Pamela Leavey

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Amidst

Amidst the profound longing

For something more

We do not always find it.

And then we find we must

Step back

Before we step forward again.

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Eastport Sunset

Yesterday, as the sun was setting here in Eastport, I took a walk up High Street towards the beach. The sky was simply spectacular:

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I’m always struck by the majestic beauty here. It feeds the soul: (more…)

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Lost

Lost…

The thing

That you are missing

Can’t be lost

If you never

Found it.

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Longing for Planting Season

I stopped at Home Depot in New Hampshire over the weekend to pick up some business supplies and I found myself wandering through the gardening section picking out seed packets of my favorite vegetables.

I am longing for planting season… waiting for the last frost, to be exact, so that I can plant my seeds, tend my garden and then reap it’s harvest in the Summer.

I will no doubt plant some flowers as well, but my focus at this point is planting my own little victory garden. And speaking of gardening and flowers, the NY Times has really good read today: Hands-On History Lessons.

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Harness the Wind

A couple of weeks ago I was down in Newburyport, MA (my hometown) and saw that someone had erected a wind turbine. Not everyone there is happy with the wind turbine, however some get the value and understand that we must utilize alternative energy sources before it’s too late. One of the claims about wind turbines is they make too much noise. A Newburyport resident who drives by every day says not so.

After seeing the wind turbine in Newburyport two weeks ago, I wondered why Eastport, Maine, where I recently re-located to after nearly 19 years in Los Angeles, isn’t working on wind turbines of their own. The cost per KWH of electricity here is outrageous. Part of the problem is the transport of the electricity. A few well placed wind turbines would generate quite a bit of power for the lovely coastal city in the Passamaquoddy Bay and would give residents a break on their electric bills. (more…)

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Re-Inventing the Self

I’ve been in Eastport, Maine now for almost 5 months. I realized the other day in musing about my first winter here that I had gone from the frying pan (Los Angeles) into the freezer, by moving here right before winter started.

Now that I am settling in here and have survived my first Winter, I am so looking forward to Spring and Summer. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with the next part of my life, and although I have lots of ideas, there has been nothing tangible yet, though I am confident at the right time, the next aspect will appear.

I guess you could say I am re-inventing the self. What’s next remains a mystery…

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