letter to the editor

Small town beauty

Thu, 03/28/2019 - 7:30am

Dear Editor:

It was with great sadness that I read the obituaries of both Pete Mundy and Martha McKown in my last Register. I counted them both as friends, but they were two people of such different backgrounds as you could ever meet anywhere.

However, in Boothbay, and in small towns across New England, you meet people from all walks of life, with money/without money, with schooling/without schooling, handy or not, sophisticated or not.

Pete helped many people with his generosity. Martha helped with the gift of her work and knowledge of plants, gardens and the seasons of Maine. I count myself blessed to have known them both.

Sally Giddings Smith

Montpelier, Vermont