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  • Ooh Ooh That … (Skynyrd Song Bed) What Does Maine Smell Like To You?

    Maine Potato Harvest Teaches Work Ethic.
    Smells Of A Maine Potato Harvest…Fresh Spuds, The Rotten One Too.

    What is that smell that makes your think of Maine if from away or locally what stops you in your tracks?

    The sense of smell tied to triggering forgotten memories. But for many people the exposure to the smells of Maine happen on vacations.

    When you spend time by the ocean, on a beach or high on a hill top like Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park. Breathing in the smell of lightly salted air. The other flavors, odors of seafood delicacies cooked to perfection. Tempting you from kitchens as you stroll down winding, hillside narrow streets. Trying to decide which one makes you pull up a side walk open dining chair. To reach for the door. To go inside to sample the menu. Cure the stir down below for something good to eat of local, fresh Maine food.

    The smell of Maine can be new fresh white powdery snow. Or the kind of late winter when mixed with the rising temperature thaw. The approach of spring’s mud season.

    Wet wool mittens with balls of ice snow crystals that kids can not help but sample, lick. Along with long neat looking icicles. Snapped from sides of roofs. Tasted. Ice cold, so smooth.

    Maybe it’s being served a platter of home made baked beans in a K of C, Grange or church hall. In a buzz, with the banter of conversations is where you find yourself. As you line up, proceed through the food stations. To get your fill of potato salad, brown bread, red snapper hot dogs and home made bread and butter pickles. Maybe a slab of Maine blueberry or strawberry rhubarb pie awaits you. To finish off the low cost but very filling, memorable meal that included enjoyable table talk back and forth with other hungry guests.

    Fresh coffee at 5 AM as you gaze out over a river, a pond, lake with a steam rising from it caused from cool morning temperatures.

    That don’t quite match those of the Maine waterfront. Or something ice cold, refreshing slurped. Sampled, sipped slowly at the other end of the day while admiring another one of a kind Maine sunset.

    The smell of Maine that reminds you of growing up, being in Vacationland full time or on vacation could be from stepping into a barn stable. With hay, grain, old barn beams and aged wood mixed with straw, shavings and yes manure. The manure is not an offensive smell from cows, horses…and represents fertilizer. And what makes things grow so natural in Maine, a bread basket for foodstuffs.

    The rich, earthy smell of digging in the dirt, on your knees and listening to bees buzz, birds chirp.

    As you spend time in your vegetable, flower and spiritual garden. Or memories recalled as the smell of Maine potato dirt evokes strong reminders of the squeaky tractor digger creeping by.

    The antique farm machinery used to lay out rows and rows of exposed yellow, gold and other color spuds to place in the basket. To shake tops first, to fill and ticket a barrel for credit. And to look forward to just how good the lunch packed will taste as you unwrap the brown bag. Unfasten the lunch box and reach inside for food that’s taste improves one hundred percent with fresh Maine air, hard work.

    The smell of Maine is dew on the aging tall grass, tree leaves beginning to explode in color as Jack Frost helps create the odor of fall.

    Distinct, short lived and all Maine. As one by one the four season come and go and memories are made. Most along with the eye candy views, sweet Maine loon sounds laying in bed at night and smells that go hand in hand, round out the experience.

    Picking apples, strawberries, raking blueberries on the barrens or clams in the mud flats are on the lists of Maine. Creating wreathes, garland. So is steamed farm fresh corn, lobster. Breads, pies, cookies and pastries from our many local bakeries, or sampled at our many farmer’s markets. Corn fritters, ploys, seafood chowders, baked potatoes are a smell, taste, experience not to be forgotten soon either. Just like the smell of a crackling camp wood fire inside or out in Maine. Mixed with toasted marshmellow, chocolate and graham crackers.

    The smell of leather harness, saddles, tack and freshly curried horses or ponies as kids trot or lope, enter the ring in a horse show.

    Wearing western garb if barrel racing. Or freshly polished English tall black boots, riding hats and pants. If posting to the right diagonal to score a blue, red, yellow other colored ribbon.

