River Ices, Mortgage Crisis, Maine Chimney

The Kennebec River is icing over.


Finian's Rainbow deals with a mortgage crisis. A bunch of blacks & Irish are getting evicted from their share-cropping land.


Wood smoke is nice to smell while walking around Augusta Maine.

Monday/Tuesday Augusta Maine

TV is dead.


Coffee is alive.

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Rooftops in Maine.


Clothes dryer in Maine.


A home in Maine.

My Saturday in Maine

I put a picture above my stove.


No room for one person at the China King. Of course commerce over courtesy at a Chinese buffet. A place where there is room for 4, 2. Never 1. A mathematical incongruity. Wicked.


I went to the Riverfront Barbecue only a couple blocks from home. I sat at the empty bar with my back to the full dining room.


I watched electricity being delivered.

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Out my living room windows around noon.


Lithgow Library & Reading Room


The yellow car of Rev. Perry sits, parked outside Lithgow Library & Reading Room.


Nice & icy Maine eave, Sewall Street Augusta Maine, on my way to work.


Maine Wreath on Sewall Street Augusta Maine, on my way to work.


St Micheal School: My Grandma Pearl used to tell me I was named after Saint Michael. I thought that was cool b/c he was always fighting dragons.


Maine Capitol while walking to work on Sewall Street Augusta Maine.


To walk we push buttons in Augusta Maine.


Never Tundra: In Maine there is no tundra. Just cold frozen ground. Nothing wrong with that.


I've been counting, keeping tabs over the past few day and I believe there are about 8,000 Maine drivers to every Maine pedestrian.


The Capital Buffet and its tropical decor probably attract way more customers in Maine's winter months than in the summer.


Damons in Augusta Maine looks much better in the winter. Maine looks much better in the winter. (Where the hell is that moose?!)


Tim Hortons: If you get a coffee and a chicken fajita at Tim Hortons, get a donut too. Only 5 cents extra.


Watched Seinfeld's COMEDIAN as my Catholic contribution to Hanukkah.


You've heard of William Carlos Williams. Here's one by Creeley Bukowski Creeley ... Poe.

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Development on Western Avenue Augusta Maine.


58 Winthrop Street Apartment Lodge: 'I manage a lot of the buildings in this area, but this one is my baby,' said Thomas, a property manager in Augusta Maine. 'You're going to see a lot of improvements to her over the next year.'
Thomas was standing on a ladder hanging light strands. 'Merry Christmas,' he said.


No man smoking reading his manuscript at the corners of Chapel & Court Streets in Augusta Maine.


Arrive at work and it's dark.


Scoop Face/ Jug Head


Late Night Snow Parade: Construction graders with snow plow attachments form a windrow of snow in the center lane of Western Avenue sometime after midnight.


Late Night Snow Parade: A front loader with an industrial snow auger attachment.


Late Night Snow Parade: A plow truck refines the snow windrows as the snow auger loads a line of dump trucks in a process similar to harvesting grains via combine. Efficient.


Late Night Snow Parade: Full trucks roll east on Western Avenue to dispose of the snow. Empty trucks head west on Western Avenue to reload.


Maine Nativity at Saint Michael Parish in Augusta Maine.


Apartment Lodge, side: A side angle of one of my favorite apartment lodges on Sewall Street in Augusta Maine.

Maine Weather Forecast: Arctic

Maine Capitol today.


Cliff of Hallowell uses an antique snow shovel from his antique store to clear parking spaces in front of his antique Hallowell Maine building.


Ben and his daughter Paige, my neighbors, enjoy the beautiful arctic night.


Chris waits for a ride after his shift at the Irving gas station.

Heating in Maine

Heating Fuel is delivered during the day,
so when people get home at night,
they are warm looking out their icicle windows.

Snow in Maine

Welcoming the snow cautiously.


My neighbor's dog loves the snow.


Augusta Maine snow.


I went to Java Joe's and introduced myself to Roger Katz, Augusta Maine's mayor, who was also in Java Joe's. When I left Java Joe's the small yellow car of Rev. Perry caught my eye. Perry went to Howard University in DC. He also took classes at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (I have a degree in Visual Communications from AIP). Perry asked me why I was in Augusta Maine b/c it is a place where people retire.


Hallowell Maine snow.


I went to Harlow Gallery in Hallowell Maine Sunday night for a life drawing session. One of my prints sold at their 8x10 sale. And another one is in the window there.


Renys is a local chain where I went to buy some Muck Boots.


Cars sleeping in the parking lot.

Chess in Augusta Maine

At Panera Bread, a coffee/sandwich place by the Wal-Mart in Augusta Maine, Barry & Norm play chess. They said they often meet at Barnes & Noble in Augusta Maine on Tuesdays around 5 p.m. and welcome challengers.

Although I think he was talking about music and not chess, here's a poem of Robert Creeley's:

A Piece
One, and
one, two
three.