Stops in Maine

We're on our way home, but we have had a lot of stops on our way. We stopped for lunch at the Popeyes in Kennebunk. We stopped at the Scoop Deck in Wells for ice cream. We stopped at the When Pigs Fly bread outlet in Kittery. Now Ellen is at a Carter's outlet buying some baby things for a baby shower for Mark Nissen and his wife which will be July 5th at Mary Anderson's place in Bennington. We're taking Anne Janeway with us to the shower, and Ellen is also buying a present for Anne to bring, because it is hard for Anne to get out and shop.

Popeye's at the Kennebunk Rest Area

An iconic Maine image at the center of the Food Court at Kennebunk Rest Area

Another decorative feature - is there a dog racing track nearby?

The Scoop Deck in Wells, Maine - great ice cream!

When Pigs Fly bread display

The Carter's Outlet at Kittery Mall******************************* LATER We got home at about 8pm, safe and sound. Along the entire trip I read aloud, off snd on, from our current read-aloud book, Flying, Falling, Catching which is a book both by and about Henri J.M. Nouwen, published posthumously (2022; Nouwen died in 1996) with Carolyn Whitney-Brown. It will be the subject of discussion at the GCC Book Group which is meeting July 31st. It is about an experience near the end of Nouwen's life when he became deeply attached to a group of trapeze artists, the Flying Rodleighs, lived and toured with them for a time, and went deeply into their lives and their art, and came to believe that their story had universal spiritual significence. The book draws heavily on his own diaries and journals and his own notes for a book he intended to write about them, but never finished because of his death. I have long been attracted to Nouwen's writing, especially since the period right after Shirley's death, when I picked up his The Inner Voice of Love and started to cry as I read the chapter titles! It got me through that period of grief and was very healing for me. I also was moved by his study of Rembrandt's portrait of The Prodigal Son - both because I love Rembrandt, and I also love the way Nouwen gets inside the painting. So, I am enjoycing this book we are reading now.