In Pursuit Of Maine: September 2, 2014 - Veiled

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

September 2, 2014 - Veiled

It is another one of those days. You know what kind of days I mean. They are “forgotten” days. If you stay inside any kind of house or building or manmade structure, you will experience this as just a “foggy” day, but it will still be a regular day to you. And you will miss another chance. However, if you go outside, everything changes.

The veil between the worlds.

Leave your house early in the morning, placing a scarf or veil or hood on your head. Shroud yourself as the Earth shrouds herself. Mimic her. Walk quietly and do not speak. Find a place where no one else will be. This is easier for some than others, but you can do it. When you arrive, unveil yourself and listen. Wait for bells far off in the distance, clanking, echoing . . . Listen. Do you hear voices? Or do ideas just suddenly come to you? There is a message waiting for you on a day like this. Hold your hands out as far from your face as you can. Does the mist envelop them? What are you grasping out there? Bring it to your heart.

On days like this, the sun is lost. Search for it but you will not find it. The light is not with you today. On days like this, the mist claims the Earth and holds the sun at bay. The gentle mist, so thin you can walk right through it, can hold off a giant ball of hurtling flame as if it were nothing. Now that is strength. That is power.

Re-shroud yourself. Return home as silently as you came. Learn the lesson of the veil.

"The Plain Maine Cookbook" is my own collection of vintage Maine recipes that will immediately bring you back to a simpler time, a less confused time. These recipes are more than just comfort food. They're family food, traditional food, simple food, plain food. One bite and you'll say, "Ah, yes! I remember my grandmother used to make this. I had forgotten all about it!" Recipes for whoopie pies, funnel cakes, fried fiddleheads, haymaker's switchel, coffee can bread, glogg, and much more are in these pages. There is even a recipe on how to render lard. So open the door and go back to some simple, time-tested foods you can prepare easily. You'll find that you save money and waste less by "making do" with commodity cooking. What's in the pantry or in the garden is what's for dinner.

"So You Want to Move to Maine" is an invaluable little book in helping people to make a permanent move to Maine. It will save you a ton of time because all the initial footwork is done for you, including 100 links on how to find work and living quarters, getting your driver's license, pet requirements, programs for people with disabilities, programs for senior citizens, getting married in Maine, hidden taxes and expenses, hospitals, health insurance, handling a real winter like a pro, etc. Stop being "just a number" or another face in the crowd. Walk away from the rat race. Become boldly individualistic and make your mark in life. You can still do that in Maine, one of the last holdouts of ordinary, old-fashioned, kind, and decent American living.

I’ve chosen 37 unique fairy tales that will be loved by both adults and children as they can be read and interpreted on many levels. But if you are looking for only sweet tales that end in joy and fairness, you may want to pass this book by. Some fairy tales are simply “dark,” and that is because sometimes life is simply dark. Not always, of course, but often enough. Sometimes the hero lives; sometimes he dies. Check out my book, “Fairy Tales of Maine,” in the photo link below. If you are brave, you might just meet yourself in one of these tales.