If, over the weekend, your contemplations were disturbed by the rattle of sabres, the booms of blunderbusses, it was only The Battle of Mt. Hunger Ridge, an orchestration by 18th-century re-enactors headquartered at Camp Blackford on the River Road.

For more insights into this period of our history, know ye that on Sunday, March 2 at 2 p.m., Edgecomb author Van Reid will be speaking to the Lincoln County Historical Association at the Courthouse Communications Center in Wiscasset. He will be describing the research he pursued in the writing of his Lincoln County novel Peter Loon, set in the turbulent times following the American Revolution.

A small but vocal crowd attended the Edgecomb Planning Board's first informational meeting concerning changes in our Comprehensive Plan necessitated by the results of the Route 27 Corridor Study. The second such meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m. at the Town Hall. These meetings are leading toward a Public Hearing to adopt these changes, Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m.

We have had a regal hen pheasant frequenting our grounds, where seed from the birdfeeders spills over. She is truly beautiful, soft pinkish greys, feathers with dim circles which hint that she is related to the peacock. Once, however, as she was gracefully gleaning seeds, a chorus of three crows descended and made eyes at her, for all the world like a hardhat work crew whistling at a pretty girl. Tossing dignity to the winds, she ran for cover under the forsythia bush!

Birthdays galore this week and weekend! Many happy returns of the days for Matthew Tedford, Karen Brown, Judy Reid and Susie Stephenson! And for all those not named herein because their name is legion, Happy Birthday, Legion! From 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com. This column appears in The Boothbay Register, The Lincoln County News, The Wiscasset Newspaper, and at www.Edgecomb.org.