    The smell of spices, greenery around the holidays as you shop for gifts in our many Maine outlets. Entering overstocked green houses of hanging baskets, pansies, lilies, mums. Or smells to go. On the run. That beckon you to take home a balsam fir, white or red pine scented candle to remind you of your time in Maine. To take back to where you live if you are not lucky enough to enjoy the real thing year round. Always outdoors hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing, fishing, hunting, snow sledding or climbing hillsides. Just grilling, chilling, camping out in Maine.

    You can not help but dissolve, fall under her spell when you are lucky enough to be in Maine. Don’t keep her waiting, get here quick as you can. Scratch the itch to get to Maine and breathe deep, sniff. Natural smells from out in the woods, bobbing on the water, hill top perched and gawking or on a working farm. It’s all in there like the spaghetti sauce claims, promises. But it’s better than the real thing.

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

  • Maine, The Steady Diet Of Healthy Not Just Talking Food, Exercise For The Body.

    News Reporting Should Not Be Painful Young Grasshopper.
    News Gathering, A Tough Business. To Present Fair, Objective And Honest, Real, Young Grasshoppers.

    You are what you eat and knowing what you are putting in your body, where the food came from that you place on the family supper table is important in Maine.

    But besides the healthiest home grown produce, vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry and dairy products, you and I are fed, feed our families it’s way way more than lots of wholesome, natural foodstuffs. Or abs of steel, mastering the thigh master exercise regiments.

    When you open up the daily newspapers or scroll the cyber newsprint that is not quite the same as feeling, smelling, turning the pages, what do you dine on? What media stream tone, attitude, approach is in the mix of messages you and I, our families, neighbors, co workers, community are exposed to? Do you think folks enjoy a steady diet of crime, negativity, despair and court news? Does that exercise and get the blood flowing in the brain in a good way? Is it the easy low hanging news to gather the reason? Who ordered this to put in our system and is it the healthiest for long term good inside and out?

    Sometimes the degree of the negative does reflect the area you live in that is a hot spot, bastion of bad.

    Which begs the issue why do you continue to live there? Different place then when you first crossed the town or city lines and a slow decay happened, just evolved? Or is society so unhappy as a whole, taking more of a negative slant in the presentation, interpretation of the news no matter where you hang your hat?

    Bad things happen in any area and not covering the who, what, why, how and when would not be responsible journalism. To pull punches or promote propaganda with an agenda would be the wrong end of the teeter totter for fair and balanced reporting the news. But the just the facts approach has been replaced with giant helpings of making the reader, viewer, listener entertained. Spoon fed with easy clever sound bites and the attempt to make serious subjects instead covered in limited comic book simplicity. Sometimes just lack of time for folks to make an effort to go beyond the couple paragraphs or half minute story is the kink in the information hose. Or just scanning images. The caption is the text message and you are on your own to fill in the rest. With a negative default gloom and doom expectation generated on your own. Or lack of desire, apathy kicks in with discouragement swelling inside like a cancer. Just some much negative news hogging the conveyor belt of the fast moving information delivery. All there is to “digest”.

    Maybe living in small town rural Maine isolates, insulates me from the full force of real hard core negative news.

    Or just simpler living, lack of bylines of the bad stuff of drive by shootings, gang wars that don’t happen in the 4th lowest crime state. But the point is with a steady diet of negative, shock and awe awful daily news, don’t you find the conversations, viewpoints with all that literary toxins in your system bogs down? Causes deeper cynicism? Would start to show symptoms, have an overall tone of not so happy, anything but positive or full of hope substance threads in the back and forth chit chat?

    Maybe it is you are what you read, hear, listen to as well as what you eat.

    What you witness, put into your body through eyes and ear not just the pie hole. And if lacking the spiritual, on your knees in the garden to cultivate the compassion, the empathy, the grace and forgiveness, peace, joy, acceptance of others different than you major intellectual food groups, our diet is incomplete. Add in some lack of exercise to feel alive, new, fresh, sharp. And by the way, where do you get your news? How’s that working for you, what’s the take away in your attitude, approach to life? Feel good after a news gathering exercise and inspired? Motivated or drained?

    And conversations at family gatherings around the table…what is talked, bandied about? Gossip about others on the long list of who you don’t like one by one? Or are your kids, young ones hearing about family history, memorable moments and positive news from local community service in your area. Through civic clubs, etc. that all are involved in no matter what their age to do their part? Why does tearing down others make a person feel better as long as they are not the stone recipient, off the hook, out of the spotlight of public or private scrutiny?

