http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/2008/09/21/allow-me-to-spin-a-tale/ Where Faith, Opinion, Design and Technology Collide Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/2008/09/21/allow-me-to-spin-a-tale/#comment-10709 Bo Salisbury Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:31:35 +0000 http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/?p=385#comment-10709 Richard, what is the Maine you recognize? We may see eye to eye on more than you think, but when I wrote this three years ago, I was brining out points that others from away would recognize or connect with... When we moved to Maine in '93, I knew practically nothing about the place... we "parachuted in" at a time when there was no worldwide web... I'm not one of the moneyed people. In fact, it was in Maine for the first time in my life that I was not only treated like, but was told I was "one of the little people" that made Maine a quaint place to vacation... the wife of a state attorney general from away told me that to my face. Anyways, Maine is an interesting and unique place, like the town I live in now. We get the same folks, who move here and want to change everything. I moved here, because I liked it the way it is/was and I didn't fit in where I grew up. Same is true of Maine. I got tired of the people from MA or NY, who went to camp in Maine when they were kids and thought it was heaven... they were a real pain. I also saw the "Delores Claiborne" side of Maine, which was hard to take... but those are stereotypes that I reject, as well. Are you a Deer Isle Eaton? Richard, what is the Maine you recognize? We may see eye to eye on more than you think, but when I wrote this three years ago, I was brining out points that others from away would recognize or connect with… When we moved to Maine in ’93, I knew practically nothing about the place… we “parachuted in” at a time when there was no worldwide web… I’m not one of the moneyed people. In fact, it was in Maine for the first time in my life that I was not only treated like, but was told I was “one of the little people” that made Maine a quaint place to vacation… the wife of a state attorney general from away told me that to my face. Anyways, Maine is an interesting and unique place, like the town I live in now. We get the same folks, who move here and want to change everything. I moved here, because I liked it the way it is/was and I didn’t fit in where I grew up. Same is true of Maine. I got tired of the people from MA or NY, who went to camp in Maine when they were kids and thought it was heaven… they were a real pain. I also saw the “Delores Claiborne” side of Maine, which was hard to take… but those are stereotypes that I reject, as well. Are you a Deer Isle Eaton?

]]> http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/2008/09/21/allow-me-to-spin-a-tale/#comment-10708 Richard Eaton Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:13:50 +0000 http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/?p=385#comment-10708 This is the kind of thing and adveristing from a Maine I do not recognize and find frankly abhorant. Its like dressing up a donkey. Any one who reads and sees these photos ad journal are happy with the veneer, putting onto reality an outsiders' gloss and fring that to me never was and I hope never will be. But of course those who have the money and power to make Maine more of a voyueur's preserve will drive this native Mainer away. It is a shame. My cold comfort is that the so-called "lovers of Maine" will turn it into the same place they left and become disillusioned. This is the kind of thing and adveristing from a Maine I do not recognize and find frankly abhorant. Its like dressing up a donkey. Any one who reads and sees these photos ad journal are happy with the veneer, putting onto reality an outsiders’ gloss and fring that to me never was and I hope never will be. But of course those who have the money and power to make Maine more of a voyueur’s preserve will drive this native Mainer away. It is a shame. My cold comfort is that the so-called “lovers of Maine” will turn it into the same place they left and become disillusioned.

]]> http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/2008/09/21/allow-me-to-spin-a-tale/#comment-10353 Donna Webster Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:08:51 +0000 http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/?p=385#comment-10353 great read bo..I'm sure there are at least five of us out there! great read bo..I’m sure there are at least five of us out there!

]]> http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/2008/09/21/allow-me-to-spin-a-tale/#comment-10351 jennifer Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:50:37 +0000 http://www.pietyhilldesign.com/blog/?p=385#comment-10351 I've missed so much! I love seeing your friend with her castle wheel! We/I/Sam especially love(s) E.B.White! I cannot take this all in at once. I'll be back. What lovely sweaters! I cannot click to enlarge! I’ve missed so much! I love seeing your friend with her castle wheel! We/I/Sam especially love(s) E.B.White! I cannot take this all in at once. I’ll be back. What lovely sweaters! I cannot click to enlarge!

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