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  • Maine | Cooking Up Something Special From The Inside Out.

    Outdoor Grilling, Cookouts In Maine Help You Inside Out.
    Maine Vacations, Get Cooking Outdoors To See What’s Up Deep Down Inside.

    For years I thought outdoor BBQ food on a grill meant meat with a tinge of lighter starter fluid hydrocarbons.

    Because before gas grills that we simply dial in, push an igniter button and “whoosh”, it was rip open a bag. Dump out a dose of charcoal briquettes.

    With the three burner pretty swanky gas grill cooking stations, extra side “rings of fire” to steam the corn or clams, we’re cooking with gas now baby cakes.

    Coal from charcoal took a little prep time and my Dad, the grillmaster growing up was not known for patience, or the necessary planning. Time was always a factor. Too little of it. The bed of glowing coals were already picture perfect ready for action AFTER the food had already been charbroiled, flipped, whisked off on to the platter. Before “let’s eat” was announced as the dinner bell triangle sounded.

    Plus some of it hastens back to the 24 years of eating at 5pm sharp from farm schedules. So you could get back to the Maine potato fields during the critical planting, cultivating, spraying, harvest cycle around the anything but predictable weather. It was the nature of the situation to grin and bear it.

    Sealing in the natural juices with a sizzle of searing so the specially prepared cut of meat does not become shoe leather dry and tough.

    Spraying the meat slowly cooking with water, vinegar and other secret ingredient spices, seasoning. It makes me think of what we do daily. With what’s cooking inside of us. And how before you sear in what is in your heart, thoughts removing the junk with a little housekeeping every day is in order. So you and I can travel light. Filled with the good stuff. Joy, contentment, gratitude, peace, love.

    To let go of the past hurts, mistakes, fears, insecurities. To remove not bury and pile on more junk for the trunk. To leave space for the hopes, dreams for the future. And so you can live in the moment, today which is the here and now all important. It requires time in our private spiritual gardens, for surrender.

    What’s cooking inside you?

    Does the world see a pretty together, sharp outside and think more of the same layers extend within, going deep? Not without daily work, exercise of all your falculties to maintain that sense of peace, inner joy. That’s where Maine comes in. Not to just working on the outside in, but the inside out approach to being your personal best. The total new you. So you have a crystal clear visible to all transparent inside and out. Have real genuine purpose, are an asset to others around you with the hidden talent array that all of us can prepare. Marinade in our own unique way, to develop, and cook slowly to create something beautiful, worthwhile for others. You find the little things that irritated, frustrated don’t have that power any more. You smile, take it all in stride with a new way of looking at things. As you start to conquer “stinking thinking“.

    The natural outdoor beauty, the hardworking down to Earth, caring people of Maine make a tag team combination second to none.

    Work on you, to be your personal best where there is not wall to wall people. No pushing or shoving. Where everyone is not chasing the dollar and thinking it is all about me. It is not. It’s about others and relationships are the most important goal to strive to protect, preserve, maintain to keep healthy and vibrant.

    Get outdoors, get to Maine. And we’re not talking trying to make one long holiday weekend, a lone week’s vacation be the yearly vitamin to do the job either. Get to Maine as quick, as often as you can. Come for a day, stay a lifte time finding your place in the space of Maine.

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

  • Maine, The Setting Leads To Personal Enrichment.

    Finding Out How To Avoid "Stinking Thinking" Her Four Sons Learned From My Mom.
    How To Avoid Stinking Thinking, To Capture Your Thougts The Four Sons Learned From My Mom.

    Develop what you already have deep inside but locked up, if not worked on daily.

    Sounds like wise enough advice right? Maintenance of your inner workings to maximize the experience during the short time on Earth. Like lifting the hood on the car, truck, SUV you drive to check the fluid levels. Adjust the richness, leaness of the fuel and air that make the wheels go round and round.

    But unfortunately people get comfortable or lazy or prideful blind.

    Or just drift like a rudderless boat in the wind, breeze at the time. To and fro and maybe adding frustration to wishing things around you were better. When looking inside for adjustment is the key. But blaming others is the default mode of choice. Think about it, approach it differently. Happiness, contentment is an inside job requiring surrender.

    Mom called it “stinking thinking”.

    Everything you do is thought about first. Like putting an order in to the kitchen after studying the menu options. The way you behave is motivated by a belief. Your attitude prompts, kicks you in to gear for the action you decide to take.

    How you think determines the way you feel. We are a selfish bunch, out to set the world on fire. Seeking fame and fortune until wisdom, maturity is developed to show what really matters most in life. Others.

    If you and I think only of our own needs we become talented at receiving, collecting.

    But bankrupt in the department of giving to others. It is better to give than receive. But until, unless you do it on a regular basis, it is easy to get one raised eyebrow on that advice from folks not in the habit of serving others. Scratching their head in a competitive society that promotes number one. It’s all about you.

