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Featuring original works of fine art photography and limited-edition prints by regional and local artists. 372 Fore Street Portland Maine 04101 207 874-8084 www.forestreetgallery.com Monhegan Morning Paul Black 11 x 14 oil Featuring original works of fine art photography and limited-edition prints by regional and local artists. 372 Fore Street Portland Maine 04101 207 874-8084 www.forestreetgallery.com Dinghy at Dusk Merchant Row K. Dana Nelson 11x14 oil I am a tourist in my own life. Poet Lin- da Pastan may have written this line iron- ically but I have a sunnier more carefree take on it which is odd for a Scorpio. During perfect crisp fall days like this we used to roll up the sidewalks in coastal towns like Ogunquit Kennebunkport Old Orchard Freeport Damariscotta Booth- bay Harbor Bar Harbor even Portland. But now that the sense of Maine is blurring into a fashion meme viz. check- ered shirts and Bean Boots in Singapore and even a state of mind fall is a time of awakenings. Food tastes better. Just now right now the crash of waves is more re- flective during a long walk on the beach. I was born in Portland in Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary the same hospital where Stephen King was born. The last time I bragged about this a local gave me the suspicious eye and challenged What floor In spite of my local credentials Ive more than once been called a year-round summer person because I edit a city magazine that tirelessly looks for new attractions year-round. Its the greatest job in the world to get to showcase the quirky Maine I love. Put another way were all in search of a permanent vacation. No no not the way the An- gels use that phrase in their 1963 hit My Boyfriends Back. But in a freeing way where you can be commuting to work look out your car window and catch your breath when you see a deer an eagle a wave a flock of seagulls. Tourists in our own lives taking in the foliage Okay Its our luck as Mainers that at least we arent commuters in our own lives. Sorry Yankees fans. So many business people I know have moved here to chase lost childhoods summer camp canoeing on a lake tasting their first lobster rolls even just sampling sincerity. In every case I can think of theyve rediscovered themselves here. If we are tourists in our own lives and we live in a tourist destination like Maine thats a double fantasy. Yoko Ono has told me yes I regularly chat with Yoko wellonce that even she and John Lennon tried Maine on when The Dakota got too claustrophobic. She said he started at Kittery driving along the coast sayingWe should get this beautiful house hanging over the surf. Then hed crane his neck and say Look up there. Lets see that one. Then hed see a place on the next peninsula steaming out of the fog and say Hurry lets go there. He was in a hurry for beautythats how his mind worked. We dont just live our own dreams here we live everyone elses too. If Maine is the wave at the end of the mind we have to surf it. Hey-la-hey-lah. Its our responsibility so next summer we can share it with our guests. Where Recycling has Always been in Style forgetmenotsfalmouth.com Forget Me Nots 781-8252 U.S. Route One Falmouth Maine TuesFri 106 Sat 105 Sun 125 Now located at The Shops at Falmouth Village 240 U.S. Route One Nowacceptingseasonal clothingandaccessories 12 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Editorial Colin W. Sargent Editor Publisher Year-Round Summer People RhondaFaRnham Me in the 80s. For more on Portland back in the day see page 27. To share your own embarrass- ing 80s photo send it to staff portlandmonthly.com.