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PORTLAND MAGAZINE

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MAINE’S CITY MAGAZINE

APRIL 2022

VOLUME 37, NO.2

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MÉNAGE À TROIS

The English sheepdog [in “Making It New,” April 2022] was sitting right between the couple [renewing their vows] the whole time. There was no one else attending—just the three of them outside the Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth. Mikaela Lines, All In One Weddings, Portland

SUMMER SOUNDTRACK

[“Maine Refrains,” Feb./March 2022] is terrific! I especially like the fact that you connect singing at camp with a lifelong singing of those songs, even though you may not sing others. I still sing “My Paddle’s Keen and Bright” and “Lakes, Streams” from Wohelo. Both of them are very old camp songs, I think. Barbara Williams, Northampton, MA

Great article! We all at Hawthorne/Slovenski enjoyed reading it. Well researched. Jim Brennan, Ridgewood, NJ

I love Portland Magazine and have subscribed for many years! The camp song that had the most impact on me was “Taps.” I played trumpet from grade school into college, and I used to play “Taps” on the Camp Hawthorne dock every night. Often we would do an echo “Taps” from the two docks, and on a few occasions another echo emanated from across Panther Pond. At the camp’s 100th anniversary last August,

when I told one of the counselors I used to play “Taps,” she got me a trumpet, and three of us played “Taps.” It brought me back sixty years to a calm and peaceful place that had such an incredible impact on my life. Larry Langmore, Scarborough

I just saw the online copy of the camp songs article. What fun it was to read all the different comments from the different camps! Now I’m subscribing! Louise Van Winkle, Sedona, AZ

COLD STORAGE

I graced the cover of your [Winterguide 1992 issue], and I was hoping you might have a copy of it in your archives. John Clark took the photo, and it had to do with ice fishing. I just came across one of your magazines, and it brought back fond memories of that trip. Joe Napolitano, Garland

IF THE MASK FITS

I would not advertise in anything with “Portland” in the name, because the city is either run by budding communists or people too ignorant to read the mask studies pre-dating COVID for themselves. All very fast and loose with citizens’ right to breathe freely, all in the name of saving them from a disease that kills less than one percent of those infected, similar to the flu. Derry Downey, Wells

BLUEBIRDS ON MY SHOULDER

Bill and I thank you for [“Senses and Sensibility,” December 2021], and we thank Diane [Hudson] for being willing to share her story. We cannot imagine losing any of our senses, and to have two—taste and smell—taken away is horrible. Diane’s article helped us understand how devastating the after-effects of such an event could be. We hope that others who are affected, and people in general, gain a better knowledge of the long-term issues connected to COVID-19 and all its variants. Debra and William David Barry, Portland

Thank you for sharing this! I never stopped to think what the loss of taste and smell would be like until now. I can imagine it hasn’t been easy. [Hudson’s] positive outlook and reflections amaze me. Filipp Kotsishevskiy, Windham