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The Great Canadian Wall

September 1, 2015 – 6:31 pm

The GOP candidates have focused their presidential ire on illegal immigration. Donald Trump has leap-frogged the pack by assailing Mexicans seeking a better life in El Norte as rapists, murderers, and drug dealers. Wisconsin governor Scott Taylor had the backing of the infamous Koch Brothers, but has lost ground in the early polls out of […]

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THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN MAINE by Peter Nolan Smith on Kindle

July 6, 2014 – 7:02 pm

In the winter of 1991 a British friend and I drove north from a snowless New York to find winter. Our trip took us through New England to the end of US 1 at Fort Kent, Maine. The river was frozen solid and the snow was chest deep. I wanted to forge on to Canada, […]

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Northern Maine 1991

April 21, 2009 – 6:09 pm

Northern Maine. 1991. There was no winter in New York. Everyone was heading to Miami. It was trendy. My friend Philippe and I decided to drive to the farthest reaches of Maine. We listened to NEVERMIND and did speed. Ft. Kent was really winter. I wanted to cross the St. John’s River into Canada. Philippe […]

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