Musings from the Deep

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  • Chez Bott

    I have been reminiscing lately about the many people who have shared meals around our table and the conversations that naturally unfold when food is prepared with love and attention to detail. One story in particular has been waiting patiently… Continue reading

  • Extra Potatoes

    If A Bucket Full of Honey was one lesson in radical hospitality, this is another. Once again, the setting was winter. Once again, Highway 17 had been closed by one of those legendary North Shore storms that seem determined to… Continue reading

  • Dream Jobs and Other Happy Accidents.

    Every teacher dreams of stumbling into the perfect job. Mine arrived disguised as a government survey and a memo that landed quietly on the principal’s desk. In the early 1970s I was teaching in Marathon and enjoying life in the… Continue reading

  • Josy P. Zaremsky

    In Memory of Stan Johnson This story is long overdue. Many years ago, I promised a friend, Stan Johnson, that I would write down the story of Josy P. Zaremsky for the local museum and for the history of Marathon.… Continue reading

  • A Gift at 7:30 in the Morning

    Teachers seldom see the harvest. That may sound strange coming from someone who spent more than thirty years in education, but it is true. Teachers plant seeds, encourage growth, celebrate small successes, and then watch their students move on. Most… Continue reading

  • Walking Where He Walked

    There was a funeral some years ago that has stayed with me more deeply than I expected. I had been asked to preside at the funeral of a local father whose family had come from Newfoundland. Not simply from Newfoundland… Continue reading