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Matt J. Duffy is a doctoral student at Georgia State University in Atlanta where he's writing a dissertation on the use of unnamed sources. He also teaches journalism and communication law. Duffy worked as a journalist for many years including stints at the Boston Herald, the Nashua (NH) Telegraph, the (Jackson, MS) Clarion-Ledger and the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal. He's served as a reporter, copy editor and news editor. Click to read Matt J. Duffy's curriculum vitae.

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Leaving Maine

posted on July 30, 2008 at 5:08 am

One never knows what images one is going to hold in memory, returning to the city after a brief orgy in the country. I find this morning that what I most vividly and longingly recall is the sight of my grandson and his little sunburnt sister returning to their kitchen door from an excursion, with trophies of the meadow clutched in their hands — she with a couple of violets, and smiling, he serious and holding dandelions, strangling them in a responsible grip. Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists — just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.

– E. B. White,
“Essays of E.B. White”

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E.B. White on traveling to Maine

posted on July 27, 2008 at 9:10 am

What happens to me when I cross the Piscataqua and plunge rapidly into Maine at a cost of seventy-five cents in tolls? I cannot describe it. I do not ordinarily spy a partridge in a pear tree, or three French hens, but I do have the sensation of having received a gift of true love. And when, five hours later, I dip down across the Narramissic and look back at the tiny town of Orland, the white spire of its church against the pale-red sky stirs me in a way that Chartres could never do. It was the Narramissic that once received as fine a lyrical tribute as was ever paid to a river — a line in a poem by a schoolboy, who wrote of it, “It flows through Orland every day.” I never cross that mild stream without thinking of his testimonial to the constancy, the dependability of small, familiar rivers.

– E. B. White
“Essays of E.B. White”

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posted on July 25, 2008 at 1:38 pm


Leaving Five Islands, Maine.

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posted on July 21, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Jackman, Maine

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On the Bluebird

posted on July 20, 2008 at 11:51 am

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posted on July 16, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Old Orchard Beach

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posted on July 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Bluegrass

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posted on July 10, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Bath, Maine — This environmentalist is signing up supporters on the main street sidewalk. I’ve successfully walked past her three times without getting stopped. I’ve even been smiling. Yes!

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posted on July 8, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Powderhorn Island — A little deserted island just down from our place on Westport Island. You can only get here by boat — park up on a little sandy beach and drop your anchor. Incredible.

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