I fight for the kitchen, so it doesn’t grow cold

I’ve been chipping away on a rocket stove, there it goes

It is the heart, oh the spice of life

If the kitchen goes, this old house will die

But not on my watch, not here today

I’m on 2018 missions, so get out of this rustics way

Who would have guessed, I could change my life

With a fork and a spoon and a good old pocket knife

It is a matter of fact and I hope to see

When dealing with quintessence, your dealing with simplicity

Rigged lines pull taunt in a perfunctory exclamation of breath

One received, never to perish

Wind perhaps, or my own

Maybe both

The precipice rising from flat seas overwhelms in steeped desire

Tears puddle in place

Waves embrace

Companionship sought

Muscles pull apart at seams unknown, an awkward pursuit

Wood splinters in the palm

Hands, caked in salt 

Almost, Almost

Here I am, drifting again, as tall pointed firs peek

Driftwood as my table,

The sea my nemesis, my lover

Two teen sisters gab on a rural porch, dividing the world’s offerings

between them, as a younger brother stood behind with wooden matches. 

Strike. Burn. Tossed fire in a lush green valley in the 1930’s where

The air was moist but not moist enough to quench the thirst of girls in a rush

to cleave mother’s apron strings. Somewhere else they lamented, 

not here amid bushes of ripe raspberries speckled with ticks waiting

to draw their sweeter, pulsing pulp of life.

One sister brushed away a glow in her hair, kissed the burn to her hand. 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church,  36 Dublin Hill, Machias. Services, 9 a.m. April through November; 9:30 a.m. December through March. Rev. Lynn Rutledge FMI: 207-214-7548 or staidansmachias.org.

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Beals Wesleyan Church, Elm Street, Beals. 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship; 6 p.m. evangelistic hour. Wednesday 6 p.m. prayer time. Pastor Nick Wilson, 207-497-2262 or 207-530-0567.

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Kevin W. Kilton

on his 50th Birthday.

4/19/68–5/27/97

Happy Birthday Kev.  We miss you so much. Love you to the moon & back.

Love,

Mom, Dad, Tammy, Casey

In Loving Memory of

Nancy Beal Smith

Who lost her battle with cancer on April 29, 2016.

Don’t think of her as gone away

Her journey has just begun

Life holds so many facets

This earth is only one

Think of her as living

In the hearts of those she touched.

For nothing loved is ever lost 

And she was loved so much.

Lovingly remembered

by all the family

by Barbara Barnett 

This April, Down East Hospice Volunteers of Washington County hosted a hospice volunteer training at Down East Community Hospital.  The hospital graciously provided space for each training day and many of the hospital staff joined the groups to present in their areas of expertise.  It was five days of training, adding up to a total of 25 hours, covering all of the mandatory topics.

by Nancy Beal

During National Volunteer Week last week, scores of Mainers were recognized for volunteering over 500 hours of volunteer service in 2017 and each received the Governor’s Award for Service and Volunteerism. Five individuals had logged over 3,000 hours of service, and 32 had performed over 2,000. 

Among those honored were 20 people from 14 towns in Washington County. Eight of the 20 had logged over 1,000 hours of volunteer service.

The Eastport Port Authority announced the planned arrival of the first cruise ship of six planned ship visits for the 2018 Cruise Season.  The Norway based cruise line, Huritgruten Inc.,  ship the MS Fram  tied up to the new Eastport Breakwater Terminal Pier at 8 a.m. on April 21, arriving from Bar Harbor.  Eastport was the last port call on it’s cruise north to Halifax Nova Scotia.