We first met Lucille Machon back in the ’70s, when I was helping my wife Susan ship vinyl LP’s from the Merry Music Box.

Danilo Konvalinka, who owned the Merry Music Box (in Boothbay Harbor across from the old police station on McKown Street) and the Musical Wonder House Museum (in Wiscasset), made recordings from extraordinary, sometimes one of a kind, mechanical musical instruments.

Lucy and the post office staff mailed thousands of LP’s in our cardboard flats, all over the world.

Arnie Brewer (then postmaster), Rocky Lewis, George Gould, Harry Pinkham, Mary Ann Hahn, Betsy Norton and Lucy drove the postal train and operated the station back then. They were a magnificent crew and a joy to buy postage from.

When I popped in for a visit the other day, Lucy told me that she has been gone from the post office for 30 years. Hard to believe.

She’s 92 now — sharp as a tack. We had a great visit and remembered a lot of stuff. She has some stories.

We talked about my Bid Whist card playing days at the old American Legion hall on the East side and how Bessie Cooper used to get Winfield “Cooney” Dodge of East Boothbay, all wound up. Bessie and Lucy were best friends.

Lucy now plays pinochle on the computer with people from everywhere, until 10 p.m. She loves it. And then she goes to bed.

Ira, her son and famous Coast Guard veteran, sat in for a few stories during my visit, mentioning a little tidbit about how Lucy’s house was moved in from Squirrel Island.

Another house, very similar, still remains on the island. I suggested that maybe we could float a few more of those houses ashore. Lucy wasn’t so inclined.

It was a fun visit.