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  • When The Maine Weather Temperatures Go Up, We Copy The Wildlife.

    Maine Is Clean, Fun, Lakes, Ponds, Rivers.
    Make Like A Maine Moose, Get Up To Your Neck In Cool Natural Water.

    Seeking outdoor recreational water for relief, it’s what the Maine wildlife do and we follow their lead.

    In Vacationland there are a slew of waterfront playground options to cool off, get refreshed. To entertain when the heat increases. Things dry out, get crispy, parched around you. And you feel thirsty and want to beat the heat. Shift into high gear on the Maine summer living channel.

    But regulations, protections apply on how to use, develop the Maine waterfront with shore land zoning rules. Checks and balances in place to safeguard the environment we all enjoy. To protect it. Be a good steward and respect the waterfront quality we all treat with kindness in Maine.

    This Maine moose has the right idea as sunset approaches, a Saturday night bath is started.

    When interrupted, and suddenly this guy with a camera shows up on the scene in the middle of no where, in the deep Maine woods. Toting a long glass front shooting iron where the only ammo is an empty SD digital card to fill with images, photos. To bag, tag, take home. Upload online to share, not hog all to yourself. To tease using Maine eye candy. Because it is not like this everywhere.

    Get to Maine to sample the waterfront living.

    Bring the fishing tackle, a good book for the hammock. Something to slurp on, ice cold to drink. A thick, juicy slab of marinaded fresh meat to toss, frisbe on to the red hot sizzling grill. To make the shift of focus fine tuned and up close. To one that’s a thousand yard stare away. Off, out over the waterfront in Maine that we are some kind of blessed with, overloaded with in options for recreational down time detachment. To just let go.

    To fully relax and like the long cord on your old kitchen telephone when held up.

    Set free. To spin and uncoil, unwind. Rid of knots, twists, tightness. If you just get to Maine. Make the escape to the place with all the space. The fewer but way way friendlier people.

    Clean, fun, unspoiled and uncrowded. That is what you find in Maine when talking waterfront options for Vacation. For rest and relaxation therapy away from the grind of chasing the dollar. Maybe being pinned to a wall by an unforgiving office desk that outweighs you. But you are gaining on it as the mid waist inner tube blossoms, inflates. And if you don’t get away soon, you will be wearing the truck tire size ring for the duration of your shortened life. Loosen your tie. Heck remove it all together and as Joe Cocker says “you can leave your hat on.”

    Maine, don’t stay away so long.

    You are not the real you when you are anywhere else. You don’t need a lot of money, just to pencil in, schedule some time to head north. Far enough into the state where a large wallet is not necessary. And the distractions, fun stuff to experience does not cost an arm, leg or a duplicate organ to finance, fund.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Do You Really Think, Believe Negative News Sells Media Publications?

    Finding Balanced Maine News Reporting.
    Seeing The Good, Understanding That The Wrong Approach, Balance In News Reporting Is Destructive.

    Reporting the Maine news, the stories that make the front page.

    The ones that could have, should have been parked a few pages inside. Online or print, take your pick. The degree of negative, crime reported news when you live in the 4th lowest state for wrong doings can be shocking. And a brand new reader that picks up some newsprint can conclude that Maine is like most other places. It is not.

    Maybe the front loading of sad face news happens because it is a big deal for something bad to happen. Not common place. Possible it is watching too many cop shows, poor reality television fare. Or if there was an uphappy editor who liked causing depression, lack of hope was in charge of the latest edition print run.

    Fueling the fire of negativity. Pouring on the AV gas.

    We’re not talking happy news should always be front and center to just make you and me feel warm and fuzzy all over. Not wearing permanently a-fixed rosy colored glasses round the clock. No one’s head buried in the sand. It’s the tone of the reporting, sometimes the agenda behind it that needs adjustment. It’s the degree of pile on the worst you can find on the front page that is disturbing.

    There is plenty of good news unfolding, being done no matter where you live on the planet. But the steady diet of gloom and doom can cause despair. Tend to make one cynical, to begin to look for the worse, not the best. Or to shut down the fire in your belly for where you live now in Maine. To wet blanket the blaze of passion that drives, motivates. Makes life worthwhile and for all of us to do our part for the greater good. When our feet hit the floor each morning. Reach for a fresh coffee. The local Maine news.

    True Mainers are resilient, resolute, determined to survive and rise above economic, weather, life situations that swirl and whirl around all of us.

    It makes us dig in, causes an attitude to make what we are lucky to have be more than enough to do the job. To rise to the occasion and be grateful, feel truly blessed. And challenges all of us to be highly creative, resourceful. Not to wallow, whine, moan and groan. Roll over and play dead.

    Ever picked up and scanned a printed Maine media publication. After after the front page up and down, side to side, to peek at what follows it? To feel a wonderment of why did they take that position? Why the placement, front loading of every bad thing the editor could find on top? And how come so many areas that could contributed to the collection of column inches did not make it in black, white, color? To stay dark, mum’s the word.

    I worked as a broadcast journalist many moons ago at a Bangor outlet and thought of the diet I was creating for the other end of the media stream signal.

