The Boston Globe, September 11th, 1997
ORONO, Maine -- It is, I know, a luxury few get to experience, and it is a pain, to some degree, most everyone must bear. It is this: Spending your last night in the home in which you grew up -- for me, the only home I ever knew until college came calling. That's the luxury part -- the stability, the security, the roots. And the memories that flood back now. The pain part -- it's pretty obvious. I lived at 78 Hill St., in Orono, Maine, for 18 years. My father lived there for 25 years, until his sudden death in 1977; my mother lived there through this spring, when new ownership came in and exac...
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