Between painting and the reception, artists mostly want to stay out of the way. Lucky for us, our hosts had some lovely artwork, so we pottered around peering at things.
Yes, one can get blueberries from New Jersey, but they bear about as much resemblance to the Maine blueberry as plasticulture strawberries do to the ones that grow in my lawn.
Note: although this was posted yesterday, it failed to show up in the BDN queue or send to subscribers. I’m sorry if you’ve already read it from its link on FB. Today’s post will (hopefully) go out in an hour.
Virtually everyone on our continent is a southerner. Furthermore, most have not ventured north of the true Mason-Dixon Line, which is the 49th Parallel.