I posted this story several years ago. It’s from Staying Put in Lincolnville: 1900-1950, but as we increasingly rely on our phones it still seems timely. And besides a recent encounter at the Apple store reminded me all over again of the.
Nearly every evening, after chores were done, young Arno Knight went down to the Corner. What was the attraction? His buddies, perhaps a cup or two of hard cider, and a place to hang out. The year? Anytime during the 1870s when Arno was single and.
This Week in Lincolnville: A Dream Come True
..the day they didn’t need me
Diane O’Brien Mon, 01/25/2021 - 11:30am
The Bean Supper assembly line saw that everyone got what they ordered: vegetarian or not, gluten or not, and plenty of coleslaw and cookies.
Photo by Diane O’Brien
As I drove away from the Historical Society the other day, even as cars were arriving, one after another to drop off food, it felt like a dream come true. The downstairs dining room, home of the Improvement Association for the past 50 or so years, was bustling with activity, as huge pans of beans and mountains of coleslaw were laid out, assembly-line fashion. The biscuits I’d just taken out of the oven, my one contribution to the effort, waited their place in the line, along with those of the other biscuit-makers. Cookies, cookies, cookies – gluten-free and gluten-full – completed the menu.