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catch, where they dropped their oars in the water and exploded backwards again.

hen I was a rower, the last part of the race was the hardest. My vision narrowed toward the vanishing point of pain, and I felt myself floating upward and out of the boat with each stroke. We moved, all eight of us, as a single, unthinking animal. Speed was our only destination. We did not think about where our blades sat in relation to the water, but where they were about to be. After we crossed the finish line, we could not hear the small crowd calling for our attention. Not yet. First the rush of water against the shell and the wind blowing against our tingling skin. The honk of a car horn from across town signaled the gust of oxygen rushing to our brains, and there they all were: launches, family and friends, arms swinging in the air as if welcoming us home from a long journey that had finally come to an end. n

“We were driving the coast, so to speak, I think maybe in a station wagon. He fell in love with wherever we went, and now he’d fallen in love with Maine. We talked excitedly in the car. We were looking for a house on the water. We did examine the place! We kept driving north along the water until I don’t really remember the name of the town. We went quite a ways up, actually, because it was so beautiful. To John, each place was more beautiful than the last."

—Interview with Yoko Ono by Colin W. Sargent, Summerguide 2003. 207-775-0101 www.McSeaBooks.com

Wake up! Move, rustle, scurry. It’s morning in Maine, so hurry, HURRY! Come find out how the animals in Maine start their day. This beautiful children’s book showcases art from hand-painted papers and textures from recycled items.

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BY JASON BROWN