The last freeze here in Maine took the last of our tomatoes. A poignant reminder that winter and all of its complications is preparing to arrive. I’m looking ahead to my cold-weather pantry needs. It doesn’t look like COVID is going anywhere soon, and that means that while standing in line outside at grocery stores […]

Join Treat Memorial Library’s all ages book challenge Fall Into Books! Every book you read from September 1 to December 1 enters you in a drawing for a book prize. We have picture books, middle grade books, young adult books, and adult fiction to give away! Track your reading online at treat.beanstack.org or call the […]

Back in the old days, when Americans could travel to Europe, my husband and I enjoyed the most wonderful of times in Vienna, Austria. Vienna is just as I had pictured it, beautiful, clean, lovely gardens, gorgeous castles, the Danube River gliding through and …oh, the pastries! Riding the Tram around the city is so […]

When I was pregnant with my first child, my doctor prescribed iron (it looked like shark teeth) and told me that it would make me constipated. Being pregnant wasn’t challenging enough all by itself, right? Eat the right foods, and you’ll get what you need. The process isn’t exactly that simple, but the concept is. […]

You know what they say about time? Yes, and it has flown away, I have been writing my column for 10 years! Lots of carrots have been peeled under my watch, apples chopped and onions sauteed. Little children have been brought into the fold who enjoy cooking as much as I do, very rewarding for […]

NO LIVERMORE — Service of September 6: Hymns today were: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”; “The Solid Rock;” and “I Know Whom I have Believed.” The Scripture, Matthew 19:23-26 with the message titled, “God of Possibilities.” As is customary the first Sunday of the month, communion was celebrated. Events/Notices: Saturday September 12, Randy, and Holly […]

I’m kicking off fall with ingredients that are the ultimate in cooking comforting, tempting foods that can make for the best autumn ever! I can’t wait to bake up winter squash. Before baking, the acorn is perfect for cutting in half, scoop, stuff with bread, mushrooms, and herbs; then drizzle with maple syrup and melted […]

“Everything old is new again.” Have you ever heard that phrase? Even palazzo pants are making a comeback and if you are too young to remember them, (lucky you!) you will think they are something new! See, when you least expect it, something creeps back into our culture and it becomes “trendy” or “avant garde,” […]

The last few days of summer vacation are winding down. Soon, it will be an effort to find a whole day to spend a relaxing time with your child, so make the most of it. A great activity is to prepare food for a picnic with the kids. A tried and true picnic classic is […]

I was 12 years old the summer of 1956 when I heard dad say “mum how about we take these kids dancing tonight?” I excitedly dressed in a cotton skirt and blouse and put on my only pair of shoes, white sneakers with the blue patch on the back that read KEDS. Dad, mom, my […]