by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. For this installment, I’m remembering when I raised chickens. At about age 12, each girl in a club I belonged to had to do a summer project. Being raised on a farm, I opted to raise bantam chickens. […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. This week, I’m going to talk about my childhood and an interesting thing I experienced. Enjoy! From ages 10 to 17, I grew up with foster kids. Since I was an only child, this presented quite a challenge. […]
by Evangeline T. Welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. For this installment, I’m looking back at my early school days. Times definitely have changed, since then! I grew up in the small town of LaGrange, Maine. We had a general store, a post office, service station, and a railroad […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. For this installment, I’m remembering when I raised chickens. At about age 12, each girl in a club I belonged to had to do a summer project. Being raised on a farm, I opted to raise bantam chickens. […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. This week, I want to tell you about my name. When my mother was in grade school, she was required to read the story of Evangeline. Then and there, she decided that if she ever had a daughter, […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. This week, I want to tell you about a fun birthday I had as a girl. When I was ten, we moved to a 250-acre farm. Like most farms back then, the house, shed, and barn were connected. […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. This week, I have a fish tale for you. Hope you enjoy it! Every fisherman (or woman) has a tale to tell about the big fish that got away or the trips taken to catch fish in some […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. For this installment, I have a story about my dad as a youngster and one memorable day when he fed the pigs. He sure learned a lesson! I’d been born in my grandparents’ large farm house, and as […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. For this installment, I have a story about the wonderful Saturday nights of my childhood. I recall when Saturday night was something to look forward to, a truly special and momentous event. My home town only had a […]
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. This issue, I have a story for you. Hope you enjoy it! In a small bicycle shop at the end of the mall, tucked away in a dark corner, was a very sad bike named Blue. He had […]