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Reflections: Maine or Bust… Looking Back on My Grand Mid-life Crisis Adventure

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In the fall of 2008, I embarked on a cross-country, life changing move from Los Angeles to Eastport, Maine with my daughter, her cat, and all our belongings jam-packed into a 6′ x 12′ U-Haul Trailer. The journey cross-country was as jam-packed as the trailer, with my friend Mario behind the wheel, we set out to make it cross-country in breakneck speed, traveling from Los Angeles to Rock’s Village, Massachusetts in 4 1/2 days. Mario had volunteered to get us safely from point A to just north of Boston, from there I would be on my own driving to Maine. As luck would have it, once arrived in Massachusetts, another dear friend, who recently passed away, stepped up and attached my U-Haul trailer to his 8-cylinder SUV to haul it up to Eastport for me. A bit of what prompted me to make the move and what happened once we located follows…

In the summer of 2008, I realized that it was time to leave Los Angeles. (more…)

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Comparison Essay: A Life in Two Cities

A Life in Two Cities

In the summer of 2008, I finally decided that I had had enough of living in Los Angeles.  The time had come for me to return to my native New England. However, instead of longing for the banks of the Merrimack River and the sandy beaches of my childhood in Massachusetts, I longed for the lure of the rocky, rugged coast of Maine. When the opportunity arose to move to that rugged Maine coast in Eastport, I was ready to make that leap with my nineteen-year-old daughter.

The irony did not escape me that we would be moving from one coastal corner of America to another. From the southwest to the northeast, or should I say, Down East, as Eastport, Maine is the easternmost city in Maine’s Down East region and the United States. This move from one city to another was not a mere cross-country relocation from one expansive city to another. Oh no, every aspect of Eastport was polar opposite from Los Angeles and I could not have chosen a more perfect place to detox our spirits after living in L.A. for nearly twenty years.   (more…)

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Daily Affirmations: Moving Forward

Today I re-mind myself that moving forward with my life sometimes means moving through difficult times and phases. I recognize that which brings me pain and sorrow and strive each day to release it to the universe until it is but a memory of the past. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

Marginal Way Ogunquit Maine

Photo: The Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2013

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Daily Affirmations: Inspiration

Today, I re-mind myself that inspiration and creativity can found all around me. May this day, and every day, fill my being with inspiration and creativity that I may share with others. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

Marginal Way Ogunquit Maine

Photo: The Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2013

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Blue Whales Delight Whale Watchers in So Cal and Maine

I just had to share this video from NBC Evening News about the pod of blue whales that have been delighting whale watchers in the Los Angeles area.

The blue whales were once almost extinct but they have mande a huge comeback and NBC News reports that a blue whale was also “spotted by whale watchers just off the coast of Maine last Sunday.”

Maybe we’ll hear of sighting by one of the more local whale watching boats here on the North Shore sometime soon.

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You Can’t Get There From Here: A Trip to Eastport

Three weeks ago I took a trip to Eastport Maine with a friend. The weather was mostly rainy, misty, foggy, but I still managed to take a lot of wonderful photos:

My photo gallery of the Eastport trip has a slideshow here.

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