Ah, spring. I’ll never forget what my dear old grampa told me when I was just a wee thing no taller than the rhubarb. He sat me on his knee, gazed across his green acres and said … Holy crap, I guess I did forget. Something about spring being like a fickle woman? Something about […]

The hook NASA wants to grab a small asteroid and tow it into orbit around the moon as part of a long-range plan to establish manned outposts in space. You know how this goes. They’ll be promised that the tow truck will arrive within an hour, but of course it will be more like two […]

Les Stroud could hang out at Bartlett and Walnut streets in Lewiston and go largely unnoticed. People would pass him on the sidewalk and offer half-hearted nods. “Survivorman” would just nod right back and mutter, “‘Sup?” Then he’d go into the bar that used to be Del’s and Deck’s and have himself a beer. He […]

So, I put on my writing sweater, lit up my pipe and sat down to pound out this week’s Street Talk. Suddenly, I was stricken with a sense of horror that sounded something like this: OH, MY GOD! I’VE BEEN WRITING THIS COLUMN FOR 10 YEARS! THERE’S NO WAY I CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING […]

Lewiston welfare fraud! I’ve got nothing much to add to the story, but what about that front page photo, huh? I haven’t seen that many glum, angry faces all together like that since my wife told her family we were getting married.  Fiddleheads! Somebody somewhere is trying to tighten restrictions for people who pick fiddleheads […]

Byron rejects mandatory guns The news was first reported as white smoke seen billowing over the town hall. Foxy lady Others signal key events in their lives by letting mange-addled wildlife into their homes. Hey, there’s a world beyond Twitter, you know. O’ happy dagger! So, I watched the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli version of “Romeo […]

I’m so excited I could tinkle. This extra hour of daylight is better than a free flea-dunk with every deworming down at Paws and Claws. Better than that little bowl of au jus that comes with the 16-ounce prime rib. Better than the lollipop the mouth doctor gives you after yanking your teeth and stealing […]