    Bad, destructive snow balls rolling, picking up steam, speed and getting larger can happen.

    But start in our homes, on the local streets. If parents talk around the same dining room table or breakfast nook, kitchen bar about your coach is a jerk for not starting you in Friday night’s game. You weren’t speeding through town soothing happening. The teacher that flunked your past chemistry test in bright red comments is an idiot cooed to your son or daughter. Your bus driver who kicked you off the bright yellow what you term “looser cruiser” will be fired. If the parent has his way with the school board. Where a few members owe him a favor. Or becomes the whole purpose for his or her running next term. To push your weight around in a way that hurts the kids, the community but causes some twisted self satisfaction. Creating a tone of don’t mess with you, your cubs or else. And the threat of a lawsuit with a legal beagle warning springing quick to the lips. Ready to kick into gear with one punch of a key on speed dial on their not so smart phone, weapon of choice.

    Anger at others, the situation, job, life, relationship, etc. Despite the disruption Jimmy or Jill cause routinely that almost caused a bus accidents with fifty five other kids to corral behind the driver in charge of a major treasure… your kids. You charge ahead ignoring the red flag of holding the son or daughter responsible for their actions. What will your kids think about their future boss? Super critical, negative and self serving all that matters? Would you hire your kid? Are you teaching them customer service skills of good manners, work ethic and not to play the blame game? To pitch in and be helpful?

    The filtering down of the substance of the news, the approach in reporting it and the rub of how it affects the target audience.

    I am not saying some folks could not be card carrying Eeyores without the help of the talking heads, newsprint black and white with all the colored ad inserts that drift out. As you release, open up, unfold at the crease. But weeds happen in fertile soil that is neglected, not tended. Not fertilized, seedlings directed for good things to grow, be harvested and enjoyed. To benefit more than one person. For the greater good.

    The attacks, kidney jabs, barbs and jagged broken sharp glass edged editorials that tear down, strip, expose and tar and feather daily our public officials. That used to serve for the greater good. It erodes the faith and confidence we should have in elected officials. And it is unfair to vilify all in town halls, under state capitol rotundas and in county government court houses, local facilities to serve the public. To uphold the laws of the land and advance society, our nation. Starting in the grass roots, out here in the hinterland.

    Values, beliefs, morals, and the discussions you engage in with your peers, family, co workers, do you feel uncomfortable more and more often? As folks that whine, bitch, moan, complain big time. But offer little in the way of solutions? Don’t have much good to say about others but themselves? And often character sniper, beat down one by one folks trying to shepherd. To do good, work to improve and make tough situations better.

    If you were the editor of your daily newspaper, director of your local broadcast news channel, would you have integrity but also feel like a coach, pastor, teacher, parent to nurture, feed and help advance, promote the area good points?

    You and I are “they”. Not removed but mired deep in the mud. Dig in, get your hands dirty to improve, enlighten.

    The rays of hope, encouragement and to shine brighter from a positive approach with balance in the news presentation. Do you ever feel there is more worthwhile events needing newsprint and airtime than what hits you on the front page and editorial saturation you have to dine on? Someone must think differently and that filter, screen for the worse to highlight, squeeze out what some term the “warm and fuzzy” cute man on the street vignettes. Sorry we are out of time for that Mr Rosy tinted glasses. Too wimpy, sappy and not negative enough to scare, get noticed and cause edge of your seat read all about it.

    Maybe it is a blurred reflection of society today that is happening to shape the look, feel, horsepower of the news. Maybe add in some seasoning of the journalist is trying to sensationalize to advance his or her career. A little bit lazy to only cover and amplify the police scanner squawk box, the legislative beat of the sea of new, sometimes outrageous bills being introduced. Thrashed and trashed in hearings at large rooms off long legislative halls. While larger issues get ignored, are not so hot topics or tackled with vim and vigor attention due to cut backs in staffs. Stretched budgets in news gathering entities today.

    Thus low tech blogging, the posts form regular folks in the real world closer to the news. And maybe as a relief, release from higher up on the journalism food chain where out of touch can happen. Small, lean and mean armies of one that hunt and peck. Raw, unpolished, but real honesty is being broadcast online. Turn it up. Pitch in, get on board to be positive, proactive, to do good. Stimulate discussion in areas being neglected that affect each and every one of us. Offer solutions, start small, think big but beat the drum, march together.

