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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 14:21:14
As you all know, Maine is my home..no other artist evokes my love for Maine as much as Paul Sullivan--so I'd like to share some of his music--piano jazz
PAUL SULLIVAN
Longtime member of the Paul Winter COnsort, Paul lives in Brooklyn, Maine, and is now creating jazz that reflects everything Maine for you all enjoy, from me...
Eggemoggin Reach
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Eggemoggin+Reach/3VKAQm?src=5
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 17:20:41
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Originally posted by LeeRob
WOW! You may want to look up Michael Chipman (Chippy) down Harpswell way. He is an amazing keyboardist and an old, old friend. 'Taught me how to play Let It Be on the old Steinways at the Bowdoin College music room. Good times. . .
It's all the same day.
Hi LeeRob...thanks. I have marveled at the music wafting through the air from the Music building, while walking though the old Bowdoin College campus.
Many changes, LR, if you haven't been back in a while...big box stores all over Topsham & Brunswick, but it still retains its charm downtown; & where Harpswell's Bailey Island, & Cundy's Harbor still cherish their centuries old working harbors...lobster boats with old salts & lobstermen, still populating the waters, and chatting over coffee in the small general stores, telling anecdotes and sharing old tales.
At times, it's like a Stephen King story where one passes through some kind of a time portal into a world gone by. Much like Sleepy Hollow, or like in jolly Old England, I still like to believe...in some out-of-the-way hamlet where time stands still.
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
| LeeRob |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 16:41:30
WOW! You may want to look up Michael Chipman (Chippy) down Harpswell way. He is an amazing keyboardist and an old, old friend. 'Taught me how to play Let It Be on the old Steinways at the Bowdoin College music room. Good times. . .
It's all the same day. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 15:45:25
quote:
Originally posted by captain america and billy
One great guilty pleasure of mine has always been Barry Manilow's "Weekend in New England",whose porported images of "long rocky beaches" always,for me at least,conjured up the lovely spectacles of the beautiful Maine shorelines.When I was fifteen or so,a friend of mine invited me up for a weekend at his family's retreat in Kennebunkport.Even the very breathing air up there was almost exasperatingly exhilirating!What part of Vacationland do you hail from,L.K.?
Midcoast MAINE...Bailey Island is connected to the "maineland" by series of bridges. Starting in Brunswick (14 miles drive to Bailey Island), south on 24, over a short bridge to Great Island, several miles to the bridge to Orr's Island, then in 5 minutes we cross over the one of a kind in the world-Cribstone Bridge to Bailey Island where the land ends. Before 1929 the only way to Bailey Island was by ferry.
The pic above shows the Cribstone Bridge...that's Orr's Island in the distance
The Bailey Island Bridge (also called the Cribstone Bridge) is a historic bridge in the town of Harpswell within Cumberland County in the state of Maine.
For many years, the residents of Bailey Island, Maine advocated that a bridge be built to connect their island with Orr's Island.[2] The town of Harpswell, Maine, which encompasses both islands, turned down the request. However, when the Maine Legislature drafted a law allowing the state and counties to fund bridge construction, a plan emerged to build such a bridge. A contract was signed in 1926, with construction beginning on the Bailey Island Bridge in 1927 and finishing in 1928. The engineer for the project was Llewelyn N. Edwards, bridge engineer for the Maine State Highway Commission.[2]
Design
Design of the 1,150-foot bridge was complicated by the tides in the area known as Will's Gut. It was decided to build a cribstone[clarification needed] bridge using granite slabs from local quarries on the border between Yarmouth, Maine and Pownal, Maine. Granite slabs were considered sufficiently heavy to withstand wind and wave, while the open cribbing allowed the tide to ebb and flow freely without increasing tidal current to any great degree. Some 10,000 tons of granite were used in the project. A concrete road (now part of Route 24) was built on top of the cribstones.
Edwards was the head of the Bridge Division. Someone working under Edwards was probably the designer and someone else was the Resident Engineer on the job. The original plans would indicate the designer and archived records would reveal who was resident on the project.
Additions and Recognition
A sidewalk was added in 1951 and guard rails in 1961. On July 19, 1984 the Bailey Island Bridge was recognized as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The Bailey Island Bridge is reported to be the only granite cribstone bridge in the world.[2]
In 2009 and 2010, the bridge underwent reconstruction to repair cracked or sheared stones.[3] During the repairs a 1,000 foot temporary bridge was placed alongside the cribstone bridge so that traffic could continue without disruption. On November 20, 2010, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and parade took place to celebrate the reopening of the bridge.[4] The restored bridge maintains the dimensions of the original, and the replacement stones were obtained from the same quarry in Yarmouth that supplied the original.
Bailey Island of Harpswell, Miane
Notable persons of Harpswell & nearby towns
* Robert P. T. Coffin, author, poet
* Patrick Dempsey, actor
* Stephen M. Etnier, artist
* Elijah Kellogg, minister, lecturer, author
* Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet
* James L. Nelson, novelist
* Robert Peary, explorer-North Pole
* Mark Rogers, baseball pitcher
* Margaret Chase Smith, US senator
* Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
views of Bailey Island--the the center below...my neighbor & friend owns the larger of the two lower islands (and the house on it) in the lower right corner of the aerial view below.
Giant Staircase on Bailey Island...a few steps down the road from us
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
| captain america and billy |
Posted - 02/10/2012 : 17:13:14
One great guilty pleasure of mine has always been Barry Manilow's "Weekend in New England",whose porported images of "long rocky beaches" always,for me at least,conjured up the lovely spectacles of the beautiful Maine shorelines.When I was fifteen or so,a friend of mine invited me up for a weekend at his family's retreat in Kennebunkport.Even the very breathing air up there was almost exasperatingly exhilirating!What part of Vacationland do you hail from,L.K.? |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 17:29:25
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Originally posted by Kula John
Didn't realise you were from Maine LK. My last girlfriend was from there. She LOVES the state, and judging from her stories and photos I can see exactly why. I'd planned to visit with her one day, but alas things didn't work out. However, maybe one day when the scars from the break up have healed I'll be able to visit her there as friends.
For the time that I've been given's such a little while and the things that I must do consist of more than style....
I hope you heal in time...Maine is a world unto itself.
Here is a scene & song from another Maine label- Marisha
Peter Bradley Adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6fvCbKNZI&feature=relmfu
And a picture from my front window....Garrison Cove, Bailey Island, Maine.
Colin Devlin also on the Marisha label...Maine scene
What Good Is Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-qMjZa6e40&feature=related
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
| Kula John |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 17:04:46
Didn't realise you were from Maine LK. My last girlfriend was from there. She LOVES the state, and judging from her stories and photos I can see exactly why. I'd planned to visit with her one day, but alas things didn't work out. However, maybe one day when the scars from the break up have healed I'll be able to visit her there as friends.
For the time that I've been given's such a little while and the things that I must do consist of more than style....
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 17:05:54
Farewell to Maine
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Farewell+To+Maine/3VKH77?src=5
Just prefect.
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
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