CHUCKY AND MARJORIE - PORT DOVER - JOHN WEARING A FAVORITE SHIRT-JAC MARJIE MADE FOR HIM - MARJIE MADE THIS WHILE WE LIVED IN MAINE - THE CLOTH CAME FROM A FABRIC STORE WE FREQUENTED IN ROCKLAND (PRETTY MUCH OUR FAVORITE TOWN IN MAINE) - THE BUTTONS WERE FROM A SEWING STORE IN PORTLAND THAT HAD A VERY LARGE SELECTION OF SUCH NOTIONS - THEY ARE COPIES OF OLD AMERICAN INDIAN-HEAD NICKELS AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE SHOPPED FOR THEM - OVER THE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS WE LIVED IN MAINE, I'M SURE I GOT TO KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERY SIGNIFICANT SEWING STORE ON THE COAST BECAUSE THIS PERIOD WAS MARJIE'S MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR MAKING ITEMS OF CLOTHING - MAINE IS LOADED WITH CRAFTS PEOPLE AND ARTISTS AND OFF-BEAT CREATIVE PEOPLE - THE SEWING WAS MARJIE'S OUTLET FOR THESE KINDS OF IMPULSES - SINCE SHE WAS A GIRL READING ELISABETH OGILVIE BOOKS SHE HAD WANTED TO GO TO MAINE AND THAT WAS WHAT PUSHED US IN THAT DIRECTION - SHE EVEN GOT TO MEET ELISABETH THERE - WE HAD MANY OTHER INTERESTING EXPERIENCES INCLUDING THE PERIOD I SERVED AS NEWSPAPER RESTAURANT REVIEWER, AND WE HAD ONE OF THE PRETTIEST LITTLE HOUSES IMAGINABLE - IF THE UNITED STATES HADN'T STARTED YET ANOTHER DAMNED WAR WITH ALL ITS LOCAL ACCOMPANYING HYSTERIA, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE STAYED IN MAINE WHICH OTHERWISE WAS A PLACE PLEASANTLY DIFFERENT THAN A GREAT DEAL OF THE COUNTRY (QUIET, PEACEFUL, CREATIVE, HISTORY-BOUND, BEAUTIFUL ON THE SEA), BUT THE NEW WAR BROUGHT ALL THE AMERICAN MANIAS INTO FORCE IMMEDIATELY (FLAGS ON EVERY CAR, "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" SIGNS, FLAGS ON LAWNS, THE TALL SIGN AT THE DOUGHNUT DRIVE-IN WITH "HONK IF YOU SUPPORT OUR TROOPS," "NEVER FORGET" T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS AND CAPS IN EVERY STORE, EVEN GAS PUMPS WHICH BLINKED THE MESSAGE ENDLESSLY "NEVER FORGET"- IT WAS SICKENING) - I THINK CAN WEI TOOK THE PHOTO - 2009 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE