it’s...

2008-10-26T20:21:36.696-04:00

Kari & Kijsa, thank you. I do love fall, but it’s over too soon. It was snowing in the mountains this weekend.

Beautiful!!! oh -to experience fall in all its glo...

2008-10-25T21:13:00.294-04:00

Beautiful!!! oh -to experience fall in all its glory!! A glorious post!

Happy Saturday blessings
kari & kijsa

PG, I do prefer Maine in the autumn to England, bu...

2008-10-25T20:12:57.045-04:00

PG, I do prefer Maine in the autumn to England, but I reverse that position in the spring. Jane is my pacing partner in this novel marathon, but it’s also a big help to have readers cheering me on from the sidelines. Thank you!!!

Shauna, how right you are. Goldens do seem to smile all the time. It’s not just the expression but also the positive attitude.

What gorgeous colors! Before seeing your photos, ...

2008-10-25T17:15:41.810-04:00

What gorgeous colors! Before seeing your photos, I'd forgotten how the colors explode in the fall. It sounds like a lovely trip and how fun you brought your Golden with you. As a former Golden Retreiver owner, I've always thought they have the greatest 'smiles'.

What a spectacular autumn you are having (you are ...

2008-10-25T03:59:33.881-04:00

What a spectacular autumn you are having (you are not missing much over here, we are at the green and yellowy stage). I am very glad 'Not Cricket' is back on track, I am going to be one of the first to read it!

Elizabeth, thank you on the photos. Good luck fo...

2008-10-24T15:05:13.906-04:00

Elizabeth, thank you on the photos. Good luck forming a writers’ group. It really helps to have support. Hmm, I didn’t say anything about Sarah Palin’s brain. Maybe another commenter wrote that. What I said was that I am more concerned about her politics and lack of experience than her wardrobe.

Your hike looked quite glorious.The most wonderful...

2008-10-24T14:50:13.034-04:00

Your hike looked quite glorious.
The most wonderful picture was the blue/blue water reflecting the sky.
Your son took an excellent picture of you.
I too have been a bit undisciplined about the writing. What I need is a writers' group here in NY. When I lived on LI I had one for almost 20years and it forced me to get down to things.
Glad you enjoy my blog - which I spend too much time on.
I agree that S.Palin's brain is a bigger problem than her wardrobe. She would be fine if she had stayed as a sportscaster or, better yet,a too- perky weather girl......

Thanks, Charlotte, nature is truly awe inspiring....

2008-10-24T13:55:02.723-04:00

Thanks, Charlotte, nature is truly awe inspiring. There will be some nice snow too, but I know what you mean. I’m the poetic mouse in Frederick Fables, storing the sunshine and color for winter. We can always click back.

Thanks, Donna! My husband has taught in the Government and Asian Studies departments at Bowdoin since 1997. His webpage link is in my sidebar if your friend is curious. It’s a small world indeed.

Stunning pictures! What a great weekend that must ...

2008-10-24T13:44:48.027-04:00

Stunning pictures! What a great weekend that must have been, and what a beautiful place. I really enjoyed reading this.

By the way, my friend was a student at Bowdoin while your husband was probably teaching there. She was there from 1998-2002. I wonder if they ever crossed paths? It sure is a small world sometimes!

These are the days to keep in our back pockets and...

2008-10-24T10:34:12.740-04:00

These are the days to keep in our back pockets and retrieve when the sleet slants down at that exact angle that makes it run down the back of one's neck.
AWEsome pictures. Being a middle school teacher, I am infected with that word and say it too much...but in this case I mean it - original meaning!

Dave, welcome to my blog and thank your for the ho...

2008-10-23T19:19:23.821-04:00

Dave, welcome to my blog and thank your for the hosting fall color project. It will be nice to see more foliage as our leaves fade. I remember those years of carrying a baby on my back in the mountains. Now my son is carrying the heaviest pack with the food, and we struggle to keep up with him.

Pamela, thank you! These were the best leaves I'd ever seen. I was a bit like a dog on a walk, only I stopped to take photos instead of sniff bushes and then had to dash to catch up. I thought Edward and you would enjoy seeing Stella.

Anil, a New England fall is special. I believe the inn is open all year. We booked only a few weeks ahead of time, and they still had room. I’m not sure why it stopped being a theater, but I’d guess it was due to change in ownership.

Nancy, double welcome to my blog. It’s so easy to make typos in blog comments. I do like complementary color combinations like green and red. The contrast is so striking. I’ll come visit your blog soon.

Rose, Maine is a large state with a low population. Most leaf peepers head to New Hampshire because it’s closer and more of the White Mountain National Forest is there. Even there, the crowds thin once you hike away from the roads.

W2W, that’s a nice picture of hiking for harmony. I am back in my writing groove again. It really helps to have a partner checking in daily. It’s otherwise too easy to spend fun time on blogs etc. when we should be writing our novels.

What a wonderful time you all had on your hike! Th...

2008-10-23T17:46:38.688-04:00

What a wonderful time you all had on your hike! There really is nothing like it to bring family members closer. Maybe the political divide would be healed if people from opposing camps would just go hiking together! I'm jealous of your beautiful colors there in Maine. This year, the colors in S. Illinois have been nothing to brag about, at least not yet. Glad you've found your writing groove again.

What beautiful views--I enjoyed going on this hike...

2008-10-23T13:46:41.415-04:00

What beautiful views--I enjoyed going on this hike vicariously with you, Sarah. I'm afraid you won't find me hiking on any steep slopes:)
I'm curious why you didn't see many others on the trails. Do the tourists view the fall foliage from the comfort of their cars?

Looks like you had a lovely family weekend together.