Road Trip Radio

I spent several of the days this week on a road trip to a few states west of Maine.  I started out Wednesday morning in Cape Willington rush hour. This is about 20-30 cars all backed up along the Coastal Loop at drop off time for the schools. It lasts about 10 minutes!
While I was in traffic , and waiting to begin the long drive ahead, I flipped through radio stations to pass time. I ended up listening to a song with the lyrics " I just met you-call me maybe".
It got me wondering- does she want him to  maybe call her? or call her Maybe, as in 'Maybe Williams went to the prom with Todd Coty. 
I did hear that one of Marjorie Coffins fine young sons is dating, and going to the prom with, a niece of Walter Gruthers,  Emily Frenda. Emily's Mother Eileen is Walter's sister. They grew up in Cape Willington . Their father was a lobsterman.  Back in the day, they had lobster traps piled for miles in their back yard.
The song "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's woke me out of my thoughts. That is a crazy song! Which reminds me-don't forget the Cape Willington Lobster festival August 9-12. If you need a hotel reservation, do it now!! The hotels will be booked up and down the coast. The Sea God and Goddess applications are online, deadline June 1st. This years festival will kick off with a sand castle building event. If you want to volunteer to help with the festival contact Sue Reynolds at 555-6495. or Candy Holliday at 555-7898.
One more note. The Ice Cream Shack is open for the season!  They opened yesterday, in fog and temperature of 52 degrees. It was packed!

             Happy Mother's Day~

             B.B. Haywood
             

Yellow

 Patience. Waiting for the leaves to unfold in coastal Maine takes all of it. I decided to follow the color yellow today , as a reminder of how beautiful the month of May is.  My first wow of yellow was my breakfast banana peel , gorgeous next to the white yogurt and painted blueberry pattern on my plate. (then I throw the peel into the woods to compost, it looks great there too).
   When I looked up and out the kitchen window, there was a bright yellow finch perched on one of the long sticks I intertwine behind my planter, which is filled with sunrise yellow pansies. Life can't get prettier than that.
   Then into my car, past yellow road signs that read Stop Ahead, Dead End, Road Narrows , and at the town dump (oops, sorry-transfer station) a bright yellow sign says .'Do Not Remove Anything From Metal Bin'. I didn't really feel like it was a metal removing day, so onward I went. I drove around the coastal loop. my head turning to gaze at the yellow Forsythia and Daffodils in bloom along every road side and front yard.
   As I turned down Main Street, and drove into the parking lot of Gumm's Hardware Store, I bumped into Candy Holliday, literally. She was backing out of her parking space without looking, and smack , right into my car. I should have noticed her and steered clear. She had on her butternut yellow fleece jacket, the one that makes it easy to spot her around town. She got out of her car, all apologies and in a hurry to get somewhere. I did peek into her car, because I am just that nosy. It looked like garden stakes, tomato cages, some wood, and something poking out of a partially folded tarp. I would have loved to peek under that.
  I heard the words 'hurry', 'missing' , and 'visit', and she drove away. Candy is a mystery all her own.
   A big sunny yellow lemon square from Melody's is what I need right now.

                          Happy May !
                       B.B. Haywood

Town in a Pumpkin Bash

Another year has passed and Town in a Pumpkin Bash has been released !   Links to Amazon, Target, and Walmart are on the website, or visit your local bookstore or library. 
I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it for you.  There are now four books in the Candy Holliday murder mystery series, each one is our favorite ! In Town in a Pumpkin Bash Candy will have her 40th Birthday celebration on a spooky Halloween Eve.  
So read wherever you can find a cozy spot and enjoy the book.
Happy 40th Birthday, and Happy Halloween Candy!
B.B.Haywood

Traveling Books

      Thanks to the many readers and fans who have embraced the residents of Cape Willington, Maine, and provided numerous creative ideas and suggestions. It would be fun to track each book, and meet the reader at it's destination. Opening e-mails from you is like opening a present. Thanks to you, I  have donated books to help raise money for earthquake relief in New Zealand and Japan. I have helped a wonderful 8th grader with her writing projects - Keep up with the great writing Ally! I have had readers who have parallel lives with residents of Cape Willington, which is quite amazing to read about. We have even reached the dental world through Lois Hirt, a dental hygienist who writes a column on Hygienists In Print-Fiction and Non Fiction. Through her, a copy of Town in a Lobster Stew is now at The National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Maryland.
So, a great big Thank-you!
Keep reading and keep sending e-mails.
B.B.Haywood

Needhams

Several years ago I read a wonderful book called Candy and me (A Love Story) by Hilary Liftin. I thought of her today when I tasted my first Needham. How long have I been in Maine without ever tasting one? I thought the smooth dark chocolate rectangle would be filled with caramel. What I tasted instead was creamy delicious coconut~ and later found out it has mashed potato mixed in with the coconut.They originated in Portland, Maine in 1872. The box I was given had 4 Needhams in it. Only a one day supply, okay, maybe 2 days.
I would love to have a recipe for them if anyone would like to share.
Happy October,
Candy

Wanda!

I had  thoughts of a relaxing day until Mary Ellen Graner called me at 6:30 am.  Her cat ate his "little fishies" breakfast this morning, was let outside and didn't come back. She thought someone stole him. Doc said he would feed the girls, so I left right away. Boy- was I annoyed when I got there to find Wanda already there questioning Mary Ellen . How does she do that? It's like she has special Wanda waves. At 6:30 am! The case was solved quickly, the cat was in the neighbors tree house sleeping on a bale of hay. Mary Ellen kindly invited me to breakfast. Wanda left to get to another story.

Blueberry Bits

The contest to rename Candy's newspaper column is over. Thank- you to everyone who entered! The suggestions were all great. The judges chose Blueberry Bits as the winner!! Congratulations to lynneandco! Would you please send me your address at hollidaysblueberryacres@gmail.com  so I can send you your signed books? The column name will appear in Town in a Wild Moose Chase .
Happy April ~~