Pies and wood

“Here in Maine we draw from pioneer beginnings to maintain that pies are to cut wood on. That is, you tuck away a piece of pie and it sustain you at your work, whereas food that digests on you is a sham and an imposter.’’

— John Gould (1908-2003), in Old Hundredth (1987). He was a Maine-based but nationally known humorist, book author and columnist. He did much of his work from his farm in Livermore Falls.

The farming and factory town of Livermore Falls in 1906