Mark LaFlamme needs a Yogi Soothing Caramel Bedtime tea fix now, before the chocolate graham cracker flashbacks start.
Mark LaFlamme
I use a ton of exclamation points so you KNOW I have big news | Column
Mark LaFlamme looks excitedly forward to ice out, free soggy furnishings, and other rites of spring. D’oh!
Lewiston train victim heckled by flawless angels | Column
Instead of the usual ‘thoughts and prayers’ on social media, a man struck by a train got mostly mirth and derision, writes Mark LaFlamme.
Boiling water in my ankle bracelet while tangling with inflatables
Friend or foe? So, at the corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street in Lewiston stands a rather affable wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man who gets really animated in the spring winds. I don’t know how they did it, but one of his hands in particular flaps up and down with notable enthusiasm like […]
Lewiston ladies foil porch thief’s grab for prescription cat food ∣ Column
There’s a new crime-fighting duo in town and at least one would-be porch pirate has been sent packing because of it, Mark Laflamme writes.
A dead truck, a purloined coat and a baby kangaroo walk into a bar… | Column
Always willing to help his fellow citizens out of a jam, writer Mark LaFlamme is willing to take one (coat) for the team. And a balaclava.
My stunning wardrobe and other poetic thoughts on the weather | Column
Columnist Mark LaFlamme changes into his mesh tank top and stews about the annoyances of sudden warm weather.
Appalachian Trail thru-hiker starts with harrowing winter hike on Mount Katahdin | Column
Drew Boysen is doing what most of us only say we’ll do one day, writes Mark LaFlamme, if we can only get out from under the daily rat race.
Frost heaves, big peanut news and some truly horrible ear worms just for you | Column
Mark LaFlamme offers some advice to lonely Gilbert O’Sullivan, who should consider himself lucky.
Don’t you DARE tell me the score of the Olympic hockey finals | Column
Mark LaFlamme cogitates on new weather patterns, missing mailboxes and that strange chattering he’s been hearing.