There’s so much to love about this trip North, the joyful wedding of a dear friend, five days with the Wise Women, and—good heavens—Maine. I have a bit of an unexplained obsession with this state, a romantic notion that one day, in the way-out-there future, I will have a book jacket bio that states: Cathy lives in coastal Maine with her husband, Tim, and their three dogs.

(Where does all that come from? I swear I can’t say.)

Nevertheless, there it is. And here I am, in gorgeous Maine, in perfect August, loving every single minute.

East Promenade, Portland

One of many Lobster Rolls

from Joe’s
Boathouse

the Wise Women

Ahhh, yes. I do love Maine. What a beautiful five days filled with light, love, laughter, and most of all—friends.