Near Bar Harbor is another ecotourism location that is well traveled. Do not expect to be alone much in this park. It is well worth the crowds and is set up to allow for ease of travel by their two lane one way loop. We found this park two days while we were in Maine. … Continue reading Down East Maine: Acadia National Park
Our whole trip danced us in and out of the U.S./Canadian border. So naturally right across the bridge from where we stayed in Maine was a place called Roosevelt Campobello International Park. It was the boyhood summer home of FDR and his family. He often returned to it throughout his life and during his … Continue reading Campobello – Canada
There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think it's absolutely a world onto itself. - Jamie Wyeth Silence of spotty service had me seeking out a WiFi cafe. I leave you with just a taste of posts to come. - Bee
1. Is there a real speed limit? About 15 minutes after we crossed the bridge from Saulte St. Marie we had a serious confusion on our hands. It wasn't how to change the newer cars from the US to metric system. That was fixed quickly for the speed limits. The confusion was we were … Continue reading 5 Silly American Questions for Canada
My first stop in the trip involves horses and carriages, fudge, and the best coffee. There is plenty to see and do on an island only 8.2 miles in diameter. Biking, hiking, and horse back riding to name a few. This time around we also tried the nightlife. This island is small, quaint, and calm. … Continue reading Mackinac Island
All Mantras come from Anxiety-gone.com This week I am barely sleeping and barely eating. This is normal right? So naturally, unlike when I was too young to know better, I sought out mantras to help me pass through this week of being brave. “Release all worry and celebrate what could go right.” When September started, I … Continue reading The Growing Monster of ‘What If’
I sit here in the peaceful darkness of early morning. My sleep is all rearranged from working strange new hours and a mind that is often too busy of woulda, coulda, shoulda. And yet, I am still contentedly at peace. I long to hear the crickets but they are passed their time now as fall … Continue reading Early Morning Musing
Word Of The Day Challenge: Mentor The time has come for me to choose a mentor. It weighs heavily on my mind as I step into a new world so different from the one I lived even three months ago. The essence of humanity that is quickly becoming lost is learning from our elders. Wisdom … Continue reading Word of the Day Challenge: Mentor
Copyright Comfortpit.com “It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.” ― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My … Continue reading The Importance of Being Brave
“She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks. Sometimes, when it's going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery.” ― David Nicholls, One Day Often … Continue reading Why is Character Description So Awkward?
A Girl Named Bee 