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    Forty Years at Saquish Beach: Our Impossible Dream
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    Forty Years at Saquish Beach: Our Impossible Dream

    By Connie Matuzek

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    About this ebook

    Have you ever built, owned, rented or visited someone at a cottage on an ocean beach, a lake or somewhere off the beaten path? If you have, this story should let you relive many fond memories.
    If not, but if you have thought or dreamed about doing it, you have the chance to live some of the adventures. Building a cottage with no power tools or electricity was quite an experience.
    If you have done any casual or serious fishing, you should enjoy the two chapters that cover striped bass, bluefish, cod, flounder and other fish. These are based on forty years of personal experience and first-hand knowledge. They tell of how it was done, including the related what, when, where and why. The resulting fishing successes and dilemmas encountered are enlightening.
    Many of you have eaten shellfish and devoured lobsters. Few however have experienced how they are harvested. Some interesting encounters are discussed.
    Our pets have a chapter all to themselves. It covers their uniqueness and idiosyncrasies during their beach adventures. People that enjoy pets will relate to these encounters.
    If you enjoy nature or wildlife, there are chapters about each of these covering our many experiences and interactions with both.
    The chapter on GROWING UP relates to the beach activities and stories of our two daughters and four grandchildren. This is a chance to look back and enjoy some memories, or a chance to look ahead and anticipate what's in front of you.
    There are other interesting chapters relating to activities with our friends and the total Saquish environment.
    In all the chapters there are stories about specific instances that took place. A couple were life-threatening, most are positive, some are humorous and a few are out-and-out funny.
    Good reading!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateOct 19, 2013
    ISBN9781481756334
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    Forty Years at Saquish Beach: Our Impossible Dream
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    Connie Matuzek

    The author is married to Ann, and they have two daughters, Kathi and Lorri. He graduated from WPI with a degree in Electrical Engineering but spent his professional career in Marketing and Sales.During World War II, his dad was conscripted by the government to work as a private contractor under their control. His last assignment was at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod. While there, his dad rented a cottage near the ocean. As a young boy, the author spent two Summers living there with his family. He fell in love with the ocean and dreamed of one day owning a cottage on an ocean beach.While at WPI he was selected, along with nine others, to join an organization known as THE SKULL. During the initiation process he learned a significant lesson that stayed with him all his life. It was, "If you want to do something hard enough and you make a commitment to do it, you can sometimes accomplish what initially seemed impossible."His wife Ann also loved the ocean, so when they had a chance to buy land and build a cottage at Saquish Beach, it was an opportunity they could not pass up. It would be a wonderful place for them to raise their two young daughters. Saquish is located on a remote peninsula only thirty miles southeast of Boston. It has no town roads or services. Commercial electricity and landline telephone service were not available. You had to drive five miles using a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get there. During high tides it was often inaccessible.The author writes about the times he and his family spent there during the forty years. He relives the memories, observations and experiences in building a cottage and participating in a host of activities on a remote beach.

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