    To try to give them a balanced array of Maine news with easy on the opinion, forget the fiction or the need to entertain. No candy coating it. But no spoon feeding or shock and awe terrify for a default mode reached for either.

    Just try to make the national news happenings apply to the local Maine market. Or point out how different rural Maine is to the urban areas where eight out of ten people have to live. Like it or not. With additional information gathered and reported on with a home grown approach to “that’s the way it is” each Maine broadcast day. But underneath it all a sense of pride shines through. For being lucky to live in Maine, to make sure to remind all of us why we live here and how vastly different it is in Vacationland. To root for the home team and know the differences of being here, compared with the urban landscape of moving and shaking.

    It is a time of unrest, unhappiness and pressure building in the country like a pressure cooker.

    Lots of folks living outside are not happy and want to get to Maine, the way life should be. Hear it daily in my Maine real estate job. With the gauge pinning, bending in two in the frustrating critical red zone. In the time of increasing pressure from outside news sources to assume the crime of the city exists to the same degree in rural Maine, everywhere.

    It is short sighted, limited to report only what squawks on the police scanner channel in our few Maine cities. Amplifying it to add color, and the sharp edged approach in Law and Order reruns. (Jimmy, cue the “Dum Dum” signature sound from the show) Or piling on so much negative news that it makes one wonder is there anything positive happening in the Pine Tree State? Yes, yes there is. Rise up Maine post bloggers. Maybe it is another reason newspapers are getting thinner and thinner. Supporting crippling, nasty editorial sections with hard earned Maine advertising dollars part of the problem.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Hey How Did The Maine Soap Box Derby Race Turn Out ?

    A few weekends back the Maine State Soap Box Derby race was run in Houlton ME.

    And how did it turn out? Rather than tell you about it, what about taking you there, showing you the highlights with a quick video?

    VIDEO | 2013 Maine State Soap Box Derby Race

    Learn more about the Maine State Soap Box Derby Racing Program. The Thrill Of The Hill for boys and girls ages 8 to 17 that want to get behind the wheel of a car. And not wait until they are 16 to do it either. Visit the link to learn more about the going into the big race in June that creates a set of winners to advance to the All American World Series of derby racing the end of July in Akron Ohio. More information on soap box derby racing.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • The Maine Fair Italian Sausage Smothered In Grilled Onions, Green Peppers.

    The Fourth of July in Maine.

    There is no wrong way to celebrate the nation’s birthday. The day of independence, freedom and the beginning of the waving the red, white and blue. But if you have nothing lined up, are looking for a memorable experience, a low cost holiday celebration, Maine should be dialed in on the GPS.

    Small town Maine 4th of July celebrations are extra special. Because you don’t attend them as a local particpant when you live here. You work them. Are behind the scenes, sleeves rolled up and not afraid of getting dirty. Digging, pitching in with family and friends. To add to the festivities. The parades, fireworks, the hand crafted, home made local Maine events.

    Head north to witness the Houlton Maine State Fair, the multi day celebration of the Fourth Of July. Watch a video of Midnight Madness. Or walk around the crafts, the fair ground exhibits, see, hear, take a spin on the rides too.

    Houlton Maine 4th Of July Celebration Lasts For Days, Loaded With Events Video.

    Get to Maine for the 4th of July this year.

    For any reason to experience Vacationland. Where the fun is always outdoors, natural, real. The people friendly, down to Earth. And you don’t have to lose an arm or a leg. The cost is not funded by having to sell, give up a duplicate organ. We keep it low or no cost. That only serves to enhance the experience. Because the worry about how the heck am I going to pay for all of this is gone. With simpler, easy does it way of life in Maine.

    Come sample the waterfront in Maine that is never crowded. Get all wet. Meet the folks that populate the interesting, unique 108 small towns in Maine. Relax, enjoy yourself and see bluer skies, breath fresher, cleaner air. And feel the space around you that helps you relax, open up, settle down. The price is right and cheap is not a dirty, raise your eyebrows kinda of word here. We’re frugal, have to be. Chose to be.

    Maine, all the fixings for a family vacation when you are strapped to a budget and thought one was not in the cards, possible.

    Think again, think Maine. It’s why it is here in the upper right hand corner of the country. That many think is really in Canada. Which is a whole entirely different discussion on the merits of being on the border. The gateway to Atlantic Canada that offers its own experience for the vacationer, traveler, explorer. Happy 4th Of July faithful Me In Maine blog post reader.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • The Phone Call And Let’s Do A Quick Survey, Can You Answer A Few Questions?

    Falling Asleep, Staying Awake In Maine Exercises.
    Telemarketers, Survey Taking Calls, How Do You Stay Awake, Handle Them?

    When the US Census was in full swing for the last ten year installment, I was somehow picked to be the weekly call back for more questions.

