NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church April 18, service: The congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Wonderful Words of Life”, “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing”, […]

This girl had a flu virus for eleven days, so now she’s addressing the need to catch up. I prefer to be ahead, but now that I’m behind, I may just accept that I’m not going to catch up. Like in high school how I dealt with the old math problem about two trains leaving […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church April 11 service, the congregation was welcomed in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited.  The hymns that were sung was “Revive Us Again”, “He Leadeth Me”, “What a Day […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — The First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls, 25 Church St., update for the week of April 4: He is risen indeed! Not many things during this pandemic have felt “normal.” In fact, our lives have adjusted so much with the pandemic, I don’t think we would not fully recognize normal. Easter Sunday, […]

Hooray for springtime temps, birds and their mating rituals, and more flowers are poking their heads up through the earth! If you need more seasonal inspiration, check out Bette Stevens’s new book, My Maine: Haiku through the Seasons. It’s a stunning collection of Haikus, facts about Maine, quotes, and gorgeous photos. Whether you’re a Maine […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church April 4 service the congregation was welcome in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was a responsive reading “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”. The Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Christ the […]

Some friend or relative gave this writer a one-year diary for 1934, being only 10-plus years of age, regular or dated items were recorded intermittently. A five-year diary was given to me the next year and daily writings or recordings were constant. Regular or daily writings have continued in my diaries to the present time. […]

Some friend or relative gave this writer a one-year diary for 1934, being only 10-plus years of age, regular or dated items were recorded intermittently. A five-year diary was given to me the next year and daily writings or recordings were constant. Regular or daily writings have continued in my diaries to the present time. […]

March is my least favorite month in Maine with its many windy days, dirt tracked into my house, and the trees’ dull brownness before budding. The snow melts to disclose the very many winter scars, such as litter, broken tree limbs, and random piles of street sand. Yet, it’s also a month where tiny signs […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church March 28 service the congregation was welcome in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited.  The hymns that were sung was “All Glory, Laud and Honor”, “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”, “They’ll […]