Photo by Trudy Snope
But most of all I shall remember the Monarchs - Rachel Carson (just before her death at the age of 56 in 1964)
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In September, Trudy and I celebrated our 60th anniversary by visiting two of our favorite places on the Maine coast: Black Point Inn on Prouts Neck in Scarborough and Newagen Inn on Southport Island.
For a week, we filled our senses with pine scents, salty ocean breezes, the taste of lobster, rocky shores, pounding surf, birds, wildflowers, and butterflies. Especially, an abundance of monarchs.
At Newagen Inn, our accommodation was a cottage set above the rocky shore. During our stay there we were surprised and delighted to discover a plaque memorializing the life of Rachel Carson and marking the spot she loved and where her ashes were scattered just above a tide pool filled with ocean life.
Carson, author of “Silent Spring” and considered to be the mother of the environmental movement, lived and wrote nearby on Southport Island. Her remains have joined the sea she loved.
We have so many memories of this special taste of Maine, but, most of all, we will remember the monarchs.
Photo by Trudy Snope
Silent Spring warned of the environmental dangers of pesticides, especially DDT. The book is credited with starting the environmental movement that led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970. Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Carson in 1980.
Andy and Trudy are one of the nicest couples you will meet. A photographer, Trudy contributes photos to Taste the Food.
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