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World’s Fastest Lobsterboat

Ain’t Maine cool?!?!

18 July 2008 | maine, loster, boat, race | 1 Comment

The Greenest City in Maine

Saco (sock-o) was recently chosen as “the greenest city in Maine” by Going Green Magazine. Yippee. As such, it will host the Maine Going Green Energy, Building & Living Expo in September.
One of the factors in the decision was our two wind turbines.  The new train depot and city offices will be powered […]

16 July 2008 | maine, saco, environment, green, windmill, wind, turbine | No Comments

Sex Education and Censorship in America

Playboy Magazine is NOT pornography.  It might be offensive to some, but it is certainly not obscene by any legal standard.  Playboy contains articles by some of the best writers and interviews of the most interesting and high-profile personalities.  Each issue also contains several pictorials featuring women whose dress ranges from fully clothed to completely […]

3 July 2008 | religion, maine, playboy, parenting, censorship, police, law enforcement, morality, nudity, sex, sexuality, sex education, liberty, freedom, child abuse | 85 Comments

Our First Maine Anniversary

A year ago today we arrived in Maine. Hooray! And what a year it’s been. We love being Mainers. The landscapes are spectacular and so are the people.
The schools here in Saco are wonderful and have worked with us to provide the girls excellent educational opportunites and have kept them challenged. […]

13 June 2008 | family, maine, danley | 2 Comments

Flickr Explore

I recently had my fifty-sixth photo reach Explore on Flickr. One of my contacts, Travis Church, commented that most of my photos that have made it into Explore were taken since moving to Maine. He’s right. Let me break down the numbers then I’ll offer a bit of analysis.
Each photo uploaded to […]

8 June 2008 | photography, maine, flickr, kansas, explore, interestingness | No Comments

Picture In Picture

“How did you do that?” For some this questions is probably simple to answer. The following explanation is for those of you still scratching your head.

The idea for this shot came to me in the shower yesterday, where I do some of my best thinking. I was inspired by a photo I saw […]

21 February 2008 | skye, photography, maine, lighthouse, photoshop, technique, illusion, layers, trick, portland head light, phl, processing | 1 Comment

School Begins Anew

brentdanley
Jenna and Skye started school today. We are excited the girls are in great schools and have excellent teachers. Jenna is in a multiage (1st and 2nd grade) class at Fairfield and Skye is in a multiage (3rd and 4th grade) class at Burns School. We had never heard of the multiage […]

29 August 2007 | skye, jenna, maine, education, saco, school | 3 Comments

Meetup.com

Last week, while searching the internet for like-minded people here in southern Maine, I discovered a new and wonderful website. Meetup.com is a place where anyone can plan events for people who share a common interest. It’s fantastic! Group members can share photos, messages, files, and are able to comment on and rate […]

23 August 2007 | maine, web, fun, adventure, portland, social, internet, activity, friend | No Comments

Acadia National Park

brentdanley
Last Monday we packed up from three days of camping at Balsam Cove Campground at Toddy Pond to drive to Acadia National Park to see the park and purchase our annual pass.  Brian, a camper in the site next to us, told us about Seawall Campground inside Acadia that does not take reservations and almost […]

29 July 2007 | family, maine, adventure, recreation, outdoors, camping, acadia | 1 Comment

Lost!

brentdanley
I was determined to get on the pond early to enjoy the sunrise and calm before everyone else began their fishing and boating activities. We were staying at Balsam Cove Campground for three nights and I only had the canoe rented for the morning and I wanted to make the most of it. […]

27 July 2007 | maine, adventure, recreation, camping, toddy pond, canoeing | 1 Comment

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