from Gene’s Notebook
…in central Maine, 20 years ago, I picked some wildflowers – did not ask permission – and the landowner pulled up in a big car and said, “Give them to me! You did not ask!”
I did as told, and this year, I saw blackberries on her fence-line and went to her door and [...]
A woman of Maine
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Literature · Personal · Poetry · daily living
Reproductive health care under attack
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
a note from Stan
Full disclosure: Last November I joined the board of directors of Planned Parenthood of Cameron and Willacy Counties, a non-governmental agency delivering health care and education to more than eleven thousand women locally. Our motto is “Prevention First,” and we believe that quality, scientifically based education, including contraceptive methods, is the first [...]
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