    To compare this week on a slew of subjects, topics with last week. The one before that. Many questions that perplexed the lady opinion, fact taker who would stop in on Sunday while I was out mowing the lawn. Many questions posed that did not seem to apply, be worthwhile to tabulate. But others that you could see what the interviewer was fishing for from the prearranged list of queries. Telemarketers, survey takers that just have a few questions that they are sure you will not mind, help them with, right now. Drop everything, hold the phone. Need an opinion stat.

    As the census questions unfold it is easy to think whoever created the list is probably around the beltway of Washington DC.

    Or living in the suburbs of Maryland, Virginia. You also think of the valuable tool the census record keeping is for trends, habits, all kinds of information from across the land called America. Under the red, white and blue.

    But those pesky interviews, the US Census ones you have to respond to. The Arbitrons and Nielsen ratings you agree to and I don’t mind the programming ones after having an early life in broadcasting. Always rooting for channel two and five in Bangor Maine where I worked many moons ago.

    But it seems the only calls I get on the home phone these days are telemarketers, survey takers.

    The kids hit me up on the cell phone and others too because just not home a whole bunch since empty nest happened. But when home, you still have to answer anyway because you never know. Someone is hurt that you love or has died, is in a bad way and this could be the call. But it never is thanks to online and cell phones making on the go wireless signals the reach out and touch someone these fast paced days.

    Sometimes horns can sprout when the caller at home or at the office is a telemarketer selling, peddling something. You want them to stop calling but are too lazy to add another name to the do not call list. Or to stick around for the recording to end to hit a number. Punch, poke or tap tap a sequence of symbols to be removed from a list that you never asked to ride, be put on in the first place.

    So when a live person calls, you could announce “he’s dead”.

    “He’s in prison for life”. “It was the strangest thing, the guy you are hunting for, needing to talk with was sucked up in a pool of very harsh, intense, blinding blue light in the back yard last night and has not return to the planet yet.” And then asking what is your home phone so I can have him when and if he does return to the solar system give you a jingle. Ring you up on a Sunday like you just did. And when it is after nine pm at night or other times you know is not cricket, kosher, better business bureau approved.

    Why do they call, and like a fly airport, how do you change the location of all these pesky incoming buzzing calls, surveys? That the other end is pretty arm twisting pushy, blunt to obtain the answers or opinions for here and now. To give you the impression it will only take twenty minutes. And launching right into the call without any input choices on whether you are up for it or not.

    They are just doing their job. I am in sales too so should be an easier mark.

    Take me off your telemarketer,survey list please should be enough. But after you try that, a renewed, challenge is sent up around the boiler room where the cellar call generated from earlier. Your bounty, reward on your end increases. You start to get more frequent calls from the same folks that you recently, politely said “I don’t want to dance, thank you very much”. More taps on the shoulder to do just the opposite. And the old expression of what part of “no” don’t we understand comes to mind?

    I am sure you don’t get any of those calls though right? (smiling). Just hanging up seems too curt, rude. And we all have a willingness to help, to serve. Think of others, their feelings. So here are six options to handle telemarketers. To add to the list you already carry, utilize. hope this blog post on telemarketers, survey takers, how to team, tame them helps.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Getting Down To The Naked Truth, Absolute Facts, Reality Of The Situation.

    Maine Is Lots Of Water, Plenty Of Weather.
    Never Fade Memory Making In Maine. Collect Your Images, Experiences.

    The truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth is a lofty concept to strive for all the time.

    But in life, expectations, moods of folks on the receiving end of the here and now, way it is, often filter, color and don’t quite pick up the same key, arrangement of the “music” in life.

    There was a time when being caught up on the responsibilities of life, the chores of the day to day was enough for contentment. For peace, feeling in the present day and not behind the eight ball. But the slow shift from less manual, physical labor and higher wages for the work performed that far beyond the personal satisfaction alone happened.

    The desire to expect to be happy, have fun, stay amused round the clock is not a healthy diet.

    It is a condition called spoiled, unrealistic. Or temporary. Enjoying life, the one you lead is key and struggling with set backs, soaring high on the personal high spots is important. But so is the responsibility for taking care of more than just your own person well being, welfare.

    Others, making the area and people surrounding you better off, for the greater good. It is vital to have everyone in the community, village, burg pushing for that common goal. Even if the actual target, the pathway to achieve it is a little fuzzy, not so clear. To keep heading in that general direction and together achieving more as a group than alone as an individual. It takes constant reminder for the guy or gal in the mirror you brush your teeth with each morning, evening.

    When events don’t pan out the way you had hoped, expected or thought possible, button down the hatches for the long haul, stormy weather.

    The turn of events are the jaws of life that open you. Crack that tough nut exterior turtle shell. The one we all use for survival, to hunker down and hide within. Especially when everything is not so predictable. Not like in the movies or fictional reading material. But simple honest living takes awareness, constant reminder to stay the course.

    Real, honest, simple and even raw is a place called Maine. Reduced to basics, not so the distractions of layers and layers to complicate life take over. And waste the ride we all take, are on. Like it or not. Find the not always the easiest but most rewarding pathway in the space, the place called Maine. Travel light, experience much more. None of the commercial insincerity, crime, all of the natural, rich goodness. That is Maine.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com