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Nancy Dorrans Articles 96

Nancy Dorrans is a professional travel expert and founded Adventure Marketplace in 2014.

Stories of Arts and Crafts ‘From Away’

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: August 17, 2018In: Featured, Uncategorized1 Comment

By Nancy Dorrans Every work of art has a story: the story of the idea, the story of the artist, the story of the craft and supplies needed to create. Then there is the story of the work itse... Read more

Neighbors and Relations to the North

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: July 12, 2018In: Featured, Food & Travel, TravelNo Comments

By Nancy Dorrans I could have been Canadian. My father’s parents came to Canada from Scotland and eventually ended up in Michigan. My mother’s mother, born Helen Pieper in Ontari... Read more

Maine Irish Heritage Center Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: June 05, 2018In: Neighborhood Notes1 Comment

By Nancy Dorrans Late on the morning of Friday… Late on the morning of Friday, May 25th, the 15th anniversary celebration of the Maine Irish Heritage Center began at the... Read more

Pedaling Portugal’s Pathways

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: June 05, 2018In: Featured, Food & Travel, TravelNo Comments

By Nancy Dorrans Cycling and educational adventure to Portugal… Invited on a travel industry cycling and educational adventure to Portugal, I was offered more than just a familiarizati... Read more

Tulip Mania

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: May 07, 2018In: The Broader Picture, TravelNo Comments

A flower journey though Amsterdam … and beyond. By Nancy Dorrans In 1994 as a non-traditional college undergrad, I spent three months in the Netherlands as an InterFuture scholar, conducting... Read more

The Wonders of Gardening

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: May 04, 2018In: Featured, Health and Wellness, Provided by Seventy-Five State Street, TravelNo Comments

By Lynn Larochelle, Facilities Director The sensory appeal of having a garden is unquestioned: smelling the colorful bulbs, touching soft leaves and petals, admiring their beauty, and just l... Read more

Why not ask an independent travel agent?

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: November 22, 2017In: Business and Community, The Broader Picture, TravelNo Comments

A Day in the Life of an Independent Travel Agent by Nancy Dorrans First, A Look Ahead at Upcoming Trips Shaking my snow globe, the flakes swirl round and round… And I’m dreaming of a White C... Read more

Finding Warmth (and Learning to Spell) in Iceland

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: October 28, 2017In: The Broader Picture, TravelNo Comments

Off the Beaten Path Finding Warmth (and Learning to Spell) in Iceland By Nancy Dorrans Once or twice a year Adventure Marketplace goes “off the beaten path” and leads a small tour group to l... Read more

Maine Women March Forth

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: August 31, 2017In: The Broader Picture, TravelNo Comments

by Nancy Dorrans Resistance… Resistance is by definition, “the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument. Secondly, resistance... Read more

Accidental Gardener

Posted By: Nancy Dorranson: August 03, 2017In: The Broader Picture, TravelNo Comments

The Art and Craft of the Accidental Gardener by Nancy Dorrans If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, 43 BC If you have a passport and a ga... Read more

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