Ike Hamill 12/26/21 Ike Hamill 12/26/21

Notes from Maine - 2021/12/26

Hope the year is ending well for you. Happy Holidays? Merry Christmas? I don’t know precisely what to say without feeling …

Ike Hamill 12/19/21 Ike Hamill 12/19/21

Notes from Maine - 2021/12/19

We had our first decent snow overnight. It looks like about three inches out there, but it’s still coming down. Previous snowfall …

Ike Hamill 12/12/21 Ike Hamill 12/12/21

Ten days ago, my horses had their first baby together. Earl has lived here since he was four months old, so I can be certain that …

Ike Hamill 12/5/21 Ike Hamill 12/5/21

Last Thursday, there was a strange emotion running through the barn. It was a warm rainy day so the horses had to spend …

Ike Hamill 11/28/21 Ike Hamill 11/28/21

I’m good in a crisis. The most recent example I can give was from last summer. My nephew and I were driving Dad’s Polaris …

Ike Hamill 11/21/21 Ike Hamill 11/21/21

This was never a perfect house. Twenty years ago, I searched forever to try to find a perfect house. In the next town over, I …

Ike Hamill 11/14/21 Ike Hamill 11/14/21

My friend had his Thanksgiving party at my house yesterday. It was nice to get back to that tradition, although it was a much …

Ike Hamill 11/7/21 Ike Hamill 11/7/21

This time of year is easy. I just get up when the sun comes through my window. Now that the time has changed, I came …

Ike Hamill 10/31/21 Ike Hamill 10/31/21

Happy Halloween! Even when I was a little kid, I was convinced that a Halloween costume should be scary. I don’t remember …

Ike Hamill 10/24/21 Ike Hamill 10/24/21

In the late 90s, my father bought a little cabin down the road from my grandparents’ house. It was a single room, decorated …

Ike Hamill 10/17/21 Ike Hamill 10/17/21

There are some things that I’m afraid to Google. You search for the wrong thing and then you’ll be getting all kinds of ads and …

Ike Hamill 10/10/21 Ike Hamill 10/10/21

The shower curtain rustles and leg slides out from the tub. Emilio’s toothbrush stops mid stroke. He’s frozen in shock for a …

Ike Hamill 10/3/21 Ike Hamill 10/3/21

Everyone is gone. It’s just me at the dogs hanging out at the camp. Some places, they would call this a cabin. Around here …

Ike Hamill 9/26/21 Ike Hamill 9/26/21

This is difficult for me to write. It’s not bad news. There’s nothing difficult about the topic I’m sharing today. It’s just difficult …

Ike Hamill 9/19/21 Ike Hamill 9/19/21

I drive a 2005 GMC Envoy. Once a year or so, I’ll pull up at a red light and there will be another Envoy next to me. I always turn to …

Ike Hamill 9/12/21 Ike Hamill 9/12/21

Tomorrow, bright and early, I have a dentist appointment. A cracked molar needs a crown. This ends my extraordinary …