Gregory Greenleaf

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Gregory Greenleaf lives in Harpswell and teaches high school English. He ascribes, prescribes and subscribes to many old-fashioned ideas, but especially Charles Dickens’ observation that “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”

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Lost on a Loop Trail: Leech wars, Episode I

Sometimes the divide between horror and comedy is not so wide that you have to back up several feet and get a running start to jump across, and even then, feel your heel scrape against the emptiness of the chasm below as you land safely on the other side.

byGregory Greenleaf

September 18, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: So b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

I bring a trash bag when I take my dog for walks along Cundy's Harbor Road. Once I found a giant empty Rubbermaid trash can in the ditch. I used that moment to teach my dog situational irony.

byGregory Greenleaf

August 14, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: Read this and be instantly wise

Go here. Go there. But wherever you go and whatever you do, go as fast as possible. If the speed limit is 70 mph, go 75 or 80. The need is always for speed. I don't know what 5G is, but I know it's fast.

byGregory Greenleaf

July 20, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: No peas, please

One benefit or curse of living in "Vacationland" is having friends and family from away visit you and stay in your home for days and days at a time.

byGregory Greenleaf

June 13, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: Nomenclature for COVID variants

The World Health Organization needs my help. If you haven't heard, the current COVID variants are named after Greek letters and there are only 24 letters available. WHO is seeking a new "nomenclature" to use after omega — the last Greek letter — is assigned.

byGregory Greenleaf

May 14, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: Dust bunnies must be euthanized

I deeply admire the tenacity of door-to-door vacuum sellers. Or should it be admired? This scene happened decades ago and no one since then has shown up at my house asking permission to scatter debris everywhere.

byGregory Greenleaf

April 14, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: How do you like your Regards served?

How do you like your Regards served? Warm? Sometimes I get letters from folks who close by heating up their Regards a little bit before pushing send.

byGregory Greenleaf

March 8, 2022

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Lost on a Loop Trail: Just a little bit

"It's warmed up a little bit since this morning," I say to my daughters as Echo, the black Lab, strains at his leash and zooms us down Cundy's Harbor Road.

byGregory Greenleaf

February 8, 2022

Gregory Greenleaf

Lost on a Loop Trail: Leech wars, Episode I

Lost on a Loop Trail: So b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

Lost on a Loop Trail: Read this and be instantly wise

Lost on a Loop Trail: No peas, please

Lost on a Loop Trail: Nomenclature for COVID variants

Lost on a Loop Trail: Dust bunnies must be euthanized

Lost on a Loop Trail: How do you like your Regards served?

Lost on a Loop Trail: Just a little bit

Guinea pigs invade Cundy’s Harbor in new children’s book

Above water?

Cooking at 43° North: Generosity lives here

Gregory Greenleaf

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