    Maine, big state, less people, greater awareness happens as you dissolve in the natural beauty around us in Vacationland.

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

  • Graduation Colorado College In The Springs Today, For Youngest Cub.

    Graduations, like weddings, even funerals can enlighten, give everyone in the audience, not just with the square shaped hats some take away.

    To apply and consider. To spur on and persist to do more with your life for the good of others. Graduation from Colorado College for youngest son today. Colorado Springs weather was great. The crowd of families, professors, students, alumni all crowded around the graduation ceremony Colorado College closing festivities. To say good bye with a mountain range backdrop.

    Graduation Colorado College.
    Colorado College in Colorado Springs CO today for Me In Maine author’s youngest son.

    Proud of youngest son Elliot and girlfriend Cindy who both graduated.

    Lots of hard work with thoughtful results ahead for the young graduates. Congratulations all area schools hosting the time honored tradition of commencement exercises.

    Maine, come dissolve in the four season outdoor wonderment.

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

  • Storms In Life, We Need Each Other, To Extend Grace, All In The Same Boat.

    Maine, Raw, Real, Always Outdoors.
    Hang On, To Stay In The Boat We Need Each Other.

    On the way to youngest son’s graduation from Colorado College, aboard the silver bird scanned a kindle version of a good read.

    Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel. Although never thought of God as a bean counter, that tallies up our mistakes and hangs his head in shame. I was brought up with my Mom especially preaching God is pure omnipotent, all knowing love.

    Extending grace and preaching moderation in striving to do better.

    To stretch, not get comfortable and to read, pray, search. Improving, acknowledging areas where we are weak to grow stronger in faith. To become more and realize in that growth will come missteps, missed cues, valuable red flags not seen. Losing our way on the lighted path of right and wrong. But not to stand still, lay blame or become lazy in all we do for our families, all our relationships. To have faith. That it is all about providing others enrichment that surround, are all around us in life.

    Forgiving ourselves, others and to count your blessings the pretty much meat and potatoes of what my three older brothers and I were taught, shown. Be joyful and realize it’s all about what is in your heart and the sincerity, the driving force passion of what you do. For the right reasons. Without cloud of judgement caused by a nasty habit of “stinking thinking“. Look for the good, practice moderations, find solutions. Work together to find a common, center ground when storms come up.

    To not just labor in earnest on your faith for some future day when really needed.

    Like breaking the glass to get to the fire alarm lever. But to use it, apply it and “dress” for the day putting on the spiritual garments needed to be strong, to do good.

    Brennan Manning died this past Friday. But that is the power of the written word that lives on. And all of us can glean, apply and unlock mysteries that we need to for a richer, more fulfilling life.

    In this day and age of slick spin, insincerity and a blur of events, tasks that weakens, wearies us all, Brennan Manning’s work read by members of U2, so many around the world is brutally refreshing.

    Exposing how we are imposters. Uncovering, shining bright glaring lights for all to see as he uncovers self hate habits of being beat down. And instead the urgency to find the pathway to self acceptance. To surround yourself with others that do too. Building, filling up on and extending grace to have the peace so many find elusive, fleeting. And keeps them in the dark, lost, searching.

    I am looking forward to reaching for more of his work to add to the spiritual journey we are all on to seek answers, understanding. To be better people with a purpose to benefit others around us in new, different, exciting uplifting ways. There are so many great minds like CS Lewis to delve into, discover and improve your viewpoint on life. And the direction you should be gently guiding it.

    Maine, you will like the space, the unspoiled four season setting. Spend time finding out what you have put off, has been missing in your life in the outdoor jaw dropping, heart throbbing natural beauty

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

  • Protecting Maine’s Natural Resources, Lakes Everyone’s Job.

    The Watershed Of A Maine Lake, Means Improper Over Cutting Operations Hurt Water Quality, Wildlife Health.
    The Watershed Of A Maine Lake, Means Improper Over Cutting Operations Hurt Water Quality, Wildlife Health.

    Using one word descriptions for a place with space like Maine is hard.

