M A I N E ...

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July 22, 2025 - 6:25AM…

Awake for the last hour…in Maine. We shouldn’t be here for so many reasons, yet I’m so glad we are. Everyone is in good spirits coming off of a few days in Utica. We’re here until Saturday. There’s something about Mady going away in August that makes this trip in particular so damn bittersweet. When I stirred at 5:30AM she was awake and had already walked down to the water. I followed suit. Low tide. Crisp temps. A new way to access the beach this year due to the ever shifting tides. The wildness here never rests. I’ve got coffee brewing. The sun is shining thru the windows lighting up this journal as I write. A bottle of water by my side to get things started. No idea what we’re up to today. Doesn’t matter. Windows are cracked. The sound of the sea in the background. All is right with the world for the moment. A sleeping house. Sara and I celebrate 19 years today. Seems like yesterday that she walked into the office and into my life. What a wild ride. I am so incredibly lucky.

The other day...

I went to the pool the other day. I didn’t really want to go but Ollie was there and hoping that I would show up so I did. I found his stuff and took the chaise alongside…three rows back from the pool’s edge…overflowing with young kiddos and their respective young parents…laughing, splashing and drinking beer — the future crop of the neighborhood. Teenagers in groups of two and three flirted and circled the pool deck…checking themselves and each other out, while the eldest of the community carved out the lap lanes…slowly, methodically making their way back and forth. I just sat there, noticing it all…three layers removed. Now I’m here , a couple of days later, sitting at the picnic table, listening to the birds and scribbling these words.