bobinmaine

The guy who owns the home here, purchased it for his mom 4 years ago. She past away two years ago and the house has been vacant ever since. The once, beautiful flower garden has been over run with...

Some of you have asked what keeps me busy at times and why I occasionally miss time here on DS.Tomorrow we will be singing at a place called The Lighthouse. It's a community meal program where...

This was one of the many lessons I have learned in life, so I thought I'd share it with you all. Here is a little backstory. My partner and I sing in the church we attend on Sunday's. It was never...

It really helps to say a prayer in the morning before I do anything.A prayer that followed me into the snow.God, go first today.  Put gentleness in my voice, steadiness in my hands,  and peace in...

This happened recently, and it stayed with me. I’m sharing it because it reflects something I keep learning in recovery and in life—that sometimes growth doesn’t come through big breakthroughs,...

There is more to the story but I was going to save it for a future book I am in the process of writing but after thinking about it, I thought,  Nah!.....I am going to share it with the people I love...

Woke up to a white Christmas with snow coming down all day long.Just a short message to let you all know, I made it through the performance last night. I made several mistakes having temporaily lost...

The Guitar That Remembered MeA Hymn of ReturnI was ten years old when music first found me,and from that moment on, the guitar becamethe place where my heart learned how to speak.Through childhood,...

I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving.We are skipping the traditional Thanksgiving meal and will be eating a seafood dinner which is more traditional from where we come from.I hope y'all...

The Bee and the ButterflyWhile watching the butterflies on the flowers, I also noticed bumblebees—large, gentle, purposeful. On some flowers, both a bee and a butterfly were working side by side,...

A Prayer for World PeaceBeloved Creator, We lift our hearts in quiet hope for the healing of the world. Where there is division, sow understanding. Where there is hatred, plant seeds of compassion....

At one point the temperature hit 102  which felt like 113 on the heat index. late afternoon it is a balmy 97 and feels like 99 with the heat index.They say you have to be a lizard to live in a Maine...

I was wondering how many here have been affected by the Canadian wildfire smoke.  I had to take my dog to the vet yesterday and was surprised he blamed his eye irritation on fine particulates coming...

We have a big spruce tree in front of our house which we planted over 35 years ago.  It was a tree that was in the way of a shed I wanted to build but I wanted to relocate this little tree instead...

I just got back from my vacation. I visited family in NC, near Sunset Beach. We did alot of things while there but out of all the things we did, our favorite was the Kindred spirits mailbox. It’s...