    Because single, word pairs don’t begin to do the job sufficiently. The highly faceted Maine jewel does lots of things, affects different folks in various ways too. A retreat to recharge. A setting to raise a family with simple living, down to Earth values. She represents a low cost Maine property investment. The drop dead gorgeous surrounding is everything times four too. Because each of the special seasons bring their own unique set of outdoor recreation choices. Assorted high enjoyment leisure options in an unspoiled natural landscape second to none.

    But it does not just happen. Maine will not be a unwavering stunning constant without everyone sharing, pitching in to her care. Time in the Pine Tree State comes with responsibilities to take very serious. Being good stewards means respect, awareness. Passing along the place where you tread lightly to loved ones, future generations in as good, or even better condition than you were fortunate to receive it.

    Since the early 1980’s I have been lucky to be associated with the Drews Lake Property Owner’s Association. A non profit neat waterfront group started back in the 1930’s. That share the common love, enjoyment of a lake in Aroostook County in the towns of New Limerick, Linneus and the west end in Oakfield Maine. Other lakes like Nickerson, East Grand Lake, many around Maine share strong, sensitive hard working groups of individuals. With “fire in their belly” to protect these Maine waterfront natural gems, treasures.

    Over a 1000 acres large, fun, Drews Lake also known in map circles as Meduxnekeag Lake, the headwaters of the river of the same name.

    That is Maliseet, Native American speak for “rocks at it’s mouth”. The DLPOA purchased the dam at the boat launch on the east end of the lake for one dollar. The state of Maine was glad to hand over responsibility for the three acres of tall mature stately pines and a rickety dam needing TLC, replacement. Funds for a new dam were raised to assure lake water levels would remain constant. Not up and down which affects the habitat. Especially loons nesting on the four islands, protected shoreline away from boats, wave action.

    When the kids were young, I took them along to survey the section of lake around our waterfront home. Others around Drews Lake divided up the shoreline too and with clip board, one by one surveyed properties. Outlined the problem areas that needed addressing with USDA Soil and Water Conversation District highly competitive funding requests. To ease the strain of erosion, other man made pressures on the delicate waterfront quality.

    The family put on rain coats, and made note of where undersized or missing roadway culverts were causing silt, debris, organic matter to spill, race to the lake.

    Choking fish, causing algae bloom from phosphorous spikes due to many factors. Improperly designed road and driveways that contribute to over fifty percent of the stress, lake strain noted, flagged. Rain amplified the problem areas so one by one the family started to notice problems when quizzed. Areas missed, not so obvious before our hike and field trip in rain gear.

    Protecting A Maine Lake For The Next Generation Takes Effort, Education, Awareness.
    Protecting A Maine Lake For The Next Generation Takes Effort, Awareness.

    Hillsides devoid of vegetation buffers, shorelines with out the riparian strips of plant, bushes, tree life to stop, hold back the run off.

    Before it dumps into the Maine lake where if fish could talk, they would gurgle their distaste for lawns. Prefer tress to weed and feed, pressure treated docks. Upset about winter ice fishing trash, fire burnt log remains left to sink into the water. All hurt the Maine lake water quality and clarity. Make for one tough neighborhood for the fish, Maine loons, anything alive to survive, be healthy. Surrounding the water frontage, islands, any property owner, tax payer to be lucky enough to have a Maine lake for a neighbor.

    The kids and I noticed, spied uncovered piles of loam, topsoil that was destined for a raised bed flower or vegetable garden. Or to fill in a bald spot on a lawn ravaged by winter snow plowing. Maybe the hole from dead trees too close to power lines needing plugging, grass or ground cover seeding. During the rain, you could see the brown plum finding its way, snaking down the hilly slope into the Maine lake. Or driveways that did not angle or meander, wind to the cottage, camp, home. But steep, straight in which again causes water racing. Carrying with it silt, dirt, leaves, debris into you know where. It is good to teach kids about the importance of protecting a Maine lake, any natural resource before it’s too late.

    Awareness of a cutting, timber harvest operation many miles away suddenly develops as you focus, study, perform a physical on a Maine lake.

    And concern over the inlets to the Maine lake that receive the soil erosion, runoff of silt, pollutants that hurt the waterbody’s health. The DLPOA is a member of COLA, the Congress of Lakes Association which has great newsletters, workshops and shares the same love of a lake that won’t be healthy on its own. That will die from milfoil, lack of respect from property owners surrounding it if careless, inattentive, insensitive to its protection.

