My friend Emily, who keeps Dr. Renny Sardella's optometry office humming in Willowdale, spent part of her summer Down East and brought me back a charming weekly paper from Damariscotta, Maine, full of homey news, minutely detailed reports from the police and courts, and ads from upscale art galleries and seafood restaurants. The photos of the Midcoast Maine "cottages" for sale are especially impressive.
Emily said she thought one particular column in the paper would amuse me. It's written by a woman who lives in a retirement home and chronicles her every activity, mostly related to doctor's appointments, ailments, and meals. She refers to her husband "my sweetheart," which I found endearing.
At the other end of the spectrum, one of her fellow columnists is a retired economist who writes an erudite column about investing and economic history. It's so well written and lengthy it's hard to believe he cranks one out every week.
There's also a cooking column called "Ponder and Stir" that blends nostalgia and recipes. In the column I read, the author shares her mother's "kitchen motto": "Cast your bread upon the water -- and it may come back with peanut butter and jelly."
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