    My oldest son had a girlfriend who’s Dad made the most exquisite hand weaved pack baskets. And as the daughter lamented, his “lungs are full of sawdust”. From decades of perfecting the craft of preparing the brown, white ash and other wood materials for the delicate craft of the soon becoming lost art of basket weaving. The girlfriend selflessly gave Alex the best, last basket her Dad will ever make. Whoa.

    Letting go of something made for you out of love by someone older, feeble and not able to replicate it. Something you don’t trot in to Walmart and pluck off the shelf to red lazer scan on the way out the automatic doors. I pointed out to my son that act of giving shows you how dedicated, how much she thinks about you to give up a possession hand made by someone she loves, her Dad. The act shows what you mean to her son.

    The “giving away something held dearly” attitude also helps you and I travel light too.

    Not to get in to the materialism rut treadmill so many around us are on because of highly effective advertising. Or because the momentary ritual of purchasing something gives fleeting feelings of well being that wear off. Hankering something’s power weakens when you possess it. As the Red Hot Chilli Peppers sing “give it away, give it away now”. It creates as One Eskimo puts to song an “Amazing” feeling to form our time as one in a relationship.

    Love life. More. Study how you are wired and why. Inside focus not outside so you don’t go backwards. For life changing so you don’t stand still frozen, stagnant. Get on your knees. Not just once a week or a handful of holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Count your blessings. The heart of the matter is deep down in places not many are allowed to see inside. Maybe even areas we ourselves don’t visit often, are strangers to. So the spiritual inner personal garden gets no weed, feed, love and attention.

    Maine is the place to visit often. To reach deep natural spots in Vacationland to arrive at special areas within yourself at the same time. Free of clutter, not wall to wall people and loaded with wildlife, scenery of woods, fields, waterfront of all kinds. Maine, find the space, your place.

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

  • District 7810 Rotary Club Conference In Houlton ME.

    Rotarians Get Things Done in District 7810, In Maine And New Brunswick Canada
    Maine And New Brunswick Rotary Clubs Make Up District 7810.

    Rotary clubs world wide do so much good for mankind. Locally in Maine, or in third world counties, the purpose of serving in Rotary is the same.

    The four way test is a great benchmark to lead your daily life. Here are some inspiration essays on the four way test.

    The District 7810 Rotary Conference is underway this weekend in Houlton Maine. The location due to the District Governor Leigh Cummings and wife Sandy living in the Shiretown of Aroostook County, Houlton ME.

    Last night the Rotary conference kicked off with a concert in the park by McGill’s Band.

    Where as a surprise to the director Joe Fagnant, the director of the band was given, presented by the Houlton Rotary Club with a Paul Harris Fellow award. A Paul Harris Fellow award recipient is humbled for being honored, to be recognized for his or her community efforts of “service above self” for others. Here is the McGill’s Band Summer 2012 in the park schedule.

    The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do.

    Is it the truth?
    Is it fair to all concerned?
    Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
    Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

    I am proud to be a member of the Rotary International organization and all the neat programs the club has caused to happen in my area and beyond around the planet. This list of projects, events of the Houlton Maine Rotary club show you why membership is so important to me. Have been a member since 1980. Do you belong to a Rotary Club in your area? Consider joining if you don’t. And if you do, I am preaching to the choir on how much more you get back for what you put in.

    Maine, it’s about others, service, appreciating all we are lucky for that not everyone else enjoys.

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

  • Maine, No Polar Bears, No Igloos.

    Maine Is Outdoor Fun Year Round, Winters Included.
    Maine Winters, Not Just Spent Hibernating Inside Waiting For Spring’s Arrival.

    If you have never been to Maine, when asked about winter weather you could be thinking polar bears, igloos, dog sleds for travel.

    Winter is one of Maine’s four seasons. And getting outside, dressed warmly for the sport of the day is just a given when you live in Vacationland.

    But rather than trying to tell you, convince you it is not 40 below zero every day of the winter and that we are not Artic region cold and blustery, it might be better, quicker, simpler to just show you. To take you on some winter in Maine outdoor examples.

    Watch a few winter Maine local community activity videos.

    Learn more about Maine weather, the climate, temperatures and topography. And here’s a quick, easy to digest one on one rundown on how things roll here.

    Maine frequently asked questions, FAQ video.

    Maine, one big, sometimes misunderstood state only because you’ve never been here. Yet. Come for a day, stay a life time. Find the space, your place in Maine.

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

  • No Man Is A Maine Island.

    Maine Has Over 3000 Islands, Miles And Miles Of Coastal Waterfront Shoreline.
    Maine Waterfront Islands, Sandy Beaches Make Never Fade Memory Rich Vacations.

    Space, room to roam and not in an area wall to wall with people, that’s Maine.

    The ability to live four seasons without bumping in to, offending by accident any other person. If your surroundings are not over populated, wouldn’t that be a big ingredient in a more content, easier day to day life?

    Maine is not short suited, has islands.

