growing up in maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/growing-up-in-maine/ Maine Local Community Blog Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:31:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png growing up in maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/growing-up-in-maine/ 32 32 Exploring My Area Of Maine On A Minibike Growing Up https://meinmaine.com/2025/10/28/exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:30:43 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18483 Growing up in Maine, did you have a minibike? My first minibike was a 3.5 horsepower Briggs and Stratton model. Just a simple, low-cost minibike that was dark green with knobby tires. It has a thick long cushion seat to make up for a serious lack of suspension. No gears, the minibike equipped with a […]

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]]> Maine Made Christmas Presents https://meinmaine.com/2023/12/20/maine-made-christmas-presents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-made-christmas-presents Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:10:04 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17840 Maine made Christmas presents. Something not from across the pond or with a “made in China” sticker on the bottom. Low tech not high tech and made in Maine. When you think something unique to Maine, what comes to mind? Christmas tree or wreath to be part of your holiday tradition? Or presents with something […]

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]]> Growing Up In Maine, Earliest Childhood Memories. https://meinmaine.com/2019/05/08/growing-up-in-maine-earliest-childhood-memories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=growing-up-in-maine-earliest-childhood-memories Wed, 08 May 2019 13:29:13 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=13291 Growing up In Maine. Earliest memories living in small town rural Maine. The youngest you were where you can remember vividly. How old were you when events happening around you can be recalled from memory? And not thanks to a relative making it seem real. But recalled on your own without help from the family […]

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]]> Maine | Keep A Child’s Heart With A Grown Ups Head. https://meinmaine.com/2012/05/17/maine-keep-a-childs-heart-with-a-grown-ups-head/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-keep-a-childs-heart-with-a-grown-ups-head https://meinmaine.com/2012/05/17/maine-keep-a-childs-heart-with-a-grown-ups-head/#respond Thu, 17 May 2012 10:52:08 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=4591 Simple, single minded, affectionate and teachable … you and I were all kids once and hopefully still are in some ways in your heart. A child’s imagination has no limits, no concerns about mortgage payments, whether the car’s oil is overdue for a change. The little details that can clutter and detract from a person’s […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2012/05/17/maine-keep-a-childs-heart-with-a-grown-ups-head/feed/ 0 The Childhoods Of Four Maine Boys Contained In An Antique Open Front Writing Desk. https://meinmaine.com/2011/12/15/the-childhoods-of-four-maine-boys-contained-in-an-antique-open-front-writing-desk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-childhoods-of-four-maine-boys-contained-in-an-antique-open-front-writing-desk https://meinmaine.com/2011/12/15/the-childhoods-of-four-maine-boys-contained-in-an-antique-open-front-writing-desk/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:37:01 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=3314 If you still have both your parents, enjoy them but my Maine Mom and Dad are now in my memory and heart only. I miss them being here on Earth. But they both prepared the four boys in their family for the acceptance of death as a part of life. I still feel their presence, […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2011/12/15/the-childhoods-of-four-maine-boys-contained-in-an-antique-open-front-writing-desk/feed/ 0 Building A Better Truck To Haul Maine Potatoes To Market. https://meinmaine.com/2011/06/11/building-a-better-truck-to-haul-maine-potatoes-to-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-a-better-truck-to-haul-maine-potatoes-to-market https://meinmaine.com/2011/06/11/building-a-better-truck-to-haul-maine-potatoes-to-market/#respond Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:02:04 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=2882 If you worked at an over the road big truck company, building a better vehicle that sold more units would be the goal. To get that better truck designed, built you had best be very curious. Asking the truck drivers who live in those 18 wheelers what they like. What they don’t. About the rig […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2011/06/11/building-a-better-truck-to-haul-maine-potatoes-to-market/feed/ 0 Sometimes Something Smaller Can Be Pretty Big. https://meinmaine.com/2011/04/06/sometimes-something-smaller-can-be-pretty-big/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sometimes-something-smaller-can-be-pretty-big https://meinmaine.com/2011/04/06/sometimes-something-smaller-can-be-pretty-big/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:54:23 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=2712 When you settle a Maine estate and have to go through the house hold items of a loved one passed away, the small things are the most valuable. The items you remember as a kid that in a garage sale would be pretty valueless. Passed over or not fetching much of a price. I remember […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2011/04/06/sometimes-something-smaller-can-be-pretty-big/feed/ 0 The First Trailer Truck Was A 1963 White Cab Over Diesel. https://meinmaine.com/2011/01/20/the-first-trailer-truck-was-a-1963-white-cab-over-diesel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-first-trailer-truck-was-a-1963-white-cab-over-diesel https://meinmaine.com/2011/01/20/the-first-trailer-truck-was-a-1963-white-cab-over-diesel/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:34:20 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=2420 My dad was a Maine potato farmer and instead of just growing his own for market, he bought potatoes from others too and was a spud broker. It seemed logical to buy a trailer truck to haul them to market too. Usually in Boston, Hartford, New York City. The first trailer was a 1957 Trailmobile. […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2011/01/20/the-first-trailer-truck-was-a-1963-white-cab-over-diesel/feed/ 0 Alcohol Consumption Growing Up On A Maine Farm…Wasn’t Really There. https://meinmaine.com/2010/04/22/alcohol-growing-up-on-a-maine-farmwasnt-there/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alcohol-growing-up-on-a-maine-farmwasnt-there https://meinmaine.com/2010/04/22/alcohol-growing-up-on-a-maine-farmwasnt-there/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:06:57 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=1241 As a kid helping out, growing up on a Maine farm, alcohol was not preached as evil. Wasn’t prevalent or part of the childhood. Maybe it was because my Dad’s brother, Uncle Bud was a professional alcoholic. Had eight wonderful kids, but only stopped drinking when he stopped breathing, was dead. Maybe that is why […]

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]]> https://meinmaine.com/2010/04/22/alcohol-growing-up-on-a-maine-farmwasnt-there/feed/ 0 Maine Is Living Within Your Means, Being Careful With Money, Pay As You Go Thinking. https://meinmaine.com/2010/03/24/maine-is-living-within-your-means-be-careful-with-money-pay-as-you-go-thinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-is-living-within-your-means-be-careful-with-money-pay-as-you-go-thinking https://meinmaine.com/2010/03/24/maine-is-living-within-your-means-be-careful-with-money-pay-as-you-go-thinking/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:03:24 +0000 http://meinmaine.com/?p=1106 Around Maine, most folks would consider spoiling a child the worse abuse you could lavish on your sons or daughters. Worse than neglect of that child. When money is in shorter supply, better impulse control with that money comes in to play. Kids watching a Maine mom and dad see how hard they work for […]

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