Hot sand, cold water

 “A Day at the Beach,” by Swedish-American painter Carl Sprinchorn (1887-1971), in the show “Shifting Sands; Beaches, Bathers, and Modern Maine Art,’’ at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, through July 16.,

— Image courtesy of Darin Leese

Maine country place

“When Daddy’s downcellah busy with his lathe, I go to the edge of the grass to get a look at the Beans. The Beans’ mobile home is one of them old ones, looks like a turquoise-blue submarine. It’s got blackberry bushes growin’ over the windows.’’

— From The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1985), by Carolyn Chute (born 1947)