Vicki Doudera - Realtor, Author, Mainer

This morning finds me looking out a hotel window to palm trees and what looks like a sunny Thursday.  I’ve left the coast of Maine for Florida and the start of the National Association of Realtors newest continuing ed core course:  the Green Designation. 
Like most of us, I’m doing my best to “green” myself and my home.  […]

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It’s the first day of autumn, my favorite season here in Maine. Minutes ago I walked our dogs around the neighborhood and noticed an orange-leafed sugar maple, glowing in the afternoon sun, one of the fist harbingers of this colorful time of year.  Before long, all of the trees will be similarly clad, and the pumpkins that […]

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It was always a dream of mine to have a small lakefront home tucked in the woods on some peaceful unpaved road. Ten years ago, the cheerful little structure that you see above came on the market, and my husband and I made an offer. When it was accepted, one of my most cherished dreams […]

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You know it’s springtime in this state when you can get out on your bike. Yesterday I did a 30 mile ride out to Warren, Union, and back through Hope and Rockport to Camden. Today’s an even better day — sunny, in the 70’s — but my schedule’s too booked to take two hours off today.
What does […]

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Right around Valentine’s Day, I drove over the snowy roads to visit friend and client Jeff Cleaveland. Jeff and his wife Cathy moved to Maine from Seattle about two years ago. They bought a new home in a small rural town, got their two young children situated in schools, began making friends and even starting new businesses. (Cathy […]

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   December first was a definite highlight of my Christmas Season and here’s why…  I was Santa’s chauffeur for a good part of the day!  That’s right, I met Santa at an Inn in downtown Camden and drove he and his Elf Ellen to Rockport harbor, where they appeared before throngs of children gathered by Rockport Marine.  After Santa listened to the little […]

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Yesterday my daughter and I bought a CD of Christmas songs by Maine artists at our local Reny’s store. Turns out that “Christmas in Maine” was produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of “The Maine Christmas Song” by Con Fullam. The CD includes the original 1987 rendition, as well as a new version by the Windham Chamber Singers, along […]

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For me, one of the best things about living in Maine is seeing wildlife on a fairly regular basis. Not that you can actually PLAN on seeing it (my friend Nancy has lived here for more than a decade and has yet to see a moose) but every now and then you spot something really […]

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A New Year and a beautiful January day here in Maine… the sun is shining and the sky is super blue. Walked up Mount Battie this morning with two friends and admired the islands sparkling in the bay like little pebbles. Hardly any snow right now but that may change this week.
Many people wonder what […]

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