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Marty’s Memories - Being On The Island By Marty Trower

Winter is beating on the island again, just to be mean. May was waiting politely on the horizon, just yesterday dropping its yellow petals of warmth on our doorsteps. And that night I saw red across my face in the mirror when I hadn’t thought I would need sunscreen yet. I felt sure that the next day those spring bulbs would explode into glory out of the brown. Instead their growing heads are being pulled and buffeted by a cruel quirk of nature. Nevertheless, I do love being here all year round to experience each one of these extremes. Of course the in-between subtleties are just as compelling. One of my favorites, the winter sea fog, is as rare and exciting for me as seeing the Aurora Borealis. I want it all in my life, all the time. I remember, before I became a year round resident, always feeling edgy and anxious when I was on the mainland on spectacular days and only wanted to be here, on Chebeague. I remember my

old friend Sharon Bowman and I commiserating as we met up on the CTC bus after the terrible news of September 11 th , 2001. This was before we both ended up back living on the island all the time - a return for her, a first, and a dream for me. At this time we both felt this terrible fear that we struggled to put into words. We soon realized that the bottom line was that we desperately wanted to get back and be on the island, and stay there for whatever happened. I can only imagine how it is for those who could not come to the island last year because of the Covid 19 pandemic. They won’t feel quite right, really, until they can be here again on the island. Winter will not swoop in again this season, I feel sure. Already there are large expanses of green on the ground and daffodils and forsythia are throwing their hot colors up at us. The ferry is running on a better schedule, we wear our masks as easily as ball caps and we miss our friends from away.

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