Details

Description

301 pages ; 22 cm

Contents

Welcome to Maine -- A lesson in liquids and solids -- There might not be moose -- Still looking for moose -- He who hesitates gets stuck on lift -- Ice fishing -- Old man winter -- Crispy isn't spelled with a k -- The beast below the floorboards -- My basement of solitude -- Benefits of small living -- No room for lazy -- The GPS won't get you to Katahdin -- When a case of soda freezes, you know it's cold -- How to blow snow -- When I knew Maine was home -- The way life is -- Waking the senses -- Off beaten path in the county -- Small, local shops make memories -- Zucchini: plant of horrors -- A frozen Christmas tree -- The unsung heroes of Winter -- Small town life -- Apologies to the wildlife -- The mother bird -- Bird in the house is worse than two outside -- Raising kids in Maine -- The new (naughty) kid in class -- Gift shops = Hell -- Kids as collateral at county fair -- Frozen waffles (hey, I cook them first!) -- National waffle shortage -- Moms don't have favorites -- If otters read books about us -- The brothers' separation -- Firstborn cuts path -- Loss of WII cruel and unusual punishment -- Etchings on the family table -- Price gouging gumballs -- Picture frames as time capsules -- First fish, then dog -- We won a shark -- Meet Sparky -- When a dog trains his boy -- To the littlest boy in striped shirt -- Sam's club -- Things I'll forget -- Lindell learning to read -- Diary of a snow day -- Lindiddy -- A letter to my future daughters-in-law -- The fairness of world and coin tosses -- Letting go of the bike -- A sad, backward version of the hungry caterpillar -- I ruined Halloween -- Living with all boys -- Managing children, gardens -- It will be quiet all too soon -- Star Wars is tearing us apart -- Yellow beans -- Ads set parenting bar too high -- About a boy in a kayak -- To Ford as he begins high school -- Baseball -- Baseball season in Maine -- First day of little league -- Father-son moment at third base -- Where have all the baseball kids gone? -- Last year of little league -- Marriage and other things -- Dustin goes to a civilian dentist -- The immortal coffee mug -- Clean while no one is watching -- The ramekins -- Dustin finds a new way to fly -- You can take the kid out of diapers, but will Dustin ever hear? -- Dustin doesn't let anyone win -- Lost wedding band -- New wedding band -- Wedding band found by Mainers -- If schools were designed for introverts -- Fear of flying -- Flying with the 101st -- Mission accomplished -- Flying: let's try that again -- FAQs about failed flying attempt -- Online commenters -- Lessons for the future.

Subject

Maine -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.

Smiley, Sarah -- Family -- Anecdotes.

Smiley family -- Anecdotes.

Families of military personnel -- Maine -- Biography -- Anecdotes.

Families -- Anecdotes.

Smiley family.

Smiley, Sarah.

Families.

Families of military personnel.

Manners and customs.

Maine.

Genre/Form

Anecdotes.

Biography -- Anecdotes.

ISBN

9781608935765 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)

1608935760 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)

9781608935772 (ebook)