Local native weaves stories about growing up in Dexter

I am please to announce that my long time friend Fred Wintle has published a new book "When Weavers Wove". Short Stories of a Small New England Mill Town

Fred's introduction to his book is as follows:
This story begins on Lower Spring Street at the house where I grew up with four sisters and a younger brother in the fifties. The essence of the book really begins with the reader standing on the knoll in the hollow behind Poirier’s Market and Field’s Garage, which are both situated on Spring Street. I invite you to stroll with me through the streets of a small Maine Mill Town.

When Weavers Wove is the story of every small town New England family who lived during the tumultuous transition from Industrial Age to baby boomers of the sixties and seventies and the loss of their innocence. It is an embellished view written by a fifth generation Yankee blessed with the gift of knowing people and capturing their stories from the 19th, 20th, and 21st century.

When Weavers Wove is a collection of short stories written to capture the taste, smell, sounds, and realities of a by gone era. An era that looms large in our memories. An era which, in no small way, still longs for its innocence. When Weavers Wove is by and large a work of nonfiction written as a stroll through Dexter, Maine, a small New England Mill town, which typifies the birth and end of the Industrial Age.

Fred will be having a book signing during Dexter's Winter Festival at the Historical Society Gift Shop on Church Street on Saturday Feb. 17th 10 to 2. Fred will be reading from his book at the top of the hour during his book signing. There will only be a limited amount of 1st Edition books on hand, so get there early.
Another Dexter 'boy' will also be on hand that day, Artist Mark Robichaud will be displaying his art at the museum.

Local boys showing what great talent we have in Dexter!

Saying of the Day

While watching a Kleenex commercial, the punch line was "Tears don't compromise my strengths"..
I could go into a long dissertation about "tears & women", but I will make it short. Do you find yourself being very passionate about something and it brings you to the "watering of the eye" at times you wish it wouldn't. IE: speaking at meetings for me :)

I have found that those menopausal moments to be maddening, but I try to remember that I have no control over those leaky eyes, it is just the sign of the times.

Many men seem to take it as a weakness, but we women know it is just passion in what we believe in!
So, when I saw that commercial, it was an 'a ha' moment.
Hence, "Tears don't compromise my strengths" is my new favorite saying.....
Have a nice day,
Judy