Apparently all we needed to determine that Jay-Z had indeed cheated on Beyoncé was a sample of the rapper counting from 1 to 10. According to a recent study published in Evolutionary Psychology – “Your Cheatin’ Voice Will Tell on You: Detection of Past Infidelity From Voice” – undergraduate students could accurately assess whether someone […]
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Stephen, Owen King book is a puzzler
“Sleeping Beauties” By Stephen King and Owen King Scribner. 702 pp. $32.50 Some dads take their boys fishing, some throw around a ball. Stephen King and his son imagine a plague that knocks out half the earth’s population. That’s essentially the plot of “Sleeping Beauties,” the first novel co-written by the horror-meister Stephen King and […]
Food Q&A: Do pots and pans have expiration dates?
The Washington Post Food staff recently answered questions about all things edible. The following are edited excerpts. Recipes whose names are capitalized can be found in the Recipe Finder at washingtonpost.com/recipes. Q: Do you expect to have to replace things such as pots and pans or knives and forks? Every five, 10 or 20 years? […]
Ride of her life
Gwyneth McPherson gets a playful lip nuzzle from Eskandar at Pineland Farms’ Equestrian Center in New Gloucester. Years after teen glory, Windham woman revives equestrian dream of making the Olympics NEW GLOUCESTER — Gwyneth McPherson won her first national dressage championship at age 12 riding a horse bought off the back of a meat truck […]
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Preston Hood of Alfred. His most recent book is “The Hallelujah of Listening,” published by Cervena Barva Press. Ultramarine By Preston Hood Icy blue to walk on; it’s autumn in the marsh; flamingos migrate one thousand miles to the Atlantic of fish & breaching […]
Eats: Great Falls Delivery Cafe delivers
A recent lunch made by Great Falls Delivery Cafe in Lewiston included a bacon, broccoli, onion and cheddar cheese quiche, split pea and ham soup, and a fresh-cut fruit salad. You might say Jessica Fortin is a free spirit. With a desire to help others, she studied social work in college. After two depressing internships, […]
Patience and the Basilica's lower church
Despite the knowledge that the lower church would eventually be topped by a more grand upper church, church leaders and designers took great pride and care in creating a beautiful atmosphere worthy of God’s presence in the lower church. Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul In 1845, 19-year-old Israel Shevenell left Compton, Quebec, […]
Politics are showing up on dating profiles
For these single womenwho a man voted foris a dating deal-breaker Relationships are all about compromise, but everyone has lines that they just can’t cross. And since the election of Donald Trump, political divides have been even more contentious than usual. For many straight liberal women ( and some queer women, too ), avoiding Trump […]
Mystery Photo for September 24, 2017
Mystery Photo for September 24, 2017 If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo […]
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jim Thatcher of Yarmouth. His most recent book is “Lesser Eternities,” published by Deerbrook Editions. Horse Tale By Jim Thatcher On that summer afternoon when he was six years old and they told him that those high many-plumed grasses out on the frontier between the […]