Ike Hamill 10/16/22 Ike Hamill 10/16/22

Notes from Maine - 2022/10/16

My friends had a costume party last night. It was at a camping resort about forty-five minutes south of me. Todd came in from …

Ike Hamill 10/9/22 Ike Hamill 10/9/22

Notes from Maine - 2022/10/09

Gates are hard. When I bought this house (twenty years ago), it didn’t have any fenced-in pasture. I rented a post hole auger and invited a …

Ike Hamill 10/2/22 Ike Hamill 10/2/22

This time of year, I always feel like I’m on a deadline. A million details have to be squared away before the ground freezes and …

Ike Hamill 9/25/22 Ike Hamill 9/25/22

The air was perfect this morning. Clean and crisp. There was a hint of fall, but the bright sunshine promises afternoon warmth …

Ike Hamill 9/18/22 Ike Hamill 9/18/22

I was at Dad’s yesterday, throwing away shoes. These weren’t shoes that I would donate—they were shoes that already had …

Ike Hamill 9/11/22 Ike Hamill 9/11/22

I was working as a software developer twenty-one years ago when planes took down the towers. A bunch of us gathered in a …

Ike Hamill 9/4/22 Ike Hamill 9/4/22

I’m on hold again. Back in July, I had a moment of laziness and I decided I would buy some painter’s tape from Amazon. Mom was coming soon …

Ike Hamill 8/28/22 Ike Hamill 8/28/22

I grew up in the suburbs of Washington DC, and only came to Maine a few weeks out of the year. I was never once resentful …

Ike Hamill 8/21/22 Ike Hamill 8/21/22

Some days you wake up slowly—stretching, blinking at the morning light as you yawn and remember wisps of dreams. This …

Ike Hamill 8/14/22 Ike Hamill 8/14/22

My family is here. They arrived a week ago. Predictably, it has been ten degrees cooler and it has rained as much this week as …

Ike Hamill 8/7/22 Ike Hamill 8/7/22

The Wet Bandit has struck again. Last summer, on a cool evening, I was filling the water buckets in the barn with the …

Ike Hamill 7/31/22 Ike Hamill 7/31/22

It would be really interesting to work in a haunted house—like at an amusement park. A friend of mine managed one when he was …

Ike Hamill 7/24/22 Ike Hamill 7/24/22

We’re currently in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer. I’m not complaining. Things are much worse in other places in the …

Ike Hamill 7/17/22 Ike Hamill 7/17/22

It’s dry and hot here. There’s no growth in the pasture for the horses, so I’ve been feeding hay. I can’t remember a time when …

Ike Hamill 7/10/22 Ike Hamill 7/10/22

A few days ago, I was bummed out by something really stupid. I carried some tools back down to the basement, intending to …

Ike Hamill 7/3/22 Ike Hamill 7/3/22

I accidentally ate some mango skin the other day. It wasn’t terrible—a little bitter. I had a little panic attack because I …