The minute I sat down at Ye Olde Compoot to get this column out, the power went away for 45 minutes. Lots has been happening in Edgecomb, I’m sure more than I know about, but here’s what I’ve got:

Last Saturday, Sept. 24, was the Great Mount Hunger Hootenanny + Food Purlew! Starting mid-afternoon, we enjoyed mountains of barbecued chicken, pork and the finest beef brisket! Around sundown, the music started, four friends of Frank Perkins from New Hampshire, Dick, Steve, Gary and D.J., joined by Pastors Tom Wagers (Assembly of God), Steve Wallace (Baptist) on banjos, and Parson Kevin Fortier (chaplain at the Maine State Prison) on the dojo. They were joined by Jeff Townsend and Tom Blackford of Our Fair City. We Camerons retired early, but enjoyed hearing the dulcet sounds from the meadow below far into the night! Frank, who was the true impresario, wishes to thank John Leonard for providing the brisket, Page’s Septic for a Port-O-Potty, Norma Weeks for enormous salads, Kate Babinski for blueberry pie, and Jo Cameron for doughnuts. Pastor Fortier blessed the food, of which we all ate too much.

Plunging deeper into the past, I am delighted that at last the Edgecomb Historical Society can go public! We have acquired the contents of the Moses Davis Smithy, long neglected but a part of the property now owned by Kris and Pat Niederlitz, to whom we are indebted and grateful to receive these artifacts, some from the early 19th century, which may have been made for use in the construction of Fort Edgecomb. They have been inventoried, labeled, photographed, and stored at various members’ premises until we can figure out how to acquire and finance a building to display them and other of our treasures. We have also received, kindness of Ruth Sasala, some large items – ox wagon, other vintage vehicles and machinery – which also need storage. If any EHS member has space and capacity for sheltering these, please let Sue Carlson (sue@larchleat.net, 882.9155) and/or Jack Brennan (barbandjack.brennan@gmail.com , 882.6032) know. To become an EHS member, our rates have gone up:  $10 for a single, $20 for a family, $45 for a Patron. “Other” is also an option.

Flowers of the Forest: Let us say farewell to Joyce Ashton, and send our deepest condolences to her son Aaron and others of her family.

Only a few bravos, to date:  Draco Peaslee, running back for the BRHS Seahawks’ football team. And while I’m at it, to Amber Young (non-Edgecomb), our home health provider, an ardent runner, who will have run the Maine Marathon as of today.

That’ll have to do for the news from Edgecomb. I’ve started up the furnace and hauled out the sweaters and blankets (seems as if I’d just put them away!) and so, I’ll bet, have you all.

Best wishes from 234 River Road, 633-2978, jocam@tidewater.net.