    A slew of them. According to the State Planning Office’s Maine Coastal Program there are 4,613 islands along the shoreline or a tidal waterway. The Wikipedia list of Maine islands shows 3166 along the coast with Mt Desert being the biggest. This link lists detailed information on many Maine islands.

    Some Maine islands are privately owned with title deeds to them.

    Others are government property. Two have the island’s ownership still disputed by the US and neighboring Canada. A few Maine islands are part of a mainland town, and others have seceded from the cities that used to lay claim to them.

    About a third of Maine islands are ten acres in size or larger. And depending on your resource it wavers between fourteen and fifteen the number of year round islands in Maine. Back in the 1970s the property ownership titles to every Maine island, rock, ledge was complied in the Coastal Island Registry. Any islands without clear title revert back to the state of Maine. The Department of Inland Fish and Wildlife manage many islands that are used exclusively for bird nesting, seal breeding sites. The bigger islands are watched over by the Department of Parks and Lands.

    Like any Maine waterfront resource, being a good steward, treading lightly or without a trace is the common theme of respect of island living, exploring. Following Maine Shoreland Zoning Regulations that apply to beefed up zones of 250′ feet back from waterbodies requires vigilance, study if you truely do not want to harm, hurt the natural resources Vacationland is famous for protecting.

    Islands in Maine are a great place to get away from people.

    Surrounded by water as a natural protection from land invaders that could disturb your peace and quiet. Not many trick or treaters to worry about. I have sold lake islands in Grand, Drews Lake before. But with such a low population through the state of Maine, you don’t need to lay claim to an island to truely take a break from being in any one’s face, and vice versa. To recharge, heal, refresh or just spend some time truely alone with just yourself to hear yourself think. Here’s details about Maine lobster licensing regulations so you can have delicacies of the sea that are fresh fresh fresh to go with your island life.

    Maine, one drop dead gorgeous state. With more than enough space to enjoy because of low population, way way less people to mess it up with traffic, crime, noise and hustle bustle. Come for a day, stay a life time. Find your place in the space of Maine.

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

  • Tourmaline Is The Maine State Gemstone.

    Back in 1971, the state of Maine designated the tourmaline as Vacationland’s official gemstone.

    Gemstones From Maine, You Must Be Talking Tourmalines.
    Maine Tourmalines Dazzle The Eyes With Different Colors, Intensities, Cuts, Shapes.
    Tourmalines ranges in color from black, white or distinctive shades of red, green, and blue. Watermelon Maine tourmaline are multi-colored, a variation of red, pink and green. The “watermelon” variety feature a green outer layer surrounding a pink core.

    The tourmaline gemstone crystals can be opaque or transparent. And with the many shades of single or many color combinations, each stone like people, snowflakes, sunrises or sunsets is unique.

    The first major Maine tourmaline gem stone discovery happened in 1820 in Mount Mica in Paris ME. Very few naturally occurring tourmalines are suitable for use as gemstones because they are not free of inclusions, imperfections. Maine’s most common type of tourmaline is a black variety called schorl, which has no value as a gem stone.

    One single Tourmaline crystal can radiate up to four different colors.

    Subtle combinations occur with the chemical composition, crystal structure variations many years ago when the tourmaline crystal was formed. Some Maine tourmalines may be purposely cut so that the stone may be green on one end, pink on the other. Tourmaline was the first gemstone to be mined commercially in North America.

    For over 2000 years, Tourmaline has been a treasured gemstone. In over 200 recognized hues, far more than any other gemstone. Some colors are so rare, like yellow or some purple ones that they don’t even have names, designations beyond the hues. The more rare, the more valuable. And like anything beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When you study say a green tourmaline to purchase for a loved one, yourself, the shade of green, the saturation richness of the color and the cut, size of the stone all enter in to the experience when you behold one.

    I don’t wear jewelry beyond a gold ring that was my great uncle Finley’s with his initials engraved on it. But I have always had a fascination with stones, the Maine tourmaline. I guess because they come from this state which is not know for gem mines of many kinds. And because like any stone you know it took millions of years to form and are not whipped up, passed out at a drive through window. Like panning for gold, you can also spend some time looking for your own Maine tourmaline in the rough, raw natural mine. The tourmaline is not unique to Maine.

    As for eye candy, I have trouble resisting studying the spotlighted images of Maine tourmaline gemstones.

    Like the ones that grace ads for Cross Jewelers in Downeast Magazine monthly editions. Buying something you give away to a loved one is one of the most rewarding experiences you can ever engage in. Have a birthday, special occasion, wedding anniversary coming up and stumped on what to get? Consider a specially cut, shaped, colored Maine tourmaline as a present. Or Maine lobsters, clams, blueberries, fiddleheads and potatoes can make a lasting impression when it is time to sit down to eat too!

    Maine, always simple but something special discovered anytime you can get away to spend time with her. Visit Maine, find your space, your place.

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