Skip Girouard, co-owner of Dube’s Flowers in Lewiston Skip Girouard, co-owner of Dube’s Flowers in Lewiston, really enjoys delivering flowers. People’s faces light up, they are often surprised, and he says it makes his day to put a smile on someone’s face. Over the past 30 years, most of the deliveries have been like that, […]

Skip Girouard, co-owner of Dube’s Flowers in Lewiston, really enjoys delivering flowers. People’s faces light up, they are often surprised, and he says it makes his day to put a smile on someone’s face. Over the past 30 years, most of the deliveries have been like that, though there have been one or two that […]

When I start to hear whining and raised voices in my living room, I know the bewitching hour has arrived. If I don’t get some kind of dinner together — and soon — my three hungry children will grow restless. Though I usually have a dinner plan, I continue to search for quick and easy […]

By Emily Tuttle Special to the Sun Journal Someday, Pat Clement of Auburn would like to be an abstract artist. For now, she is revisiting an old passion that started almost as an accident. Somehow, she brings elaborate images and poignant passages to life on the fragile and delicate surfaces of eggs. Clement patiently cradles […]

Someday, Pat Clement of Auburn would like to be an abstract artist. For now, she is revisiting an old passion that started almost as an accident. Somehow, she brings elaborate images and poignant passages to life on the fragile and delicate surfaces of eggs. Clement patiently cradles an egg and applies tiny and purposeful brush […]

Tips • Much of the work of stir-fry is in the prep: have all your vegetables and meats ready to go, sauces made and measured out, and noodles softened before the frying begins. • An easy way to test if the pan is hot enough is by placing a slice of onion in the oil […]

When I start to hear whining and raised voices in my living room, I know the bewitching hour has arrived. If I don’t get some kind of dinner together — and soon — my three hungry children will grow restless. Though I usually have a dinner plan, I continue to search for quick and easy […]

Super Bowl While the rest of you were watching the game, with your 12-packs and Snuggies and giant foam fingers, I was driving up out of the southern blizzard and trying not to die in a snowbank. I suppose that makes me a skirt-wearing Nancy boy without an ounce of testosterone in my man bank. […]

Laid off. Downsized. Gone out of business. No matter what the reason, people are re-entering the job market — many without much notice — only to find that it’s nothing like they remembered. Gone are the days of walking into a business, filling out an application, interviewing, and securing a job. Today’s job market is […]