Summer Brings Summer brings; The lush green grass bursting forth reaching for the clear-blue sunny sky. Over-anxious honeybees looking for nectar buzzing quickly by. Hazy, lazy, and hot days of summer perfect for swimming, fishing, and camping. School kids on summer vacation playing non-stop from morning til evening. Summer brings; Blooming flowers spraying their pleasant […]

It’s very satisfying to see our old friends out at the Temple Stream Theater cranking up some performances for the summer and fall, and equally exciting that they’re involving their fantastic Upside Bakery next door with its beautiful wood-fired brick oven. (I’d call it by that old-fashioned term, an “ordinary” because it’s not exactly a […]

FARMINGTON — The City Lights North free summer dance program will conclude this coming Saturday, July 11th, with a show from 7-8 p.m. courtesy of the Emery Theatre at UMF. It will feature Farmington-area and Boston performers co-presenting dance, song, and a bit of acting, with choreography by Russell Ferguson, Adrienne Hawkins, Tiara Andersen, and Duggan […]

I grew up with no spicy foods, and before you say, who didn’t? I’ll remind you that most cultures, apart from Maine, can put something fiery on the table. A few years before I was born my maternal grandfather died of a perforated ulcer. In those days everybody thought that ulcers were caused by spicy […]

THE MOOSE The moose is a beautiful animal to see during the day in the marshy woods. But a frightful sight to be seen at night! The moose is the same color as the road, ‘dark’. All you see when you drive is the moose’s tall legs at night! It’s not a good thing to […]