Beyond the South End

Sonny’s Sunshine Corner

The brothers when they were babies.
 Sonny is the lighter one with Butchie
snuggled up next to his brother.

It seems as though I forgot this column altogether last month. Sorry about that.

This month we say goodbye to The South End Poet. Because of other commitments Kendall will no longer be able to continue contributing to this blog. His readers will miss him. Look for his work at your local bookstore.

Ted’s Fish and Chips will continue as usual. I am currently accepting ideas for guest blogs for either a one-shot deal or a monthly commitment. Subjects I’m especially interested in are nature stories as they pertain to Maine; Maine travel pieces, especially personal stories of travel in Maine; historical Maine pieces such as the one about long ago sea captains in Rockland; and other suggestions you may have for a Maine-oriented continuing blog. Send your ideas to southendstories@aol.com.

Check out the Thomaston Public Library blog and the Sail, Power and Steam Museum events for June. The museum opened for the season last month.

Readership is now over 46,000 on this blog site; and over 800 this month on the Village Soup site. Thanks again for your continued support of my work. Remember to click on an ad or two. I do not charge my readers for access to this blog; therefore these ads are the only way I get paid.

This month look for a graduation story and a story about the oldest business on Main Street in Rockland.

Butchie is glad the pollen season is over in Georgia so that he can now sleep in his chair on the patio without green dust settling all over him.