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Post by supprazz on Aug 18, 2011 2:39:27 GMT -5
What did you think of Pine Island in Stacey's Book? I wished I could go there and try to see what it's like living in a place like that. I do like blueberries and found berry picking and fishing fun the very few times I tried it as a kid, and being away from the noise would have been relaxing.
I wish she would have shut up about the lobsters though, those things are delicious
Was this island based off a real place in Maine or another place? I never figured it out.
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Post by greer on Aug 18, 2011 6:40:09 GMT -5
What did you think of Pine Island in Stacey's Book? I wished I could go there and try to see what it's like living in a place like that. I do like blueberries and found berry picking and fishing fun the very few times I tried it as a kid, and being away from the noise would have been relaxing. I wish she would have shut up about the lobsters though, those things are delicious Was this island based off a real place in Maine or another place? I never figured it out. There are lots of islands off the coast of Maine. Ann's uncle (I think?), Charles E. Martin, who illustrated New Yorker covers, lived on the island of Mohegan, so Ann has some familiarity with Maine islands. Claudia goes to Mohegan with her family in Everything Changes and mentions Ann's uncle.  Here is a video about him: blog.cartoonbank.com/2011/05/02/charles-e-martin-a-life-in-art/ |
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Post by supprazz on Aug 18, 2011 18:47:16 GMT -5
What? Claudia mentions Ann's uncle? Was he playing an artist in the series or something? I'm going to check that link out a little later.
Was it really true about there being no electricity or phones out there?
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Post by greer on Aug 20, 2011 4:34:29 GMT -5
Mohegan has phones/electricity.
Claudia just mentions that lots of artists have lived on Mohegan, including Charles Martin.
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Post by supprazz on Aug 20, 2011 5:10:36 GMT -5
awesome I want a blueberry pie and seafood now, lobster! |
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Post by virgoscorpio on Aug 20, 2011 17:19:35 GMT -5
LOVE THIS DISCUSSION.
Thanks for bringing up Monhegan. I just looked it up now.
Karen goes to Maine in Karen's Magic Garden. I just love hearing about places like this. You would definitely be very connected to nature.
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Post by anzuhana on Aug 22, 2011 10:58:03 GMT -5
I think I would've liked the island if I was there only for a few days, like three to four days, since I'll probably get bored if I stayed there longer.
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Post by supprazz on Aug 28, 2011 23:16:14 GMT -5
Glad you are enjoying the topic If Stacey were only there for a few days, she wouldn't have ended up becoming friends with Mara and doing all the fun stuff. I think the purpose was to show the reader how this experience taught Stacey about not being a city snob and prepared her for the Stoneybrook move. It would have been nice if Mara and Stacey still wrote to each other, or found one another online and she visited Stoneybrook, or they both went to Ireland! |
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Post by supprazz on Aug 30, 2011 0:46:56 GMT -5
I got such a funny random thought today. What I would have given to see the look on Stacey's face had she gone with her parents to dig up clams
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Post by supprazz on Sept 7, 2011 5:09:01 GMT -5
Some wiki facts:
Maine produces 25% of all lowbush blueberries in North America, making it the largest producer in the world.[citation needed] Maine's 24,291 hectares (60,020 acres) (FAO figures)[Full citation needed] of blueberry were propagated from native plants that occur naturally in the understory of its coastal forests.[citation needed] The Maine crop requires about 50,000 beehives for pollination, with most of the hives being trucked in from other states for that purpose.[citation needed] Many towns in Maine lay claim to being the blueberry capital, and several festivals are centered around the blueberry. The wild blueberry is the official fruit of Maine and is often as much a symbol of Maine as the lobster. While Maine is the leader of lowbush blueberry production in the United States, Michigan is the leader in highbush production
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Post by anzuhana on Jan 18, 2012 21:02:41 GMT -5
^ I have a book called It Happened In Maine and one of the Maine facts is that it raises 98% of all lowbush blueberries in the United States.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 11, 2012 10:46:45 GMT -5
Go edit Wiki then
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Post by supprazz on Dec 23, 2012 22:56:11 GMT -5
I've eaten a lot of blueberry pie this year and looove it! I also went to Fisherman's Wharf in the summer
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Post by booboobrewer on Dec 24, 2012 1:34:46 GMT -5
I went to Maine in April. It's gorgeous there...too bad Stacey didn't see any lighthouses, I visited many |
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Post by supprazz on Dec 24, 2012 6:03:49 GMT -5
Yeah it would have been nice if Mara took her to one
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