Virtual Hike to Arundel, Maine

Posted on November 15, 2021 by vanbraman

The next destination on my Virtual Hike was Arundel, Maine.

Arundel Maine, kenneth Robberts, Historical Fiction, Virtual HikeNo family connection for this stop, and it will be awhile before I again have one. This stop is not far from the last stop in Kittery, Maine, but it brought back some memories.

Arundel Maine, kenneth Robberts, Historical Fiction, Virtual HikeArundel is on Highway 1 and here is the welcome sign as you enter the town.

Arundel Maine, kenneth Robberts, Historical Fiction, Virtual HikeArundel has an interesting history in regards to the name of the town. Back in the 1700’s it was called Arundel, but in 1821 the name was changed to Kennebunkport.

In 1957 the area above was renamed to Arundel after the death of Kenneth Roberts who was the author of several historical novels that featured characters from the Arundel area during the Revolutionary War.

Arundel Maine, kenneth Robberts, Historical Fiction, Virtual HikeI discovered the historical novels of Roberts while I was in school and they helped begin a love for historical fiction.

The virtual hike took me along Highway 1, and passed by many businesses and restaurants.

Arundel Maine, kenneth Robberts, Historical Fiction, Virtual HikeIt also passed the Maine Classic Car Museum.

The Virtual Hike now continues north along the coast of Maine, but not too close as that would involve a lot of back and forth through the inlets. I need to be further inland to follow a straighter path. The next big destinations are in Canada and include several places where my ancestors lived and some important places near them.

Steven

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A Farmer’s Prayer for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 14, 2021 by vanbraman

Here is an interesting clipping that I found in one of my Grandma’s Scrapbooks.

A Farmer's Prayer for Thanksgiving, Sam Guard, Harold M. Lambert, Thanksgiving

A Farmer’s Prayer for Thanksgiving

Lord of harvests, Keeper of our feedlots and orchards, we thank thee for a turkey that is fat.

We thank thee for bread with butter on it.

Would we could set music to the glorious autumn song of praise that rises from these frosted, browning stalks of corn, bent with ears of gold. Accept the fragrance of red clover in yon mow as burnt incense rising from the holy earthen alter of this stock-farm.

Help us to be humble, just, and kind as thy servant said — especially kind to those creatures over whom thou gave us original dominion, which we have subdued and fattened and multiplied and milked according to thy direction.

Make us good shepherds to them as thou art the Good Shepherd to us.

Bless all thine own children about this board or absent from it.

And make our hearts big enough to receive thy bounty in constant Thanksgiving.

Amen

Thankful Farmers, Thanksgiving, HarvestThis picture was not directly related to the prayer above, but it does show a farmer and his wife who are giving thanks for their harvest.

This prayer reminds me that we need to be especially thankful for the farmers who grow our food.

On the same page was an article stating that 1956 had been a good year for fruits and vegetables, so the farmer’s had a lot to be thankful for that year.

Have you ever worked on a farm?

Steven

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