    Learn more about Drews Lake at this link. Consider joining, pitching in on Maine lake clean ups, workshops for funding to help them stay clean, natural, fun for the entire family enjoyment for years to come.

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

  • What If You Purposely Kept Your Needs Small, Lived In Maine Moderation?

    Maine Farm Living Teaches Moderation, Careful Spending.
    Up Against It During Poor Maine Farming Years Teaches Easy Does It Over Spending.

    The day to day and what it takes to feel fulfilled, satisfied, good inside and out about your life in Maine.

    For starters, money is not the cure all or dog and pony carrot. Managing your resources is key. It is all about living within your means. Making purchases that are thought out, done in a good business fashion. Value received at a fair price but not waiting until the purchase is life and death at any price. And done in a hurry that causes regret, hard feelings and despair later on.

    Instead you keep looking, patience has to happen until the right situation presents itself. And everyone in the Maine household has to be on the same page. Nothing lavish needed, and the motivation to go over the top in all out got to have it now spending should be examined. The motivation behind the spending pattern and in the case of a couple, both partners working to a common opinion. Most of the time.

    Budgeting, everyone knowing what comes in has to be less than what goes out to keep the scales from leaning too far in the wrong direction.

    It helps if growing up you saw two parents with the same vision, awareness of the bigger picture. And no one feeling controlled or bullied if one member was not so sure about the expenditure. Had fears, trepidations. Discussion without heated emotion or a tug of war of hurt feelings.

    There is nothing personal, offensive about just not having enough revenue to meet the needs of the family household. Just the way it is, like it or not. Which includes the normal day to day light and heating bill, insurance, house payment and property taxes funding. The food on the table, building repairs, medical coverage, modest entertainment, vacation trip expenditures and other goals that include college accounts, retirement mile stones.

    Or to create a nest egg, just a plain savings cushion for better sleep nights. The worries about running out stemming from the feeling like a hot stove touch. Not enjoying it the first time, wanting to avoid it another. Or growing up on a Maine farm that is nip and tuck, only for survivors, not anyone with a weak stomach.

    Sometimes the spending tension is caused by simple unmet needs.

    Not just the partners but the in laws. That have a hard time not sticking their beak in. To add their two cents whether needed, asked for or not. Or hurt feelings fester when the reality of a simple we can not afford it escalates in to don’t tell me what to do. Or we can too afford it when one partner is luke warm about the spending. Bowling them over. Like it or not. Or the degree of spending, the timing of it with everything else being juggled out of synch. That is needing payment. Leave and cleave thinking kicks in. Or should.

    If one partner is better with money, more of a bean counter CPA to get the most value from a business background to stay a float for the long haul. But that needs to loosen up once in awhile. To evaluate that if the other person feels strongly enough, together, let’s forge, hammer out a budget on the direction to take.

    Cutting back in one area to justify spending in another rationalization. All involving the two people, the we, the us, the union. A person alone and not used to consulting another out of habit can be a friction source too. Seeing the situation and going higher than the two personalities in it helps the problem solving, drama avoidance and tension, sulking, walking on egg shells punishment or bewilderment whip lash. Differentiating between not happy about the situation, the hot water but not laying blame on a person for all of it hook, line and sinker.

    Avoiding awkward, tense situations by careful thought, choosing your words carefully means really trying to know, understand the other person.

    Communication. Daily. Sharing. Caring, empathetic and realizing why they feel the way they do. Taking the time, really making the effort because of wanting to seek, maintain unity. To avoid red flags, miscues. It means forget what you think is the best course sometimes. Considering the other person to the point they know you are stretching, bending way over backwards than your comfort level. And the other person decides hold it. Is this something that is really needed or just wanted. And moves forward or pulls back. Without resentment but just feeling their input counts, on an equal playing field. To arrive at a common conclusion.

    Or to prove a point that there is a new bull in the barn.

    Hate that expression or one way domination attitude but had a husband express that at the kitchen table recently that made me wince, feel badly for the partner who was a mouse, cowardly and sullen. Have seen battle ax domineering wives do the same in reverse too so nothing sexist. Easy easy. That is not the healthy partnership from either side that resolves conflict, works resolutions. To grow closer and not blow apart the couple in frustration.

    Maine, the extra space helps the thought process. The way we roll.

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