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Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. July 1, 2009 The Maine summer – we wait a long time for it to arrive, and we think about it from October through May.  Collectively, the population of our state, meaning us Mainers, put a large amount of brain-wave pressure on the…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. June 3, 2009 Greetings from Maine- What I like about June is that we begin to get some warm weather, so it’s usually safe to put away the long underwear, thermal socks, and some of the sweaters that we’ve worn like survival gear…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. May 6, 2009 Shoot. No more snow.  I miss it already.  Look out there in back – the grass is turning green.  Started the lawn tractor last weekend. This all leads to one inevitable situation – here comes tourist season. In Maine, where…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. May 9, 2009 Article from the Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal   Bad times? Says who. Churchill Barton, left, goes through some pieces of leather with customer Tobey, who came from Bristol, N.H., to visit the store that is only open a few hours each…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. February 24, 2009 What you’ve got on your screen right here is just a simple reminder that our Deal of The Week expires on Wednesday morning at exactly the time I get to the office after getting up in the dark, yawning a…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. February 11, 2009 Happy February from Brettuns Village – today is the 11th which means we’ve reached the ceremonial 50% mark of Winter.  Only four more months to go.  We’ve started a new thing on the site we’re calling our ‘Weekly Deal’ but…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. December 23, 2008 Ho Ho Ho – here he comes.  Clean out the chimney and make room for the loot; Santa’s on his way.  Got all your shopping done?  Get enough e-mails about free holiday shipping from this company or that?  Me too.…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. December 11, 2008     Ho Ho Ho: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as long as your Christmas cards show tree limbs bending down under the weight of a lot of ice,power lines sparking in the street, and shivering Mainers. …

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. October 30, 2008 Hello Brettuns Village Subscribers: I always get a boot out of letting you know how the weather’s doing upcountry, so if you’ve been a newsletter victim for a while you’ve read about snow storms, sleet attacks, slush disasters, and, way…

Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather Old Trunks, New Leather.  All from Maine. September 7, 2008 Holy cow, would you look at the calendar?  September.  There goes the summer – it blew away, probably caused by one of these hurricanes that are lining up like soldiers.  Since I know many of you have expressed grave concerns…